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ChatGPT Mac App saved plain text chats to local files, updated version resolves the issue

If you downloaded and began playing around with the ChatGPT app for Mac recently, you might want to download the update. According to The Verge, developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito noted that the app was locally storing users’ conversations with the chatbot in unencrypted plain text. “I was curious about why OpenAI opted out of […]

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Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.6.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.1 updates, focuses on security fixes

Along with the release of macOS 13 Ventura on Monday, Apple also release security patches for its older macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur operating systems. The fixes hone in on three vulnerabilities found in older macOS versions have been patched for users unable or unwilling to update to macOS Ventura and are as follows: […]

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Epic Games moves beyond invite-only stage releases Fortnite for all iOS users

On Monday, Epic Games announced that Fortnite, the popular co-op sandbox-survival game, is available on iOS for all users, without an invite. Epic Games offered the following via Twitter: “No invite needed – Fortnite is now open everywhere on iOS. Grab your friends and jump in now!”

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Apple, Adobe sandbox Flash Player development for OS X versions

When in doubt, sandbox the sucker. Per Mac|Life, Adobe announced on Wednesday that the latest version of the Safari web browser included with OS X Mavericks now features app sandboxing for Flash Player, following similar moves with browsers from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. Although Flash Player has been sandboxed for some time, for whatever reason […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 17.0.1 update

Hey, an update’s an update… Over the weekend, Mozilla.org released version 17.0.1 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 34.1 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: Fixed: – Font rendering issue in Firefox 17.0 (bug 814101). – 17.0.1: Reverted user agent change causing some website incompatibilities. – Over twenty performance […]