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 […]
This is sort of a mess. A number of iOS users have reported that they can no longer open any third-party app on their iPhone or iPad after syncing the devices with M1-based Macs. The apps have apparently crashed right after opening them, thereby making it impossible to use installed third-party apps. The issue first […]
You’ve been waiting for it and it’s here. Apple released its macOS Big Sur 11.2 update. The update, roughly a 3.25 gigabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: Reliability and connection fixes with M1-based Macs and Bluetooth Reliability and connection fixes with M1-based Macs and peripherals such as mice, keyboards, and AirPods External displays […]
Apple couldn’t have asked for a better quarter. The company posted $111.4 billion in revenue and a net profit of $33.5 for the first quarter of 2021, showing double digit growth across all product categories. The results represent 21 percent growth on the $91.8 billion in revenue seen for Q1 2020. The gross margin of […]
This portends some good things to come for operating systems that can run on new Apple Silicon hardware. A group of security researchers at Corellium have ported a version of Linux to the Apple Silicon M1 chip that will ultimately be released under an open-source license. The Linux version is a full Ubuntu desktop operating system that […]