Most Common for Commercial Roofing When it comes to commercial roofing, there are many different types to consider. What’s more, each type has its own advantages and disadvantages, depending on the environment it’s used in. There are also specific materials that work better in certain situations than others, and each one has its own price […]
4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using possibly the most advanced exploit ever
Researchers on Wednesday presented intriguing new findings surrounding an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky. Chief among the discoveries: the unknown attackers were able to achieve an unprecedented level of access by exploiting a vulnerability in an undocumented […]
Appeals court pauses ban on patent-infringing Apple Watch imports
Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 9 released in September 2023. Apple Just before Christmas, Apple pulled two of its latest smartwatches from stores. The cause was not an unwelcome visit from the ghost of mechanical timepieces past but the International Trade Commission, which found that the California-based computer maker had infringed on some patents, […]
Laptops’ 2023 quantum leap: 5 computers we’ll still be talking about in 2024
You’ll never uncover The Next Great Thing if you don’t deviate from the norm. When looking back at 2023’s laptops, we can see that many were merely refreshed designs—approaches that already work. But what happens when a company explores a design that, though not the most appealing today, might lead us to a new trend […]
Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 Pro. Apple Apple’s latest research about running large language models on smartphones offers the clearest signal yet that the iPhone maker plans to catch up with its Silicon Valley rivals in generative artificial intelligence. The paper, entitled “LLM in a Flash,” offers a “solution to a current computational bottleneck,” its […]
First wave of AAA iPhone games sees a big new release—and a notable delay
The trailer for Resident Evil 4 on iOS Apple’s AAA gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro saw both a release and a delay this week. When Apple unveiled the iPhone 15 Pro and touted its AAA gaming capabilities in September, the company named three upcoming games as showcases: the Resident Evil 4 remake, Death […]
Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban
Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 9 released in September 2023. Apple Apple will pause sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 starting December 21, it revealed today in a statement to 9to5Mac. The move comes as the products are facing a potential import ban until August 2028, due to […]
You can now access Apple’s official diagnostics tool online for DIY repairs
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 is part of Apple’s self-repair program now. Samuel Axon Apple today expanded the Self Service Repair program it launched in April to include access to Apple’s diagnostics tool online and the iPhone 15 series and M2 Macs. The online tool, Apple said in today’s announcement, provides “the same ability as […]
Apple releases iOS 17.2 and macOS 14.2, delays two features to 2024
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 Pro Max. Samuel Axon Today, Apple pushed out the public releases of iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, watchOS 10.2, and tvOS 17.2. iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2’s flagship feature is the new Journal app, which Apple teased when it first introduced iOS 17 earlier. The app mimics several […]
Google’s Android app store monopoly violates antitrust law, jury finds
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney jumping for joy at news of the verdict. Epic Games Epic vs. Apple/Google View more stories While Epic’s antitrust arguments against Google had many similarities to those in the company’s earlier case against Apple, the verdicts could not have been more different. A federal jury […]