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An hour-long internal presentation explains how Apple prevents its leaks
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2017-06-20 22:19
There used to be a lot of secrecy behind Apple and its products. During Steve Jobs' reign, the firm was very tight-lipped, allowing very little information in regards to its manufacturing process and products to leak out into the public space before its release.
macOS High Sierra tech preview: A quick look at the stuff you can’t see
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2017-06-20 00:12
Even by the standards of recent macOS releases, this year’s High Sierra is shaping up to be a low-key release with few high-profile user-visible improvements. Apple’s highlight page covers quite a few things, but in most cases they’re iterative tweaks that would mostly belong in the “grab bag” section of an overview of, say, Leopard or even Yosemite.
Modern “Hackintoshes” show that Apple should probably just build a Mac tower
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2017-05-03 11:10
Apple is working on new desktop Macs, including a ground-up redesign of the tiny-but-controversial 2013 Mac Pro. We’re also due for some new iMacs, which Apple says will include some features that will make less-demanding pro users happy.
Apple’s Making Its Own GPU to Control Its Own Destiny
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2017-04-04 03:54
For years, a company called Imagination Technologies gave Apple the tech behind your iPhone’s Retina-ready graphics and eye-popping image processing. That relationship ended today. From here on out, according to an Imagination Technologies release, Apple will design its own underlying technology for GPUs. The reason is simple: It’s officially too important to entrust to someone else.
Apple's iOS 10.3 fixes flaw used in accidental DDoS attack on 911 call system
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2017-03-31 04:13
Apple's latest iOS 10.3 release patches a flaw that can be used to repeatedly dial a phone number, accidentally exploited last year to redial 911 call centers, protecting emergency operators from potential cyberattacks.
As noted by The Wall Street Journal, the vulnerability was first discovered by an 18-year-old in Arizona who took advantage of a JavaScript flaw in a bid to collect a bug bounty last year.
