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Apple releases macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18 operating systems

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date September 17, 2024

Monday proved to be one of Apple’s Mega-Update-O-Rama days with the company releasing macOS 15 Sequoia, the new version of its desktop and notebook operating system as well as iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, the newest upgrade for its iPhone and iPad mobile devices. macOS Sequoia is a free update that can be downloaded on […]

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Apple releases macOS Sonoma 14.7, iOS 17.7, and iPadOS 17.7 updates

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date September 17, 2024

On Apple’s Mega-Day-of -Updates, the company released what were essentially maintenance updates to its macOS Sonoma, iOS, and iPadOS operating systems. The company publicly released macOS Sonoma 14.7, iOS 17.7, and iPadOS 17.7, the updates offering security fixes for all users. As usual, the updates can be located by navigating to Settings > General > […]

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Record-setting US/UK/Canadian data leak far worse than initially reported

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date August 21, 2024

Following up on last Wednesday’s story about the massive data leak that appears to have captured the personal data of everyone in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, the situation may be even worse than originally thought. The leak, which was originally estimated to have compromised about 2.7 billion records, and the data itself was hosted […]

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Security firm cites security holes present in six Microsoft applications

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date August 21, 2024

This probably isn’t the news Microsoft wanted. Per security firm Cisco Talos, no less than six Microsoft applications contain security vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to “gain any privileges already granted to the affected Microsoft applications,” per a report by the security firm. The apps affected include Microsoft Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and […]

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Apple re-releases iOS 17.6.1 update under new build number

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date August 20, 2024

It’s not a huge change, but it features a new build number, and it might be significant. Apple on Monday released an updated version of iOS 17.6.1, the new software coming a week and a half after the launch of the original iOS 17.6.1 update. The new version has a build number of 21G101, up […]

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