The newly discovered Reaper malware bypasses Apple’s macOS Tahoe 26.4 security updates to steal passwords, crypto assets, and install a permanent backdoor.
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Apple needs to fix admin authentication in ABM
Apple’s platforms are secure by design, but when it comes to authentication, the company seems to be protecting employees more than it protects IT admins. It’s an attack vector just waiting to be exploited — if it hasn’t been already. As noted first by Six Colors, the problem is that administrator and People Manager accounts on Apple Business…
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WWDC 2026: How Apple can take a great leap in AI
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) takes place in just a few weeks. Everyone expects the company to explain its approach to AI deployment on its platforms. With that in mind, here’s what several months of speculation suggest Apple will announce, though the details remain to be disclosed. Apple is investing billions of dollars in these plans; R&D spending…
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Who’s the better CEO, Apple’s Tim Cook or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella?
Tim Cook’s impending retirement as Apple’s CEO marks the end of an era — the years when the Apple-versus-Microsoft fight dominated the tech world. Of course, it’s been a long time since those two companies ruled by themselves. These days, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon are just as influential. Still, Cook’s decision to step…
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OpenAI plans its own ‘iPhone killer’
It looks very much as if Apple’s former designer Jony Ive will compete against the company his friend Steve Jobs created as he works with OpenAI on a device that seems to be some form of competitor for the iPhone. In a post on X, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims OpenAI is working with Qualcomm and…
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Tim Cook’s legacy: a successful CEO who stumbled over AI
Apple’s Tim Cook was viewed as a worthy successor to Steve Jobs when he took over as CEO in August 2011, two months before Jobs’ death. Apple products became successful (and profitable) in many ways due to his success as COO, where he whipped company operations and supply chains into shape. Cook expanded the company’s…
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John Ternus to become Apple CEO and Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman
Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The transition, which was approved unanimously by the Board of Directors, follows a thoughtful, long-term succession planning process.
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The Mystery of Why You Can’t Buy a Mac Mini Right Now
The scarcity of Apple’s littlest Mac comes at a time of high interest from AI power users and a potential product refresh.
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Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals
Apple’s AirTag is designed to help users track lost items by relying on a vast network of nearby Apple devices. New research shows that this same system can be manipulated to display locations where an AirTag has never been. Relaying an AirTag’s BLE advertisments over the Internet injects false location reports into the Find My…
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Fake Ledger Live app on Apple’s App Store stole $9.5M in crypto
A malicious Ledger Live app for macOS available from Apple’s App Store has drained approximately $9.5 million in cryptocurrency from 50 victims in just a few days this month. […]
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Apple Business rolls out to 200+ countries today
Apple’s all-new Apple Business platform is expected to launch as a free service in the US and 200 other countries starting today. It’s the go-to platform for small business seeking better management tools for their Apple tech and a great accompaniment to the millions migrating to the Mac with MacBook Neo. What is Apple Business Apple…
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Apple unveiled a new high-end market opportunity this week
Though I reviewed Apple’s recently-introduced MacBook Neo, M5 MacBook Air, and M5 Max MacBook Pro, I didn’t look at Apple’s new displays. But it is noteworthy that even these products open up new opportunities for the company. That’s because Apple this week gained FDA clearance for the Medical Imaging Calibration feature introduced in the Studio Display XDR. Just as the affordable MacBook Neo opens…
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It’s iPhone speculation time: flips, flaps — and Fold
We’ve reached that familiar point in Apple’s annual iPhone speculation cycle when conflicting reports insist an unreleased, unconfirmed product is both behind schedule and set to appear right on time. As with Apple’s annual macOS system naming fable, this moment comes every year. One publication, sometimes Nikkei, might claim development is running late, while a second…
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Supreme Court Justices Skeptical of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Plus, SpaceX files IPO paperwork and Tim Cook takes WSJ inside Apple’s archives.
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Apple Has Archives That Even Tim Cook Didn’t Know About. We Went Inside.
From design prototypes of its biggest products to early patents, Apple’s CEO gave us an intimate look at unseen items that help tell the story of 50 years of company history.
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Meta the Defendant
Plus, Apple’s autocorrect fix, Sora’s untimely demise, Nvidia’s iron grip on the AI industry and the 10-year feud shaping AI’s future.
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Hexnode CEO: MacBook Neo forces IT to rethink its budget laptop strategy
Apple’s MacBook Neo (reviewed here) challenges what we expect from budget laptops. Accompanied by shrewd enterprise-focused moves, the new model gives Apple a chance to convert hitherto resistant IT purchasers to adopt its platforms. I spoke with Hexnode CEO Apu Pavithran to get some sense of this potential. Apple’s decision to introduce a $599 laptop is hugely significant, said Pavithran.…
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Review: A weekend with MacBook Neo
The MacBook Neo might be Apple’s most disruptive Mac since the M1 Macs in 2020. For $599, it delivers a true Mac experience and is probably the best affordable laptop you can get — and it’s already coasting atop Amazon’s PC sales charts. MacBook Neo exists to be a lower-cost machine for domestic, college, or…
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Review: Does the $599 MacBook Neo Fit in Your Life?
Comparing Apple’s new budget laptop to the new M5 MacBook Air plus a comparable Chromebook and Windows PC.
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Yes, you can run Windows on a MacBook Neo
Remember the good old days of 2020 when Apple’s then-new M1 Macs were setting fresh records for Mac performance? You might also recall when those same Macs were described as being the fastest PCs to run Windows when using the Parallels virtualization software. If you recall that, and if light use of legacy Windows utilities or tools is…
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Apple’s MacBook Neo: First reviews and analyst reactions
As the introductory dust settles on the recent launch of Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo, product reviewers and the analyst community all seem to agree Apple has hit a home run. The new systems should drive big gains for Apple, gnawing big chunks out of Chromebook and mid-range Windows laptop sales and resetting expectations across that part…
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Dario’s Big Test
Plus: Apple’s new iPhone and MacBook, a suicide linked to Google’s Gemini, Claude’s Firefox hack, the navigational tech aiming to replace GPS, and more.
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Leaked Mac benchmarks show that Apple offers tomorrow’s AI PCs today
Early benchmarks for Apple’s latest Mac processors have emerged. They tell us that the all-new MacBook Neo can and will deliver a great experience for everyday tasks like browsing the web, using apps, or all the other tasks they aim to support. They also tell us that Apple now offers the fastest consumer PC processor on the…
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Apple’s new $599 MacBook Neo is a nightmare for Windows OEMs
Apple’s big week of Mac, iPhone, and iPad introductions continued Wednesday with the launch of a brand-new $599 Apple laptop. The speculation that I think began with Ming-Chi Kuo last year was correct: the MacBook Neo is a 13-in. Mac laptop powered by an A18 Pro chip. It’s the very first Mac with a mobile processor, a…
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How Tech Firms Are Enforcing AI Use
Plus, Apple’s all-American chip push and a ‘Fitbit for farts.’
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iPhone and iPad are the first consumer devices cleared for NATO ‘RESTRICTED’ classification
Apple’s iPhone and iPad are now NATO-approved for classified use, listed in the alliance’s Information Assurance Product Catalogue. Apple announced that its iPhone and iPad have received NATO approval to handle classified information. The devices are now officially listed in the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC), allowing military personnel to use them securely for…
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Apple, the storage company
When it comes to hardware and services revenues, storage is Apple’s secret spell. Not only has iCloud storage become Apple’s most frequently paid-for service, but people are more often purchasing additional storage when acquiring new Apple hardware. This is good business for the company and all it had to do to build that business was…
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CVE-2026-2441: Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild
Right after Apple’s CVE-2026-20700 zero-day under active exploitation made headlines, Google released security updates for Chrome to address the first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026. CVE-2026-2441 Analysis The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-2441, is a use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome’s CSS component. NIST’s NVD description notes that the issue could allow a remote attacker to…
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Apple study shows why we want to control AI
Apple’s latest machine learning research seems to confirm what most of us intuitively know already. It shows that while people are open to using AI, they also want to hang onto their own personal agency and want the decision-making processes used by this intelligent tech to be transparent. Those are some of the conclusions drawn…
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CVE-2026-20700: Apple Patches Zero-Day Exploited in Sophisticated Cyber Attacks
SOC Prime previously highlighted Apple’s actively exploited WebKit zero-day CVE-2025-14174, a case that showed how quickly weaponized iOS flaws can move from targeted activity to real operational risk for organizations and high-value users. That same case later led to additional fixes, with CVE-2025-14174 and CVE-2025-43529 both issued in response to it, reinforcing a familiar pattern…
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Apple gets ready to bite at the mid-range
While competitors face increasing component coats and shrinking demand, Apple’s spring 2026 collection seemingly strikes a far more optimistic note. Apple is broadening its market, while others contract, and right now appears focused on delivering faster, better products at mid-range prices. The company is on the cusp of introducing new Macs, tablets, and smartphones aimed…
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Apple gets ready to bite at the mid-range
While competitors face increasing component coats and shrinking demand, Apple’s spring 2026 collection seemingly strikes a far more optimistic note. Apple is broadening its market, while others contract, and right now appears focused on delivering faster, better products at mid-range prices. The company is on the cusp of introducing new Macs, tablets, and smartphones aimed…
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This is why high-value targets should use Lockdown Mode
If you’ve ever wondered how secure Apple’s Lockdown Mode is, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has the answer — and it’s good news for journalists, business leaders, civil leaders, or anyone who has to handle confidential data. As part of an ongoing investigation about alleged leaks of classified information to the media, the FBI controversially raided the…