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Apple expected to hold WWDC 2021 as virtual event this year as other large events hold off on in-person gatherings throughout the summer

It looks like Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will once again be virtual thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. San Diego Comic-Con, E3, and Anime Expo — all California events — this week officially cancelled plans to hold in-person gatherings out of public safety concerns, reports The Verge. If held, the typically large gatherings that attract hundreds […]

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Rumor: Apple could remove some Rosetta 2 regional support for M1-based Macs in macOS Big Sur 11.3 update

This is a bit odd. Apple could be planning to remove support for its Rosetta 2 translation layer on M1-based Macs in certain regions with the release of macOS Big Sur 11.3. Per code strings discovered by MacRumors reader Stever Moser, the third beta of macOS Big Sur 11.3, which was seeded to developers Tuesday, […]

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UTM runs on both Intel and M1-based Macs, allows easy virtualization for wide array of platforms

This is pretty cool. UTM allows owners of M1-based Macs to run virtual machines on the new Apple Silicon hardware. The software uses Apple’s Hypervisor virtualization framework to run ARM64 operating systems on Apple Silicon at near native speeds. UTM also runs on Intel-based Macs, allowing for x86 and x64-based operating systems to be virtualization, […]

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Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 update, focuses on fix for MacBooks with “non-compliant” USB-C hubs

Apple on Thursday released macOS Big Sur 11.2.2, its latest update to its macOS Big Sur operating system. The update focuses on compatibility with 2019 or later MacBook Pro and 2020 or later MacBook Air models, and works to precent damage that could occur when using certain USB-C accessories, as detailed in the following release […]

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Firefox 86 introduces Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, prevents cookies from being shared between websites

This is pretty nifty. Firefox 86, which was recently released by Mozilla, has added a new Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, which works as follows: Total Cookie Protection works by maintaining a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in […]