Apple (Hacker News, MacRumors): Built using third-generation 3-nanometer technology, M5 introduces a next-generation 10-core GPU architecture with a Neural Accelerator in each core, enabling GPU-based AI workloads to run dramatically faster, with over 4x the peak GPU compute performance compared to M4. The GPU also offers enhanced graphics capabilities and third-generation ray tracing that combined […]

Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann: Here’s Neo Network Utility 2.0 with a refreshed yet familiar design for macOS Tahoe, including menu icons, pill-shaped buttons, and a modern tab view. It actually looks good in Liquid Glass.Of course we didn’t just touch it up a bit. The new version lets you open multiple windows and run commands in all […]

Ric Ford (PDF): Researchers at Graz University of Technology discovered severe, unpatched vulnerabilities in iPhones, Android phones and other devices that facilitate attacks and data theft via malicious USB chargers. Previously known and addressed as “juice jacking,” the effective new technique has been titled “ChoiceJacking.” Adam Engst: This vulnerability exists because USB ports can simultaneously […]

Eric Slivka: Buried in its announcement about “F1: The Movie” making its streaming debut on December 12, Apple has also announced that Apple TV+ is being rebranded as simply Apple TV.[…]Apple of course offers its set-top box hardware under the Apple TV name while also offering the Apple TV app across various platforms as a […]

Max Seelemann (on his new blog): So how do you tell if a task supports cancellation? That’s tricky to answer per-se because cancellation is voluntary behavior and needs to be represented in the task’s value or error type. If you’re lucky, cancellation support (or lack thereof) is documented.[…]The designated way to check for cancellation is […]