Articles by baltazar

Endangered Firefox?

At this point, the best thing Mozilla Corp. has going for it is that it is not a publicly traded company, because if it was, its stock would be getting slaughtered. The company’s CEO, Mitchell…



What is Darwin AI and how could Apple use its new tech?

Apple has quietly acquired yet another AI startup, Canada’s Darwin AI, a company  focused on machine vision intelligence, smart manufacturing, improved machine learning efficiency and edge-based intelligence. All of these seem critical to Apple’s future…



For March’s Patch Tuesday, no zero-day flaws

Microsoft this week pushed out 61 Patch Tuesday updates with no reports of public disclosures or other zero-days affecting the larger ecosystem (Windows, Office, .NET). Though there are three updated packages from February, they’re just…



Admins see snags as macOS Sonoma 14.4 hits Macs

There appear to be a couple of snags in the latest iteration of macOS Sonoma that are upsetting to Apple admins: Some USB hubs are no longer recognized by the Mac and a popular command…



Quick Tips to Save Time on the Telephone

With everything a smartphone can do these days, it’s often easy to overlook one of the device’s most basic functions: voice calls. Communicating by telephone has become more complicated in a world of robocalls and…


The EU browser wars have begun as Apple opens up

Now that Apple has opened up choice to third-party browsers as part of its efforts to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, we can expect a new focus on browser market share in the…