Apple releases last week’s security patches for older iPhones, iPads, and Macs

Enlarge / iPhones running iOS 15. Apple Last week, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 16.4.1 and macOS Ventura 13.3.1 to patch two actively exploited security vulnerabilities and fix other small bugs. Today it’s following those up with iOS and iPadOS ...

Analysts say Mac sales are down 40% as post-pandemic PC sales slump continues

Enlarge / Apple’s M2 Pro Mac mini. Andrew Cunningham The analysts at IDC have released their worldwide PC sales numbers for the first quarter of 2023, and the news isn’t good for PC companies. IDC says that all the companies ...

Amazon layoffs will shut down camera review site DPReview.com after 25 years [Updated]

Nikon Amazon has plans to lay off at least 27,000 workers this year, including 9,000 that were announced in an internal email Monday morning. One unexpected casualty: Digital Photography Review, also known as DPReview, is losing its entire editorial staff, ...

“Acropalypse” Android screenshot bug turns into a 0-day Windows vulnerability

Enlarge / Windows 10 and 11 have their own version of the Acropalypse screenshot editing bug. acropalypse.app/Andrew Cunningham Earlier this week, programmer and “accidental security researcher” Simon Aarons disclosed a bug in Google’s Markup screenshot editing tool for its Pixel ...

Bing’s AI chatbot can now generate unhinged images along with unhinged text

Enlarge / “A gaming PC riding a skateboard” as generated by the DALL-E 2-powered Bing Image Creator. The version of DALL-E in the Bing Chat preview may be more advanced. Bing Image Creator Microsoft is giving its work-in-progress Bing AI ...