Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “But… Macs don’t get VIRUSES…”.
Hi, I can’t help but notice you haven’t, had your Tech News today. And that’s a problem. [ Guy ], I’m upset., Apple’s M1 processor is only a few months old, but it’s already being attacked by malware, designed specifically for the new MacBook Pro MacBook Air and Mac. Mini.
Come on [ Guy ], Ah they’re babies, It’s a baby.. It seems that the M1 gold rush that saw developers scrambling to release versions of their apps that could natively run on M1 systems, also prompted the bad guys to do the same with the viruses.. The news comes from Mac Security, Researcher, Patrick Wartell and security firm, Red Canary., But strangely Malwarebytes also reported this week that detections of malware in macOS overall decreased by 38 %. In 2020. I read you., So 38 % of malware developers switched gears to making M1 malware, and now it’s just coming out – okay.
[ Guy ]. Oh that’s how it works. The system works.! You don’t think. So Then, why are M1 Macs discounted at several retailers right now? Huh? I know economics. [ Guy ] Bill Gates., It’s conspiracies., Your lizard scales are showing. ( laughter, ), Kill Gates.. We haven’t reported on Epic Games versus Apple shenanigans for a while, but it seems like this story cycle is spinning up again, as Epic has filed a complaint with the European Commission over what they see as Apple’s monopolistic App Store, practices. [ Guy ] Monopolistic.
What did I say, [ Guy ], Monopolistic. Monopolistic., But that’s not all., North Dakota or Dakota as Riley would say. It also put forward a state bill this week. That would, if passed, prevent Apple and Google from taking a cut of the sales from the iOS App Store and the Google Play Stores respectively.. The Bill’s draft was actually put forward by a lobbyist hired by Epic Games..
Although Epic said the Bill was actually the work of the Coalition for App Fairness, which is basically a group of companies that Epic got together to help them fight Apple. Same diff., It wasn’t me it was the club I started and pretty much run. Yeah.
It’S a great club.. You should join please., It’s not a shell company.. Similar bills are being put forward at Arizona and Georgia.. So if you think this whole thing is over well baby, it’s just beginning. Georgia, the State. [ Guy, ], Georgia, Maybe they’re doing it in the country of Georgia.
I don’t know. Crazy kids over there. And Google and Facebook are starting to get desperate to avoid a world in which they’re forced by a proposed Australian legislation to pay news publishers for linking to their articles. The news publishers’ articles, not Google and Facebook’s articles., I mean Come on Australia’s supposed to be chill [ Guy ] Come on boys.
In retaliation for the Bill. Facebook has blocked Aussie users from sharing or even seeing news content on Facebook at all. And Australian publishers have had all the links to their content blocked. As well. Facebook announced the news with a blog post, hilariously titled “ Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook. In Australia.”, [ Guy ] We’re just doing some changes. Okay, It’s all right., It’s pretty clear, actually.! Meanwhile, Google is wheeling and dealing with Aussie news publishers trying to get enough of them to agree to receive some Google cash for appearing in Google News showcase.. Instead of getting straight up paid to show up in Search., They have made a deal with News: Corp, the media company owned by Rupert Murdoch., But it’s unclear whether the Australian bill will still go through..
Let’S hope they figure something out. Though., The thought of my mates down under having to use Bing is making me sicker than a washed up Wallaby. [ Guy ], If they ever, if you ever see one they’re quite sick., And when they’re washed up they’re gross.
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Thankfully there are a number of other great free password managers out there, so we don’t need to use this. But wait if your iPad Pro is a laptop. Could you … [ Guy ] Whoa? What about a Surface Pro Microsoft is releasing an update that would allow select legacy Xbox One titles, to run at two to four times their original frame rate on the Xbox Series, S and Series X.
Which is a pretty great deal. Given that no original game code was altered., The tech called FPS Boost affects game performance at the direct 3D level.. For this initial rollout, only five games are supported., “, Far Cry 4 ,” “ Watchdogs, 2 ,” “, UFC, 4 ,” “, Sniper Elite 4, ,” and “ New Super Lucky’s Tale.”. That last one is definitely not an FPS., But maybe there’s DLC coming where you get a Gatling gun or something new [ Guy ] Conquered ( mumbles ). For a day, three ducks.
Samsung says their new HBM2 Memory has an included AI processor, with up to 1.2 teraflops of computing power, which can take on tasks like moving data between memory and processors that are normally managed by a CPU. Uh huh sure.. What’S next Samsung My RGB strip getting delusions of grandeur and doing my taxes. Screw you Samsung. [ Guy ], (, beep, ) outta, here Samsung. Vice-president of Facebook, Reality Labs Andrew Bosworth, indicated during an Instagram Q. .