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Apple’s Macs have long escaped ransomware, but that may be changing

Getty Images reader comments 83 with Share this story Security researchers are examining newly discovered Mac ransomware samples from the notorious gang LockBit, marking the first known example of a prominent ransomware group toying with macOS versions of its malware. Ransomware is a pervasive threat, but attackers typically don’t bother creating versions of their malware… Read More: Apple’s Macs have long escaped ransomware, but that may be… »

UMG tells Apple and Spotify to block AI lyric, melody scraping

reader comments 115 with Share this story Universal Music Group has told streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple, to block artificial intelligence services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs, according to emails viewed by the Financial Times. UMG, which controls about a third of the global music market, has become increasingly concerned… Read More: UMG tells Apple and Spotify to block AI lyric, melody… »

Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next week

Enlarge / I mostly recognize this early laptop from its resemblance to a similar-looking computer in the film 2010. It’s up for auction along with hundreds of other old Apple computers. Julien’s Auctions reader comments 27 with Share this story If you’ve been thinking your home or workspace is perhaps deficient when it comes to… Read More: Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next… »

Pioneering Apple Lisa goes “open source” thanks to Computer History Museum

Enlarge / The Apple Lisa 1, released in 1983. Apple, Inc. reader comments 54 with 0 posters participating Share this story As part of the Apple Lisa’s 40th birthday celebrations, the Computer History Museum has released the source code for Lisa OS version 3.1 under an Apple Academic License Agreement. With Apple’s blessing, the Pascal… Read More: Pioneering Apple Lisa goes “open source” thanks to Computer History… »

Report: Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in future iPhones

Enlarge / The iPhone 14 Pro. reader comments 26 with 0 posters participating Share this story For years now, Apple has wanted to replicate its success in processors with its own in-house cellular modems. The company spent $1 billion to buy Intel’s modem technology in 2019, and since then the company has perennially been just… Read More: Report: Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth… »

Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix

Enlarge / Two examples of Stable Diffusion-generated artwork provided by Apple. reader comments 44 with 0 posters participating Share this story On Wednesday, Apple released optimizations that allow the Stable Diffusion AI image generator to run on Apple Silicon using Core ML, Apple’s proprietary framework for machine learning models. The optimizations will allow app developers… Read More: Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with… »

Apple iPhone factory workers clash with police in China

Enlarge / Workers walk outside Hon Hai Group’s Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, China, in 2010. reader comments 59 with 0 posters participating Share this story Violent worker protests have erupted at the world’s largest iPhone factory in central China as authorities at the Foxconn plant struggle to contain a COVID-19 outbreak while maintaining production ahead… Read More: Apple iPhone factory workers clash with police in China »

Stable Diffusion in your pocket? “Draw Things” brings AI images to iPhone

Enlarge / Generating AI images using “Draw Things” on the iPhone. Benj Edwards / Apple reader comments 21 with 0 posters participating Share this story On Wednesday, a San Francisco-based developer named Liu Liu released Draw Things: AI Generation, a free app available in the App Store that lets iPhone owners run the popular Stable… Read More: Stable Diffusion in your pocket? “Draw Things” brings AI images… »

Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 88 with 77 posters participating Share this story Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with a long list of new features, fixes, and high-priority zero-day security updates. The updates also included the latest version of SKAdNetwork, Apple’s ad services framework for the… Read More: Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry… »

Apple rushes out patch for iPhone and iPad 0-day reported by anonymous source

reader comments 31 with 21 posters participating, including story author Share this story Apple on Monday patched a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that gives attackers the ability to remotely execute malicious code that runs with the highest privileges inside the operating system kernel of fully up-to-date iPhones and iPads. In an advisory, Apple said that CVE-2022-42827,… Read More: Apple rushes out patch for iPhone and iPad 0-day reported… »