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Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.3 update, focuses on M1 improvements, security fixes, assortment of other changes

Following a three-month beta, Apple released its macOS Big Sur 11.3 update to the public. The new update offers the following fixes and changes: AirTags and Find My: Support for AirTags to keep track of and find your important items like your keys, wallet, backpack and more, privately and securely in the Find My app […]

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Microsoft opens limited Xbox Cloud Gaming beta for iPhone, iPad users

Microsoft on Monday announced that its browser-based Xbox Cloud Gaming service will enter beta for selected testers on the iPhone and iPad platforms today. The company began sending out invites to selected Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to test the Xbox Cloud Gaming limited beta for ‌iPhone‌, ‌iPad‌, and Windows 10 PCs using a web […]

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Researchers discover potential JavaScript-free attack that could affect Apple Silicon/M1, other processors

You’re not going to love this, but it’s still a good thing that they found it. Per a research paper published by Cornell University, a group of security researchers have discovered what appears to be the first browser side-channel attack that’s Javascript-free, and AppleM1 chips may be more vulnerable to it. The attack is constructed […]

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1Password updated to version 7.8, adds Apple Silicon support, other changes

On Tuesday, software developer AgileBits announced that 1Password 7.8, the latest version of its password storage system, has received Apple Silicon support, and can now run natively on M1-based Macs. The company offered the following comments: Greetings and salutations, everyone! We’ve been hard at work on a bucketload of fixes and improvements to everyone’s favorite […]

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Security researcher notes first malware written natively for Apple’s M1 processor

It’s not the cheeriest news, but it was bound to happen eventually. A piece of malware specifically designed to run on Apple’s new M1 chip has been discovered, indicating that malware authors have begun adapting malicious software for Apple’s new generation of Macs with Apple silicon. Per Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle, a malicious Safari […]