visionOS 1.2 beta 1 is now available
The second major point release of visionOS, the operating system for Apple Vision Pro, has just entered beta testing. When visionOS 1.1 landed a month ago, it mostly polished up a few sore spots from…
Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods
Enlarge / Billie Eilish attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California. On Tuesday, the…
iOS 17.5 beta is now available with app downloads from websites in EU
It’s been a month since the release of iOS 17.4, which introduced a few minor tweaks (like new emojis) for all users, but it has a massive change to app distribution for those in the…
The first beta of macOS 14.5 is here at long last
Nearly four weeks after Apple released macOS Sonoma 14.4 to all users, the first beta for version 14.5 has arrived for developers, with public beta testers to follow. The full version will likely arrive for…
Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted
Broadcom has made controversial changes to VMware since closing its acquisition of the virtualization brand in late November. Broadcom executives are trying to convince VMware customers and partners that they’ll eventually see the subscription-fueled light.…
Open source foundations unite on common standards for EU’s Cybersecurity Resilience Act
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation adopted by the European Parliament last month. The Apache Software Foundation, Blender Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, OpenSSL…
Shocker! Podcaster claims Apple prioritizes paid shows over free ones
In a perfect walled garden, every digital good and service would be on a level playing field and creators would all have an equal shot at succeeding. In the real world, that’s just not the…
Watch: AT&T data breach prompts millions of passcodes to be reset
Death, taxes, and regular, terrifying cybersecurity leaks. Those are the facts of life, as the latest AT&T data breach is teaching us yet again. A TechCrunch investigation into leaked customer data from the American telco…
Qualcomm says Snapdragon X Elite kicks Intel Core Ultra’s butt, too
When Qualcomm showed off its benchmarks of its new Snapdragon X Elite chips last October, there was one flaw in its argument: Qualcomm was comparing the new Snapdragon platform to Intel’s older 13th-gen Core chips.…
Steelseries Aerox 3 review: A perennial favorite among gaming mice
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Very light Precise sensor Flexible, detachable USB-C cable Comprehensive customizability Good price-performance ratio Cons Susceptible to dust and dirt Sometimes-cumbersome software Challenging to clean Our Verdict Two years after…