March 14, 2023

Ars Technica: You can now run a GPT-3-level AI model on your laptop, phone, and Raspberry Pi

Ars Technica: You can now run a GPT-3-level AI model on your laptop, phone, and Raspberry Pi. “Things are moving at lightning speed in AI Land. On Friday, a software developer named Georgi Gerganov created a tool called ‘llama.cpp’ that can run Meta’s new GPT-3-class AI large language model, LLaMA, locally on a Mac laptop. Soon thereafter, people worked out how to run LLaMA on Windows as well. Then someone showed it running on a Pixel 6 phone, and next came a Raspberry Pi (albeit running very slowly).”

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April 12, 2022

Ars Technica: DuckDuckGo announces a new privacy-focused Mac web browser

Ars Technica: DuckDuckGo announces a new privacy-focused Mac web browser. “DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine with the weird name, already offers web browsers for iOS and Android and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. But on Tuesday, the company announced that it is getting into desktop browsers, too. DuckDuckGo for Mac is available starting today as an invite-only beta that ‘is designed to be used as an everyday browser that truly protects your privacy.’”

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July 2, 2021

9to5 Mac: ‘OldOS’ developer launches new website that gives classic macOS widgets a new life

9to5 Mac: ‘OldOS’ developer launches new website that gives classic macOS widgets a new life. “The same developer behind the now incredibly popular ‘OldOS’ TestFlight app for iPhone, Zane Kleinberg, is back with a new tool that lets you use classic macOS widgets through a web browser. Kleinberg explained how classic macOS widgets, first introduced in Tiger, were made entirely out of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This enabled him to revive several old Apple-designed widgets, including calculator, world clock, unit converter, stickies, and the tile puzzle.”

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November 8, 2019

Digital Preservation Coalition: Starting with complexity: Archiving digital-born music compositions from Mac systems of the 80s/90s

Digital Preservation Coalition: Starting with complexity: Archiving digital-born music compositions from Mac systems of the 80s/90s. “About ten years ago, a music archive took over the private archive of a composer who had already begun composing with digital techniques in the 1980s. The result is impressive: the composer transferred his work on not less than 700 data carriers to the archive, including 660 floppy discs, 26 SyQuest carriers and a few carriers from the families of Iomega Jaz, Iomega Zip, CD-ROM and Harddisk. The composer has used Apple systems and proprietary special software (music notation and sequencing software) in his work.”

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July 28, 2018

Cult of Mac: Here’s almost every wallpaper Apple has ever made for Mac and iOS

Cult of Mac: Here’s almost every wallpaper Apple has ever made for Mac and iOS. “Do you want a blast of Apple nostalgia which takes you back to an earlier time in macOS or iOS history, but don’t want to go as far as actually using older hardware? If so, then you’re in for a treat, thanks to a new archive of classic Apple wallpapers which just popped up online. Dating back to the classic Mac days of System 7 and the original iPhone OS (remember when it wasn’t yet called iOS?), the archive boasts full resolution copies of most of the vintage Apple background images.”

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October 2, 2017

Wired: Critical Code In Millions Of Macs Isn’t Getting Apple’s Updates

Wired: Critical Code In Millions Of Macs Isn’t Getting Apple’s Updates. “Now one new study has found that the most critical elements of millions of Macs’ firmware aren’t getting updates. And that’s not because lazy users have neglected to install them, but because Apple’s firmware updates frequently fail without any notice to the user, or simply because Apple silently stopped offering those computers firmware updates—in some cases even against known hacking techniques.”

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January 14, 2017

New Free Online Course Teaches Mac Security

You may have read recently about new malware being aimed at Macs. My friend Gary Rosenzweig has created a free online course for Mac security. “The Practical Guide to Mac Security is a FREE course with 24 lessons that will enable the typical home and office Mac user to secure their Mac from dangers like malware, online account break-ins, data loss, and online scams.” Disclaimer: Gary is my friend, told me about this resource, and I thought it would benefit you so I’m mentioning it here. I did not receive considerations or compensation for this mention.

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March 6, 2016

Oh Look, Ransomware for Macs

Were all you Apple fans feeling left out because Macs didn’t have ransomware? here ya go. “Palo Alto Networks claims to have discovered the first known instance of OS X-oriented ransomware in the wild, “KeRanger.” If you install software infected with the code (in this case, a version of the BitTorrent client Transmission), it’ll encrypt your files after three days and demand that you pay a digital currency ransom to regain control.”

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December 31, 2015

Twitter Finally Updates Its Mac App

Twitter has finally updated its Mac App. “Ahead of its own deadline of the end of 2015, Twitter has updated its OS X app. The Mac version of the social network has languished for years while mobile apps and the site have received multiple updates. The new and improved version of the app brings features like inline GIF and video support, group DMs, a dark theme, tweet quotes and an updated design.”

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