The Verge

AUGUST 7, 2020

But nearly all of those password checkup tools owe something to Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned , which was kind of a novel idea when it first launched 7 years ago — and Hunt is now open-sourcing his website codebase so the idea can spread even further. link] — Junade Ali (@IcyApril) August 5, 2020.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

AUGUST 2, 2023

Apple, Adobe, Pixar, Autodesk, NVIDIA, and the Joint Development Foundation have joined forces to develop a standard that can be used to underpin mixed- and virtual-reality experiences — a move that also undermine Meta's efforts in the AR/VR arena. 6 and Siggraph on Aug 8. To read this article in full, please click here

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

Apple has promised to open up its Find My app to third-party accessory makers. OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool developed by security researchers at the Secure Mobile Networking Lab , who have essentially reverse-engineered the way Apple devices register themselves to the Find My mesh network.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 9, 2023

A trio of former Apple engineers is leading a new data storage platform for developers building machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. The company is led by former executives at Turi, a machine learning startup acquired by Apple in 2016 for around $200 million in one of the largest acquisitions for a Seattle startup.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2020

The group says the jailbreak, which works on iOS 11 and higher, is built on a zero-day vulnerability, doesn’t drain a device’s battery life, and doesn’t affect the use of Apple services or undermine the iOS sandbox security, according to Wired. It also can be used by would-be attackers to compromise a device’s security.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

A new lawsuit from the creator of jailbroken iOS app store Cydia claims Apple used anti-competitive tactics that froze out Cydia and other would-be rivals when it created its App Store. Software developer Jay Freeman launched Cydia in 2007, before Apple had established the App Store. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The company’s open source platform lets developers build and reuse validation techniques for their AI models. and autonomous systems at Apple. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Guardrails AI , a San Francisco-based startup that helps companies manage risks when building AI applications, announced a $7.5 million seed round.

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TechSpot

MAY 15, 2022

In her efforts to develop an open source graphics driver for the M1, Alyssa Rosenzweig recently found a quirk in the render pipeline of the M1's GPU. She was rendering increasingly complicated 3D geometries, and eventually arrived at a bunny that made the GPU bug out.

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Vox

JANUARY 29, 2021

Apple is rolling out new privacy protections that could affect Facebook’s data-driven ad business. Facebook and Apple’s fight over your data is heating up. Now Facebook is considering suing Apple, and Apple is digging in its heels. Apple is not backing down. Apple shrugged and continued with its ATT rollout plans.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It is an open source system with many vendors having their own Android versions (with their own vulnerabilities and patching problems)," Eset security awareness specialist Ondrej Kubovi? One area focused on within the report is the current state of Android malware. "It told The Register.

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

Now, WordPress founding developer Matt Mullenweg is accusing Apple of cutting off the ability to update that app — until or unless he adds in-app purchases so the most valuable company in the world can extract its 30 percent cut of the money. It’s an open source project. Ben Thompson (@benthompson) August 21, 2020.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 18, 2024

Security researchers from Trail of Bits identified a GPU memory vulnerability they called LeftoverLocals. Some affected GPU vendors have issued fixes.

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Vox

MAY 18, 2020

In a statement that could serve as a harbinger of government-mandated privacy invasions to come, Barr harshly criticized Apple and called for a “legislative solution” to its obstinance. Thanks to the great work of the FBI — and no thanks to Apple — we were able to unlock Alshamrani’s phones,” Barr said in a press release.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

References to the operating system, reportedly codenamed Oak, were found in App Store upload logs and open source code.

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Vox

APRIL 12, 2024

One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.)

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

(AI2 Image) The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) on Thursday released a highly anticipated open-source large language model, along with the underlying data and code meant to significantly improve understanding of how generative AI actually works.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 18, 2024

Security researchers from Trail of Bits identified a GPU memory vulnerability they called LeftoverLocals. Some affected GPU vendors have issued fixes.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Apple/Google. Public health authorities won’t need to make their own apps in order to use Apple and Google’s exposure notification tool. The Apple-Google exposure notification tool is getting a major upgrade. For Apple users, that’s all it takes to turn the tool on. The user just taps the screen to enable it.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

But if you’d rather not wait for a company like Apple or Facebook to actually sell you a pair, you can do what product designer Sam March did and simply build your own smart glasses from scratch. Photo by Sam March. Smart glasses — depending on who you ask — are the future.

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Vox

AUGUST 6, 2020

Virginia’s Covidwise app is the first in America to use Apple and Google’s exposure notification tool. | The Apple-Google coronavirus exposure notification tool , which the companies are offering to public health authorities to help build their Bluetooth-based Covid-19 contact tracing apps, was announced in April and debuted in May.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2024

As a result, organizations like Apple, Samsung, Accenture, Microsoft, Verizon, Wells Fargo, and others 1 have banned the use of commercial large language models. Lesson 3: Open-source LLMs are limited There are 300,000 models and counting on HuggingFace.co, all of which are open-source and backed by a dedicated developer community.

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Vox

APRIL 13, 2020

The contact-tracing tool Apple and Google want to create would have your smartphone log when you’ve come into close contact with other people. Apple and Google say that the new contact-tracing tool will work between iPhones and Android phones.) Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images. The new contact-tracing tool, explained.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Security researcher Alex Birsan has found a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on servers owned by Apple, Microsoft, PayPal, and over 30 other companies ( via Bleeping Computer ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The exploit takes advantage of a relatively simple trick: replacing private packages with public ones.

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CTOvision

JUNE 11, 2015

Craig Federighi, Apple's senior VP of software engineering, has just demoed the new in OS X and iOS 9 operating systems. Apple iOS 9 supercharges Siri (slashgear.com). As open source code, Apple's Swift language could take flight (pcworld.com). Apple unveils OS X updates and iOS 9 at WWDC keynote (itbusiness.ca).

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Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Apple and Google’s contact-tracing tool has better privacy, but it isn’t perfect. Apple and Google are a month away from launching a series of updates to their smartphone operating systems that will use Bluetooth signals to track potential coronavirus cases. The tool could leave a dangerous door open. But that’s about it.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2022

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine draws on, consequences are being felt by many parts of the technology sector, including open-source software development. Since open-source libraries are fundamental to software development, a general loss of trust in their integrity could have knock-on effects for users in Russia and elsewhere.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This is no small feat given that Microsoft wasn’t even part of FAANG , the name Jim Cramer coined in 2013 for the tech stocks (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) driving the market and consumer mindshare. Microsoft’s valuation surged from $300 billion to $3 trillion, rivaling Apple as the world’s most valuable company.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The company says the result of the switch should be less work for its iOS development team, but, more importantly, it’s likely the change will mean that Google’s iOS apps will feel less like interlopers on Apple devices. The change was announced on Twitter by Jeff Verkoeyen, engineer lead for Google Design on Apple’s platforms.

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The Verge

JANUARY 18, 2021

The latest update to ubiquitous open-source media player VLC is here, and it comes with native support for Apple silicon Mac computers — the new versions of the MacBook Pro , the MacBook Air , and the Mac mini with Apple’s own M1 processor. on an Apple silicon Mac in order to get the optimized version. VLC 3.0.12

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Howard Oakley has a great series on Apple Silicon; the series is up to three posts so far. The first post provides a high-level overview of how Apple Silicon M-series chips are different, and the second post has more details on the capabilities of the P and E cores. Mike McQuaid talks about entitlement in open source.

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Vox

APRIL 26, 2021

As this Apple promotional video explains, it all happens behind the scenes. Developers, not Apple, decide when to put up the prompt. Apple didn’t respond to request for comment on whether developers have a deadline to get the prompt up and running. Currently, Apple’s Search Ads only appear in App Store searches.).

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Vox

OCTOBER 2, 2020

New York and New Jersey are the latest states to use the Apple-Google exposure notification tool. While a contact tracing app doesn’t have to use the Apple-Google tool — in fact, some states and countries have elected to go their own way here — those apps have had technical and privacy issues, and can’t work with each other.

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Vox

APRIL 26, 2021

On Monday, Apple is rolling out a long-awaited privacy feature for iOS. The biggest difference most people will see with the introduction of the new privacy tool, called App Tracking Transparency , is a pop-up that appears when you open an app that tracks you: Apple. John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images. The iOS 14.5

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The Verge

JULY 25, 2020

The mod uses VirtualBox , free and open-source virtual machine software, to run operating systems like Windows 95. We’ve seen Windows 95 running on an Xbox One , an Apple Watch , and even as an app you can download and install on macOS, Windows, and Linux. uDrunkMate on Reddit. Can Minecraft run Crysis though?

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

GPT: Microsoft finds itself on the other side of an industry-defining copyright dispute Francesco Marconi in the WSJ: AI and Journalism Need Each Other Listen below, or subscribe to GeekWire in Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen, and keep reading for key takeaways.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

It sounds like Sherlocking — a term that refers to Apple undercutting third-party apps by building their functionality directly into macOS or iOS — but in the Microsoft and Windows world. AppGet is a free and open source package manager for Windows, which automates installing software on Windows PCs.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

is arriving on Epic Games Store today, alongside open-source browser Brave, streaming radio app iHeartRadio, 3D model tool KenShape, and open-source painting app Krita. Sweeney was impressed by Microsoft’s new open model for Windows and HoloLens 2 a couple of years ago, but Apple is firmly in Epic’s sights right now.

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