Last last week, the source code for iBoot, a core component of iOS, was leaked to GitHub. Although the code was older, designed for iOS 9, it was quickly yanked from GitHub following Apple’s issuance of a DCMA takedown notice. Per Motherboard, which contacted unnamed sources involved in the leaks and investigated screenshots, text messages, […]
Category: Software
Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 3.0.0. The new version, a 46.8 megabyte download, adds a massive series of changes and fixed documented over on the changelog. VLC 3.0.0 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS […]
Apple, and its legal department, do not like it when you leak source code for core components of iOS on GitHub. This is exactly what happened, as a chunk of source code, labeled “iBoot”, which is the part of iOS that is responsible for ensuring a trusted boot of the operating system, found its way […]
Even though it was corrected, this could be called a snafu. Download aggregator web site MacUpdate briefly linked to three malicious applications masquerading as legitimate downloads for Firefox, OnyX, and Deeper, that not only install the apps, but also deposit Monero, a cryptocurrency miner on downloader’s systems. On February 1st, MacUpdate updated its legitimate download […]
There shall be additional emoji available to you. To be specific, 157 additional emoji. The Unicode Consortium today announced it has finalized a new set of 157 emoji that companies like Apple will be able to implement later this year. There are actually 77 new emoji in total, as some have multiple skin tones.