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Last Week on My Mac: Queue-jumping, hints and deep integration

The cores in the M1 and the chip itself are thoroughly Apple designs, and work hand-in-glove with macOS using techniques like out-of-order execution and hints to optimise performance.

August 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

How secure is your VPN?

VPN is important protection when you use public-access WiFi, and many now rely on it to protect them from government snooping. Do you trust it?

January 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Upgrade uptake

Shipping a major new release of an operating system is a shot in the dark. Is Sierra reaching its target?

October 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Who protects your health data?

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Much of our data protection and privacy law dates from the last century. Instead of breaking privacy down, politicians should be protecting it better.

March 10, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

It shouldn’t happen to an App Store

App stores are shop windows for their operating systems and host hardware. Getting them wrong is bad news for vendors.

October 31, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Smart and secure: choosing IoT devices which shouldn’t compromise your home 2

Which operating systems are most suitable and secure, and how should they be updated?

September 6, 2015 General, Macs, Technology
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