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Apple CEO Tim Cook congratulates Trump on his second election win
... and then poor Tim vomited.
The threatened crippling import Tax on foreign goods could severely damage Apple. Hopefully, Apple will either be further ahead of decentralizing products than is generally known or given a pass if it puts the Home Button back.
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Mac mini shows Apple can be low cost -- it just doesn't often want to
The argument that Apple computers are overpriced is a tired one. On many occasions, I have bought a PC with quality specifications similar to a Mac (well, as close as you can get), and they cost an arm and a leg. Just because cheap and nasty PCs proliferate does not equate to overpriced Macs.
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Generation gaps: How much faster Apple Silicon gets with each release
My Studio M2 Ultra will do, for now; the M5 or M6 Ultra should be something to behold though.
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'Wolfs' is the most-watched movie on Apple TV+ ever
I wanted to like it, but just like the recent Mat Damon movie The Instigators, I was left feeling like I was supposed to enjoy these movies purely because of the actors in them. I do love these actors, but the movie scripts and, dare I say, the acting at times were really weak, IMHO. It's off-topic, but Slow Horses and Bad Monkey are both superb, and I just started Criminal Record, which so far is intriguing. AppleTV shines in these mini-series.
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Apple withdraws HomePod 18.1 beta 2 after reports of bricking
gatorguy said:
Aren't there iOS 18 (firmware) touchscreen issues being reported too? Outside of mobile I've been reading of problems introduced with MacOS Sequoia. All this seems to be within the past 30 days. Common or not common?macxpress said:
What other firmware issues have there been other than the iPad one?gatorguy said:Does there seem to be an unusual amount of Apple firmware issues in the past few weeks, some serious enough to that require them pulled? Maybe it's relatively common and I've just not noticed. At the moment, it's hitting a big range of Apple products.In the past year, Android devices have faced several firmware glitches and security vulnerabilities, some of which have been actively exploited:1 Security Vulnerabilities: Android updates in 2023 and 2024 have addressed multiple critical vulnerabilities. For example, in November 2023, a major patch fixed 37 issues, including a critical information disclosure bug (CVE-2023-40113) that affected Android 11-13. Other vulnerabilities in Android's system components, including elevation of privilege and denial-of-service bugs, were also fixed ( SecurityWeek ).2 Memory Leaks and Exploits: The July 2023 updates addressed three actively exploited vulnerabilities, including a memory leak in the Arm Mali GPU driver (CVE-2023-26083). This bug was part of a more complex exploit chain, which had been used to deliver spyware to certain Samsung devices ( BleepingComputer ).3 System and Kernel Issues: Various critical vulnerabilities, such as the remote code execution bug (CVE-2023-21250), have impacted Android's system components, allowing attackers to execute code without user interaction ( BleepingComputer ).Android devices have been bricked due to software updates over the past year. Notably, many Google Pixel devices, including the Pixel 6 series, were affected by bricking issues. A January 2024 update caused significant problems for some users, rendering their devices unusable. Affected users experienced issues such as the phone failing to reboot, repeated crashes, or complete inability to use their devices. This problem also occurred in 2023 when a Pixel update introduced bugs related to memory management, forcing some users to factory reset and lose their data.
