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Watch Steve Jobs describe the future and AI a year before the Mac The Steve Jobs Archive has released a fascinating video of a 28-year-old Jobs explaining computers to a skeptical crowd in 1983.

Apple threat notifications are designed to inform and assist users who may have been individually targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.

About Apple threat notifications and protecting against mercenary spyware - Apple Support Apple threat notifications are designed to inform and assist users who may have been individually targeted by mercenary spyware.

macOS Sequoia brings iPhone remote control and Passwords app Apple's first reveal of the new macOS Sequoia includes a way to remove control your iPhone directly from the Mac, and a new Apple Passwords app.

Spirit Airlines pays off victim after Apple Watch proves her luggage was stolen A woman in Fort Lauderdale believed her Spirit Airlines luggage was lost forever, until her Apple Watch notified her that the MacBook Pro in it was now in a nearby house.

17.5.1 fixes a crazy bug that caused long deleted photos to reappear in your Photos library! 🤯 Update now.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/05/scammers-can-easily-phish-your-multi-factor-authentication-codes-heres-how-to-avoid-it

Scammers can easily phish your multi-factor authentication codes. Here's how to avoid it | Malwarebytes Phishers are using new authentication-in-the-middle techniques to dupe victims into providing their login and MFA credentials.

Apple today announced the new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro. This thing is a beast.

- OLED display with up to 1600 nits peak HDR brightness
- New Neural Engine to handle AI coming at WWDC
- New 10-core CPU offers up to 50% boost in performance.
- The 13-inch is 5.1 mm thin. The thinnest Apple product ever.
- 256 GB standard with both models
- Starts at $999 for 11-inch and $1299 for 13-inch

And this is just a fraction of what’s new. In-depth of the new iPad Pro: https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/apple-announces-new-ipad-pro-oled-display-thinnest-apple-product-ever/

Apple drops 10th generation iPad price to $349 The most affordable iPad just got even cheaper as Apple cut the price of the 10th generation model by $100.

‼️ First M4 Macs coming this year!

Apple is planning a major overhaul to its Mac lineup with the advent of the M4 family of chips.

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning a “new family of in-house processors designed to highlight artificial intelligence.”

In addition, Apple is considering support for up to half a terabyte of RAM 💀 That’s up from the current max of 192GB.

Full story by Chance Miller: https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/11/apple-first-m4-mac-release-ai/

Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack? A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.

Facebook shuts news tab Meta says it will take a number of days for news tab to be fully removed in Australia and the United States

March iPad & Mac releases may not get a flashy event after all | AppleInsider Apple's expected spring event may not actually happen, with new iPads and Macs instead thought to be introduced by promotional videos and website updates.

Apple Releases macOS Sonoma 14.3.1 With Fix for Text Overlapping Bug Apple today released macOS Sonoma 14.3.1, a minor update to the macOS Sonoma operating system that came out last September. macOS Sonoma 14.3.1 comes...

Ventura and Monterey Users: Beware Unwanted Sonoma Upgrades - TidBITS Some macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 12 Monterey users are being upgraded to macOS 14 Sonoma after dismissing notifications that encourage an upgrade. It’s a nasty bug, but the TidBITS Talk community has some advice on how to avoid the forced upgrade.

iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines jet | Cult of Mac An iPhone found beside a road in Portland dropped three-miles from an Alaska Airlines jet after part of the fuselage detached.

Throwback! On this day in 2007: Apple unveiled the original iPhone 📱

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We like to shout out the best of the best every year, but we can’t not talk about the other side of the coin. We’ve rounded up the biggest tech fails of the year in one place so you can take a stroll through a memory lane full of low points.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/oops-the-10-biggest-tech-fails-of-2023

Push Back on NameDrop Privacy Insinuations - TidBITS If friends or relatives are asking or telling you about how NameDrop is a privacy risk based on Facebook posts from police departments, set them straight by explaining how it's completely safe.

AirTags used to catch serial plant thief, police recover 'a sanctuary of stolen greenery' - 9to5Mac A few months ago, I wrote a story about AirTags being used to track down stolen potted plants. I’m once...

Why iPhone NameDrop feature is not a security risk | Cult of Mac Parents are mistakenly being warned that they need to quickly deactivate iOS 17's NameDrop feature on their children's iPhones.

Top 10 tips to protect yourself against impersonation scams (a downloadable PDF).

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Hands-On With the 24-Inch M3 iMac Apple in October refreshed the iMac and MacBook Pro, introducing the first M3 chips with 3-nanometer processors. We've already checked out the...

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