Category: News

Other OSes will need an update, performance hits loom

Source: ‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

Apple is putting a lot of stock in the ability of their PR department to manage their latest scandal.    It takes a Machiavellian Genius to come up with the preposterous excuse that their latest cpu-throttling scandal was done for purely noble reasons.  Wow.  Even if this were a new blunder for Appl

Source: CPU Throttling — A Perfect Scandal for Right to Repair — The Repair Association

The plaintiffs claim that Apple’s iOS updates “were engineered to purposefully slowdown or ‘throttle down’ the performance speeds” older iPhones.

Source: Apple sued in Chicago for slowing down older iPhones

Microsoft has released updates earlier this month to patch a vulnerability in the Windows 10 Hello facial recognition system that allows an attacker to bypass the facial scan with a printed photo.

Source: Windows 10 Facial Recognition Feature Can Be Bypassed with a Photo

Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store.

Source: Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience