There’s a scam making the rounds that’s worth knowing about, and it’s effective because it starts with someone you actually know. You receive what looks like a party invitation from a friend through a service like Paperless Post or Punchbowl. The email really does come from their account, which has been compromised, but clicking any
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Security
Apple’s annual September event delivered more than the usual iPhone and Apple Watch updates this year. New CEO John Ternus led the unveiling of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the iPhone Duo (Apple’s first foldable iPhone), Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 with Active Noise Cancellation across the entire
Apple’s wireless Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard are great for everyday use, but they’re not bulletproof. Batteries die, Bluetooth pairing can fail, and if you ever need to boot into macOS Recovery, that’s a bad time to find out your wireless devices aren’t connecting. The Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad can both be
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Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Sometimes you need to start recording instantly, whether you’re documenting an incident, catching a fleeting moment, or preserving something before it’s gone. On iPhone 16 and later, Apple built in a shortcut that makes it quick: press the Camera Control once to open the Camera app, then press and hold to start recording immediately. It
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Productivity, Tips + Tricks
In a move timed just ahead of its September 9th iPhone and Apple Watch event, Apple has refreshed its compact desktop Mac lineup with new chips, faster connectivity, and, given the ongoing memory shortage, higher prices. The Mac mini gets the new M6 chip and M5 Pro, while the Mac Studio gains the M5 Max
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Hardware, Product News
Last month brought news of something that sounds more like science fiction than reality. Several OpenAI models hacked a real company, not out of malice, but because they decided it was more efficient to find the test answers than to actually solve the problems. It’s not unlike the fictional Kobayashi Maru test in Star Trek,
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AI, Security
Generative AI has changed software development in a real way. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. And because code actually does something, running it tells you pretty quickly whether it works. The result has been a
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AI, How To, Security
We’ve gotten used to being able to order a Mac and have it show up the next day. That’s getting harder. Surging demand from AI data centers has created a global memory shortage that’s squeezing the consumer electronics industry, pushing Mac prices up and delivery times out significantly. Higher-memory configurations are hit hardest, but there’s
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Hardware, Product News