In June, Apple released a voluntary recall and replacement program for older models 15-inch MacBook Pro due to battery safety concerns. Yesterday, the US Federal Aviation Administration has advised airlines on the precautions they should take regarding the recall. Its statement to Bloomberg says that...
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Apple Shares Rising After Trump Administration Delays China Tariffs Until December
Remember the tariffs on goods made in China, which were supposed to go into effect on September 1st this year? Well, the Trump Administration announced that they will delay certain tariffs until December 15th. USTR (The United States Trade Representative) said that: “certain products are...
Apple’s Next iPad Pro Could Come With a Triple-Camera Array
Apple is expected to release an iPhone with a triple-camera array on the back this year. However, apart from the new iPhone, there’s been another widely-spread rumor lately, suggesting that the company’s next iPads might also get multiple rear camera systems. According to Mac Otakara...
Apple Expands its macOS Bug Bounty Program Up To $1 Million in Rewards
At the Black Hat conference last week, Apple reported that the company is expanding its existing bug bounty program to include macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iCloud. The rewards will reach up to $1 million for a zero-click, full chain kernel code execution attack. Originally, Apple...
Apple Launches macOS Bug Bounty Program. Researches Provided with ‘Special’ iPhones for Bug Testing
Apple is releasing a macOS bug bounty program for the first time. Despite the fact that other big companies, like Google and Microsoft, have been offering bug bounty programs for a long time, Apple had only been providing financial rewards for iOS, and not for...
Apple Granted Patent for Face ID on Macs
Apple has been granted a new patent suggesting that Face ID is coming to Macs soon. The patent could use the Mac’s camera to automatically wake up when its camera sensor locates users. The new feature is going to be a more intelligent version of...
More Than 200 Apps Will Not Be Compatible with macOS Catalina
Third-party iOS developer and Apple blogger Steve Moser who runs the latest version of macOS Catalina, has just published a list of apps which will not be compatible with Apple’s upcoming update. Moser’s list includes 235 apps on his website, The Tape Drive, while testing...
uTorrent Client for Mac Stops Working on macOS Catalina
BitTorrent Inc. reported that it has decided to effectively discontinue its uTorrent client for macOS Catalina launching this fall. In this way, after 11 years of use, Mac users will no longer be able to download the world’s most popular torrent client on their machines....
Apple Launches macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update to Fix Sleeping Macs
About a week ago, Apple issued macOS 10.14.6, however, the company has already launched a Supplemental Update. The update, which was released yesterday, addresses an issue preventing certain Macs from waking up from sleep properly. According to the problem description, it appears that some Macs...
Apple Seeds Fourth macOS Catalina Public Beta
Yesterday, Apple released the fourth beta of the upcoming macOS Catalina update to public beta testers. Public beta 4 came out two weeks after the company launched its third public beta and just a day after issuing the fifth developer beta of macOS Catalina. All...