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Yesterday Apple released several updates for Safari, iOS 17.5, iOS 16.7.8, Sonoma 14.5. Ventura 13.6.7, Monterey 12.7.5, WatchOS 10.5, tvOS17.5.  On May 8, they also released iTunes 12.13.2 for ...

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ISSUE 21.20 • 2024-05-13 ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley For many years, I thought it silly to consider adding an antivirus program or other security software to our phones. Phones were seen as ga...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/do-you-need-antivirus-for-your-phone/

PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston A breakthrough by researchers at Oxford University makes it likely that you’ll be able to access the power of a quantum computing center — remotely from yo...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/quantum-computing-is-coming-to-you-soon/

WINDOWS By Lance Whitney Trying to set up Windows 10 or 11? Microsoft steers you toward certain features and settings that will benefit itself more than you. Here’s how to make the right choice...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/how-to-get-through-microsofts-sneaky-windows-setup/

COMMENTARY By Michael A. Covington Artificial intelligence changes the ethics and computing scene. In my previous article, Ethics and computing, I discussed how the rise of personal computing cre...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/artificial-minds/

Coming up in the May updates are more widgets on the lock screen. Apologies for the slightly blurry photo but I took it from an iphone as I couldn’t grab a screen shot. Personally, I have the c...

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ISSUE 21.19.1 • 2024-05-09 By Susan Bradley Patch Tuesday is only a few days away. As usual, caution is in order. I’ve therefore raised the MS-DEFCON level to 2. Make sure your system is back...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/ms-defcon-2-may-updates-are-right-around-the-corner/

Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, May 7, 2024. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the April 2024 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, yo...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/may-2024-office-non-security-updates-have-been-released/

ISSUE 21.19 • 2024-05-06 COMMENTARY By Michael A. Covington Computer ethics and AI ethics are easier than you think, for one big reason. That reason is simple: if it’s wrong to do something w...

https://www.askwoody.com/2024/ethics-and-computing/

WINDOWS 11 By Ed Tittel The Settings app in Windows 11 remains endlessly under development, with the transition from Control Panel and Microsoft Management consoles far from complete. With the in...

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