Representatives from several major technology firms will meet in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica. The companies include a part of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington trade group, as well as Apple, […]
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Apple kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference next Monday and the predictions are in as to what to expect via Bloomberg’s well-sourced Mark Gurman: – A series of Digital Health tools in the Settings app on iOS 12 that will help users monitor how much time they spend using their devices and individual apps, […]
Apple seems to be quietly setting up shop in Washington Country, Oregon. The company has hired close to two-dozen people in a hardware engineering lab there, raiding Intel and other Oregon tech employers for a variety of roles, according to job postings, social media profiles and a source close to the story. While Apple has […]
There’s a chance that Apple could announce new MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook models as soon as the Worldwide Developers Conference event. A number of the notebook models are appearing as sold out in Apple’s online storefront, but available for delivery after June 4, suggesting that a refresh of some lines could be announced during […]
The Meltdown/Spectre issue continues. Intel has released a new report out describing what the chip maker is calling a Spectre-like vulnerability dubbed Variant 4. Like the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities from earlier this year, Variant 4 exploits the CPU’s speculative execution mechanism so hackers can potentially get at sensitive information on your computer. The Intel […]