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Microsoft Blames European Commission Agreement As Reason It Can't Secure Windows Like Apple Secures MacOS After CrowdStrike Outage
Monday, July 22, 2024 - 4:42am | 762Amid criticism that the CrowdStrike issue wouldn't have happened with Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) macOS, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has clarified that a prior agreement with the European Commission it is legally unable to adopt the same security measures as Cupertino. What Happened: Following the...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT App For Apple's Macs Had A Major Security Flaw, Allowing Malicious Parties To Snoop In On Conversations
Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 3:53am | 676OpenAI‘s recently launched ChatGPT macOS app for Apple Inc.’s Macs had a significant security vulnerability. The app was storing conversations in plain text, making them easily accessible to unauthorized users. OpenAI has since addressed and resolved this issue. What Happened: The...
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Steam Is Dropping Support For These macOS Versions: Here's What It Means For Your Games
Friday, December 1, 2023 - 7:44am | 487Popular third-party game store Steam has announced plans to terminate support for older macOS versions. The decision, scheduled to take effect in early 2024, will impact 32-bit games. What Happened: Valve, the creator of Steam, confirmed via its support page that it would cease support for macOS 10...
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This MacBook Pro Model Is Now A 'Vintage Product' That Will No Longer Get OS Updates
Friday, September 1, 2023 - 6:25am | 491Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has sent the 2017 MacBook Pro to the purgatory after years of macOS updates. As a result, it won't receive the upcoming macOS Sonoma update, scheduled to be launched at the September 12 event. What Happened: The 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar has now been assigned the "...
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Is Your Mac Glitchy After Latest Update? Here's How To Downgrade To macOS Ventura From macOS Sonoma
Friday, July 21, 2023 - 9:19am | 572Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has rolled out the macOS Sonoma public beta update, allowing users to test the upcoming update before it is rolled out to everyone. But since it is a beta release, bugs are to be expected. If you've already installed it and want to downgrade to macOS Ventura, read on to...
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How To Upgrade To macOS Sonoma Public Beta
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - 8:54am | 589Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has rolled out the first public beta of macOS Sonoma, allowing users to test out the upcoming version of macOS by upgrading from macOS Ventura. The final version of macOS Sonoma will be rolled out later in September. What Happened: Like its other operating systems, Apple...
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MacOS Sonoma: A Nostalgic Symphony Of Windows XP Bliss And Vista Gadgets?
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 7:25am | 920In a surprising twist at Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) annual WWDC 2023 event, macOS Sonoma emerged as a delightful fusion of nostalgia, echoing the iconic Microsoft Corp’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows XP “Bliss” wallpaper and Windows...
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Bitcoin White Paper Found Hidden In Apple's MacOS: A Tribute To Satoshi Nakamoto?
Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 7:37am | 498Tech blogger Andy Baio on Wednesday stumbled upon an unexpected find within Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) MacOS: a copy of the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) white paper. What Happened: The discovery, confirmed by Baio in all MacOS versions since 2018, has left many crypto enthusiasts scratching their heads....
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Apple Mac Users Finally Get Microsoft Outlook For Free
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 3:03am | 560Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Monday announced it has made the Outlook app available for free on Apple Inc‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) MacOS app store. What Happened: A ‘redesigned’ Microsoft Outlook is now available for free on all Macbook devices. The Redmond-based tech giant touted the...
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Still Using MacOS Big Sur? Apple Finally Rolls Out Fix For Safari Favorites Bug But Leaves Out Other Patches
Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 12:35am | 357Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) releases macOS Big Sur 11.7.4 update fixing missing icons in Safari Favorites issues — but mentions no other security update. What Happened: macOS Big Sur 11.7.4 is likely just a bug fix update considering it doesn’t have any security Common Vulnerabilities and...
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Apple's New MacOS Ventura And The End Of The Intel Era: Here's All We Know
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 5:42pm | 1181Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) macOS is getting a refresher with the upcoming thirteenth version release nicknamed Ventura. While most users will have to wait this fall to try the new version of the Cupertino giant's next operative system, developers had access to a preview for some time,...
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Microsoft Finds Apple Gatekeeper's 'Achilles' Heel That Lets Threat Actors Bypass Security Checks
Sunday, January 9, 2022 - 10:20pm | 385Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shared a macOS security flaw, dubbed Achilles, with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The vulnerability has been fixed now. What Happened: Microsoft's principal security researcher Jonathan Bar Or found and reported a vulnerability on Apple...
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3 Upcoming Catalysts That Could Lift Zynga's Stock
Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 6:14pm | 748Mobile game company Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is well-known for several forever franchises and has been acquiring additional studios. The company has several catalysts coming in November, which could provide some upside for its shares trading near a 52-week low. Farmville 3: Many have...
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Wanted Dell To License MacOS: Here's Why The Deal Didn't Work Out
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 1:36am | 679Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs tried to convince Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE: DELL) CEO Michael Dell to offer macOS to his customers. What Happened: Dell made the revelation in an interview with CNET published on the 10th anniversary of Jobs’ death. See Also: How To Buy...
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Amazon Brings MacOS To AWS — Making App Development For Apple Devices Possible Over Cloud
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 4:39am | 399Amazon Web Services, Amazon Inc’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) cloud computing division, on Monday released EC2 Mac Instances — a first of its kind platform for developers building apps for Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices. This makes macOS available on the cloud for the first time ever....