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  • Apple unveils plans to ditch Intel chips in Macs for 'Apple Silicon'

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    nubus said:
    JWSC said:
    How do you conclude that MacPro users would be lost?  The MacPro has this magical thing called a PCIe slot.  Have an Intel MacPro? Get a PCIe card with Apple Silicon.  Have a MacPro with Apple Silicon? Get a PCIe card with Intel x86.  This is a non-issue.
    1. There is no PCIe card with Apple Silicon and there won't be. Think security on a card + power + system integration + the fact that there are very few sold units. On the Mac Pro storage is connected to T2. And it won't work with the existing GPU in the Mac Pro. Last time Apple dropped computers launched 2-3 months earlier, and those computers got one OS update (10.4.2 to 10.5). The Mac Pro is toast - again. In the old days Apple offered motherboard replacements but that stopped like 20 years ago.
    2. The Mac Pro is PCIe 3.0 - which simply isn't fast enough. Even budget computers from AMD are now running PCIe 4. The Mac Pro 2019 was built using tech that was obsolete on launch. You can get a B550 motherboard with a PCIe 4.0 SSD for 50-100% better performance on storage.
    PCIe-4 support depends on Intel, not on Apple. Show us any Xeon that supports PCIe-4 yet. Your point is irrelevant.
    JWSCfastasleepAppleSince1976roundaboutnowmacxpresswatto_cobra

  • Safari to reject HTTPS certificates with over thirteen months validity

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    Are those CA certificates or user certificates? 

    Such a move makes sense only if this is the CA certificate in question. The CA may send you a link: “download our yearly certificate here and install it on your server”. That would cost nothing and would not affect the duration of user certificates or the issuers’ selling plans.
    FileMakerFeller

  • The top malware threat for macOS infects one in 10 users

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    Security firm Kaspersky says that in 2019 the Shlayer Trojan infected one in ten Mac users,
    No it doesn't say that.

    It says "one in ten of our Mac security solutions encountered this malware at least once".

    https://securelist.com/shlayer-for-macos/95724/

    If their "Mac security solutions" are installed on 1/100,000 of total active Macs, the one tenth of that makes 1/1,000,000 of total active Macs.

    CloudTalkinrandominternetpersonroundaboutnowhawkpride147cornchipradarthekatwatto_cobraktappemaltz

  • New German law mandates opening up Apple Pay NFC tech to rivals

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    urahara said:
    Lol. People who suggest Apple to pull out of Germany because it’s just a rounding error. 
    Are you the same people who suggested Apple pull out of China. And before that out of India. 
    By your business senses - Apple shouldn’t do business with any other countries except US, and maybe Canada and Australia. LoL.

    You sound like a bunch of kids throwing a tantrum. 
    Germans love cash and use it far more than most advanced countries.
    Not exactly. EU (or at least SEPA countries) have a very effective bank transfer framework that makes the practicality of credit card redundant in online payments. And sellers always prefer online cash against credit card with all of its commission, yearly quota, currency rate and chargeback mess.

    And given that the majority of shopping is online and retailers, even Apple stores redirect their customers to their online stores, the practicality of Apple Pay in street shopping is not a big deal, unless Apple issues local credit cards, since not every online seller can be integrated with Apple Pay and Apple Pay has no such claim other than redirecting the seller to their payment provider.
    philboogiespheric

  • Apple's internal 'Overton' AI tool helps with Siri's development

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    avon b7 said:
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    With Apple working with IBM, why can’t Apple just drop SIRI and use Watson?

    I am Apple fanboy, but SIRI just sucks.
    Does Watson process 21 languages?
    On the subject of languages, one of the biggest issues with digital assistants is being able to use various languages in the same query. Resolving that is probably more beneficial than improved accuracy for non English speaking countries (and no doubt some English cases too).

    Even a crude oral tag inside a query would be of help:

    "Hey Siri, When did [open Spanish] Los Héroes del Silencio [close Spanish] split up?"
    Siri is excellent on that. I had no problem in mixing English with my native language.
    StrangeDaysDeelron