computer architecture
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You Can Block Specific iPhone Contacts From Seeing Your ‘Focus’ Status
Apple’s Focus feature, introduced with iOS 15, helps to make your iPhone a less distracting experience. Customisable “Do Not Disturb” profiles ensure notifications are blocked when you can’t respond to them: iOS even tells your contacts you have notifications silenced, so they know not to bother you. However, these statuses give people the option to…
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Why the ‘PACMAN’ Exploit Is Proof You Should Always Update Your Mac
Every piece of tech carries the risk of bugs and security flaws, but Macs running Apple’s M1 chips are apparently vulnerable to an all-new category of threat. Security researchers at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have discovered a hardware-based exploit — dubbed “PACMAN” — that could theoretically allow someone to bypass a…
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All the Hidden iOS 16 Features Worth Knowing About
Apple announced a lot of new iOS 16 features for the iPhone during WWDC. If you were following along, you likely know all about the Lock Screen customisation, revamped notification system, and the ability to edit and unsend messages, among other notable new options. However, there are plenty of hidden features Apple didn’t mention, either.
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How to Watch Apple’s WWDC 2022
WWDC 2022 is nearly here. While most of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is actually a series of presentations and events for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS developers, most of us are focused on Apple’s main keynote. Here, the company shows off new features and changes coming down the pipeline across its various software platforms, and,…