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Apple expected to release fix for chaiOS bug this week

Apple is presently working on a fix for the chaiOS bug that crashes Messages when you receive a specific URL in a chat. The fix is expected to arrive this week. chaiOS is a bug that crashes Messages on iOS-based devices when a specific Github link is shared in a chat. It can also cause […]

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Apple releases Swift 3.0 preview 1 ahead of WWDC

If you’re a Mac or iOS developer, this is huge. Prior to the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has release Swift 3.0 preview 1, the tech preview for the latest version of its Swift programming language. According to the Swift-Evolution GitHub page, the primary goal of Swift 3.0 is to “solidify and mature the Swift […]

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Researcher finds Sparkle framework vulnerability, highlights popular apps that could be exploited

Well, this is a mess. A “huge” number of third-party Mac apps are under threat of man-in-the-middle attacks due to a recently discovered vulnerability in Sparkle, an open source framework used to facilitate software updates. The flaw, which centered around a flawed WebKit rendering engine implementation found in certain Sparkle builds, is to blame for […]

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Apple makes Swift programming language open source

Apple’s Swift programming language just went open source. And that can’t help but be awesome for the developer community. Apple has announced that Swift has gone open source, Apple releasing two additional projects for Swift in open source: the Core Libraries project, and a new Swift Package Manager project. The Swift Package Manager is a […]

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Swift demonstrates impressive growth in January 2015 rankings

Apple’s Swift programming language is growing. Per Cult of Mac’s Twitter post and RedMonk, the Swift programming language is gaining ground on GitHub and Stack Overflow, Besides the noted plot, which can be difficult to parse even at full size, we offer the following numerical rankings. As will be observed, this run produced several ties […]