Desktop hypervisors are not dead: Oracle preps major VirtualBox update
Solaris support persists and support for Armed Macs improves
VMware Explore30 Jul 2024 | 29
Apple M1
Add AI servers to the list of iDevices Apple Silicon could soon power
Updated Where have you been, Cupertino?
AI + ML08 May 2024 |
Hardware-level Apple Silicon vulnerability can leak cryptographic keys
Short of redesigning CPUs, the fix will seriously degrade performance
Research22 Mar 2024 | 22
Apple gets in on the AI PC hype, claims fanless M3 MacBook Air is fab for LLMs
Plus a new anodization seal should make Midnight edition more resilient to gamer grease
Personal Tech04 Mar 2024 | 27
Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process
MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199
Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 102
Side channel attacks take bite out of Apple silicon with iLeakage exploit
Nearly six years on from Spectre and Meltdown, novel method steals passwords, emails, texts
Research26 Oct 2023 | 10
Chip firm accused of IP theft bites back, claims Apple's contracts are rotten
iGiant says Rivos poached talent and SoC designs in '22
Systems26 Sep 2023 | 16
Apple finally pro giving Pro iPads these Pro apps
Final Cut, Logic to land on fondleslabs – in subscription form
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 9
Microsoft makes Windows-on-Arm in VMs on Macs official – with Parallels for starters
VMware approves even if it's not yet on the approved list
Virtualization17 Feb 2023 | 12
Apple's M2 MacBook Pros, Mac Mini boast more cores, higher clocks and bigger GPUs
Still waiting for that Ultra...
Systems17 Jan 2023 | 24
Not all vendors' Arm-powered kit is created equally, benchmark fan finds
Shiny silicon plus Rusty drivers will eventually equal openly saucy happiness
Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 15
Microsoft's Teams goes native on Apple, retains a human touch
There'll be a welcome in valleys of Wales for language translation
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 18
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.19 – using Asahi on an Arm-powered Mac
Hails the combo as finally making Arm 'usable as a development platform'
OSes31 Jul 2022 | 49
Apple's new MacBook Air: Is the jump to M2 silicon worth another $200?
Comment The faithful won't care either way but advances aren't earth-shattering
Personal Tech08 Jul 2022 | 81
AWS starts renting cloudy M1 Mac minis
They're cheaper than cloudy x86 Apples, but not entirely tempting
PaaS + IaaS08 Jul 2022 | 3
Apple M1 chip contains hardware vulnerability that bypasses memory defense
MIT CSAIL boffins devise PACMAN attack to let existing exploits avoid pointer authentication
Research10 Jun 2022 | 9
Apple offers improved Linux support in macOS Ventura
Penguin fans will be able to use Rosetta 2 to run x86 binaries in forthcoming update
OSes09 Jun 2022 | 7
Intel freezes hiring for PC chip team, cites 'macroeconomic uncertainty'
Inflation, Apple M2, PC market shrink: Could the timing have been worse?
Systems09 Jun 2022 | 4
Asahi Linux project shows progress in graphics drivers on Apple's M1
Follow the blue rabbit! Graphics driver developer lead talks to The Reg
OSes10 May 2022 | 18
Qualcomm ‘on track’ for Apple M-level Nuvia chips in late 2023
Too bad everyone else is pretty much on track with their processors
Personal Tech02 May 2022 | 7
Apple CEO: Silicon shortages and C-19 lockdowns to hurt sales by up to $8 billion
That Mac you ordered? Lead times stretch to June, but Apple warns 'most products affected' over next 3 months
Personal Tech29 Apr 2022 | 11
OpenBSD 7.1 is out, including Apple M1 support
26 years and only two external exploits is not to be (packet) sniffed at
OSes22 Apr 2022 | 35
Apple dev logs suggest 'nine new M2-powered Macs'
'Widespread internal testing' of four processor types
Personal Tech16 Apr 2022 | 29
'Bigger is better' is back for hardware – without any obvious benefits
Column Software was supposed to eat the world, but it's scarcely snacking on today's monstrous silicon
On-Prem13 Apr 2022 | 49
AI hardware, PC gaming rig maker partner on powerful AI/ML laptop
Lambda, Razer take on Apple with Tensorbook for ML engineers
Personal Tech12 Apr 2022 | 3
The march of Macs into the enterprise: Demand is on the increase
MacAD We talk to some players in the Apple device management game
Systems04 Apr 2022 | 97
We take Asahi Linux alpha for a spin on an M1 Mac Mini
Hands on We didn't have high hopes for our sacrificial machine but were pleasantly surprised
OSes22 Mar 2022 | 42
Asahi Linux reaches 'very early Alpha'
Owners of Macs running M1 silicon now have a a native – but rough – Linux to test
OSes21 Mar 2022 | 8
114 billion transistors, one big meh. Apple's M1 Ultra wake-up call
Opinion What if we've built the future, but nobody wants to come?
Personal Tech14 Mar 2022 | 245
Just two die for: Apple reveals M1 Ultra chip in Mac Studio
Plus another phone, laptop, monitor
Personal Tech08 Mar 2022 | 119
Microsoft goes native with OneDrive on Apple Silicon
Hopefully a better experience than the 'disastrous' Files On-Demand update
Storage02 Mar 2022 | 5
Apple has missed the video revolution
Column COVID-19 turned many of us into media producers, but the tools favour Windows
On-Prem01 Mar 2022 | 62
Apple Mac sales break records amid ex-86-odus to Arm-compatible M1 silicon
Cook & Co made $384M profit per day during latest quarter
Personal Tech28 Jan 2022 | 64
Apple custom chip guru jumps ship to rejoin Intel
Jeff Wilcox led efforts to build M1 and T2 processors
Personal Tech06 Jan 2022 | 27
What does 2022 have in store for Asahi Linux on Apple chips? Drivers aplenty, but that GPU still needs tackling
Handily, the team spotted a bug in Linux's ARM SMMU support too
OSes16 Dec 2021 | 8
Why your external monitor looks awful on Arm-based Macs, the open source fix – and the guy who wrote it
Interview Q&A with the developer of BetterDummy: from macOS secrets to his motivations
OSes03 Dec 2021 | 63
AWS adds another Arm CPU to its cloud: Apple's M1
Updates bare metal Macs-a-service and claims up to 60 per cent better price performance vs cloudy x86 Macs
PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2021 | 2
Progress report: Asahi Linux brings forth a usable basic desktop on Apple's M1
Drivers slip into the kernel as team ponders GPU hardware
Applications06 Oct 2021 | 20
VMware announces tech preview of Arm hypervisor – Fusion on Apple's M1 silicon
And names a new CTO
Virtualization09 Sep 2021 | 7
'Not great, but usable': GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1
Should 'run like a dream' when everything's done, says dev
Applications23 Aug 2021 | 20
The M in M1 is for moans: How do you turn a new MacBook Pro into a desktop workhorse?
You'll need two hubs and about £300
Personal Tech29 Jun 2021 | 114
There was a crooked man who bought a crooked M1 iMac, and we presume they lived together in a little crooked house
It's Crookedgate! Folks report receiving whizzy Apple gear with slightly wonky displays
Personal Tech15 Jun 2021 | 62
iFixit voids yet another warranty tearing down the 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro
Not too difficult to get in, but component serialisation could still be a hurdle
Personal Tech07 Jun 2021 |
Can a 21.5-inch iMac beat the latest-and-greatest M1 model in performance? Kinda
Extra performance wrung out, but we wouldn't rush to eBay
Personal Tech07 Jun 2021 | 18
VMware is 'a few months away' from M1 release of Fusion macOS desktop hypervisor
Test code is apparently blazingly fast, but for now Parallels has VMs on Apple silicon to itself
Virtualization27 Apr 2021 |
But can it run Avid? The Reg hands shiny new M1 MacBook to video production pro, who beats it with Blender, Handbrake, and ... Hypercard?
Review He was there the day Steve Jobs moved off PowerPC to Intel, and says the Arm transition looks better
Personal Tech22 Apr 2021 | 72
Asahi Linux devs merge effort to run Linux on Apple M1 silicon into kernel
Slated for inclusion in version 5.13, due about three months from now
OSes09 Apr 2021 | 13
17 years since release, iMac G5 finally gets an upgrade after tinkerer shoves M1 Mac Mini inside
And for my next trick... an M1 Macintosh Color Classic?
Personal Tech09 Mar 2021 | 19
Malware monsters target Apple’s M1 silicon with ‘Silver Sparrow’
Behaves like a legit software installer and phones home for instructions, but lacks a payload
Security22 Feb 2021 | 43
Apple offends devs by asking for Developer Transition Kits back early, then offering them a measly $200 off an M1 Mac
They also have to use the credit before 31 May or lose it
OSes04 Feb 2021 | 19
Going underground with Scaleway's Apple M1-as-a-Service: Mac Minis descend into Paris nuclear bunker
Company reckons setup is 'first of its kind in Europe'
Personal Tech02 Feb 2021 | 35
What's that coming over the hill? Is it native Office? Microsoft's flagship arrives on Apple Silicon, but you'll have to wait for Teams
From preview to release
Software16 Dec 2020 | 11
Apple's M1: the fastest and bestest ever silicon = revolution? Nah, there's far more interesting stuff happening in tech that matters to everyone
Column It's just Apple doing what Apple does best. Making loads of money by tending to its Walled Garden
Personal Tech07 Dec 2020 | 193
Biting the hand that feeds IT
