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• Podcast: Apple introduces the A15-powered iPhone 13, plus iOS 14.8 patches Pegasus spyware flaw

  16-09-2021 20:36
  
  Apple announced its latest additions to its iPhone lineup, as well as a new iPad mini, at its "California Streaming" event on Tuesday. Both devices will be powered by Apple's new A15 Bionic processor. Macworld executive editor Michael Simon and Computerworld executive editor join Juliet to discuss how the A15 processor compare to its predecessor, the A14, and how Apple may use it in future products. They also cover what the iPhone 13 and iPad mini mean for the enterprise. Plus, Michael, Ken and
  
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• Apple’s challenge now: innovation at scale

  16-09-2021 17:00
  
  Apple is the perfect illustration of what happens to a company when it achieves mass-market presence – it’s a problem of scale.Develop, manufacture, supply
  More particularly, it’s a problem of delivery. Take the iPhone, for instance.During the first phase of the pandemic, Apple was forced to figure out how to source components for, develop, and manufacture a multitude of new devices. It had to achieve this consistently, and distribute these things internationally, ev
  
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• A handy hidden shortcut for taking control in Chrome on Android

  16-09-2021 15:29
  
  One of the absolute worst parts about browsing this dusty ol' web of ours is when you innocently open up some site — maybe, say, a tech news publication — and a video you didn't ask for suddenly starts blaring annoying audio into your unexpecting ears. It's especially obnoxious on a phone, where you're frequently scrolling on your screen in a semipublic area or whilst someone else slumbers nearby.We've all been there. We all loathe it. And yet, we continue to experience it, with no
  
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• It’s been a big week for patches

  16-09-2021 12:35
  
  This week brought updates that I consider critical for the “Big Three” — my operating system (Windows), my browser (Google Chrome) and my phone (from Apple). All three releases patch major zero-day vulnerabilities on all three platforms.While I strongly recommend that you patch Chrome and your iPhone as soon as possible, I always recommend that you hold back on updating Windows. That remains true — at least until we see whether there are any trending side effects from th
  
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• Windows 11: Just say no

  16-09-2021 12:15
  
  It will be one thing, say, later this year or in 2022, to buy a new PC with Windows 11. We can be reasonably certain that Windows 11 will run on your new Dell, HP, or Lenovo PC. Maybe some of your drivers and programs won't run, but Windows 11 itself? No problem.But, if you want to update your existing computers, especially those that have a few years on them — that’s another story. It's difficult to know whether any given computer will run Windows 11, which arrives Oct. 5. Yes, the
  
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• Metra directors approve 21% raise for top executive, but it's not unanimous - Daily Herald

  16-09-2021 02:02
  
  Metra directors approve 21% raise for top executive, but it's not unanimous  Daily Herald
  
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