QuickTime Turns 34 On Dec. 2, QuickTime turned 34, and despite its origins in Apple's chaotic 1990s (1991 to be exact), "it's still the backbone of video on our devices," writes Macworld's Jason Snell. That includes MP4 and Apple's immersive video formats for Vision Pro. From the report: By the late '80s and early '90s, digital audio had been thoroughly integrated into Macs. (PCs needed add-on cards to do much more than issue beeps.) The next frontier was video, and even better, synchronized video and audio. Ther… ‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban As the under-16s social media ban looms, Guardian Australia speaks to five 13 to 15-year-olds about what they will miss, and what government should be doing instead Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s will begin in just a few days. Malaysia, Denmark and Norway are to follow suit and the European Union last week passed a resolution to adopt similar restrictions. As the world wat… New AI tool is like a private, no-subscription ChatGPT on your desktop TL;DR: Get a lifetime license to Pansophy’s fully private, on-device AI assistant for $79 and run ChatGPT-style tools locally with zero subscriptions, zero data sharing, and zero usage limits (MSRP $199). AI tools are getting more powerful, but also more expensive, more restricted, and more invasive. That’s why this new desktop AI tool is turning so many heads: it gives you ChatGPT-style intellig… From silos to strategy: What the era of cloud 'coopetition' means for CIOs With AWS and Google announcing multi-cloud interconnectivity, the onus is on CIOs to establish guardrails as digital walls crumble. Apple announces executive transitions Apple today announced that Jennifer Newstead will become Apple’s general counsel on March 1, 2026, following a transition of duties from Kate Adams. Huawei patent reveals DUV method to replicate 2nm-class chipmaking without EUV A newly released filing from China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) shows Huawei submitted a patent in June 2022 outlining a method to achieve 2nm-class metal line patterning using only deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography — potentially bypassing US export restrictions on advanced tools. The reports the technique can create metal pitches under 21nm, a requirement typically me… It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Repost Button. The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users. |
New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent Linux Phone Jolla is "trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone," reports Phoronix: Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use on other smartphone devices [including some Sony Xperia smartphones and OnePlus/Samsung/ Google/ Xiaom… AI in CI/CD pipelines can be tricked into behaving badly AI agents embedded in CI/CD pipelines can be tricked into executing high-privilege commands hidden in crafted GitHub issues or pull request texts. Researchers at Aikido Security have traced the problem back to workflows that pair GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD with AI tools such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code Actions, OpenAI Codex Actions or GitHub AI Inference. They found that unsupervised user-supp… Pat Gelsinger wants to save Moore’s Law, with a little help from the Feds The company is aiming to produce its first silicon wafers by 2028 and have its first commercial system online by 2029. GM Owns A Town-Size Piece Of Land Just To Test Its Prototype Cars Before a new vehicle goes to market, automakers need to test the prototype. GM has a special place for this, and the land is the size of a small town. Scammers target wireless customers in new phone scheme New phone return scam targets recent buyers with fake carrier calls. Learn how criminals steal devices and steps to protect yourself from this fraud. Chinese cyberspies target VMware vSphere for long-term persistence Chinese state-sponsored threat actors are backdooring VMware vCenter and VMware ESXi servers with a malware program written in Go, allowing them to maintain long-term persistence in victim networks. According to a joint report by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) organizations from … How Ted Sarandos became the ultimate Hollywood gate-crasher Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, was once seen as an underdog in Hollywood. Now, the former Arizona video store manager has emerged as one of the biggest Hollywood moguls yet. Beyond The Black Box: Practical XAI For UX Practitioners Explainable AI isn’t just a challenge for data scientists. It’s also a design challenge and a core pillar of trustworthy, effective AI products. Victor Yocco offers practical guidance and design patterns for building explainability into real products. Apple’s chip chief might be the next exec to leave Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is reporting that Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies, told Tim Cook he is “seriously considering” leaving Apple for another company in the near future. It was reported in October that Srouji was “evaluating his future at the tech giant.” While nothing is confirmed, it seems the executive is leaning […] |
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