As Apple starts a new era, mine comes to an end
My first day on the job at Macworld, Apple was perilously close to going out of business. It was the fall of 1997, and Steve Jobs had returned to Apple and engineered the ejection of…
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Google Search’s AI Mode starts showing advertisements
If you’ve been enjoying the lack of advertising in Google’s new “AI Mode”, which replaces conventional web searches with a ChatGPT-style conversational interface, then I have bad news. Users are starting to see the former…
ChatGPT starts rolling out parental controls to protect teenage users
Earlier this month, OpenAI said it would be introducing parental controls for ChatGPT following an incident and lawsuit involving a teenager who allegedly used ChatGPT to plan and carry out his own suicide. That day…
It’s about time! Firefox starts testing support for progressive web apps
In recent years, Mozilla Firefox has lost a good deal of market share in the web browser space. It’s hard to pin that loss on any one factor, but part of it has been its…
M&S hacking group starts turf war
Genevieve Stark, head of cybercrime analysis at Google Threat Intelligence Group, said DragonForce could be attempting to attract RansomHub’s affiliates. The hacking group is also believed to be behind attacks on the pages of other…
Prime Day starts early with this incredible $99 AirPods deal
Prime Day may start tomorrow, but the AirPods 4 have already dropped to their very best price of $99, so there’s no point in waiting. That’s $30 off and only the second time these buds…
Microsoft starts forcing Windows 11’s big 24H2 update on PCs
If you’ve been trying to somehow avoid the Windows 11 2024 Update, those days are over. Microsoft is now saying that mandatory Windows 11 24H2 updates have begun and the installation is lengthier than prior…
Get ready, the M4 Mac era starts on November 1
Ever since the M4 chip made its debut in the iPad Pro, we’ve been wondering when the chip will eventually make its way to the Mac. We’ve long expected them to arrive in October, but…
GDDR7 video memory starts manufacturing soon
More memory and faster memory are always big deals when it comes to new graphics cards, and the next generation of GDDR (Graphics Double Data Rate memory) is going to be fast indeed—approximately double the…
Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission
Microsoft has made a questionable change in Windows 11 that takes away your freedom of choice for OneDrive backups. Without prior notice or explanation, Microsoft now force activates the automatic folder backup with OneDrive feature…