Seemingly, for the first time in forever, Apple will be updating every single Mac with an M4 chip, presuming rumors hold correct. There have been a number of times where this has been close, but it hasnt happened anytime in the past decade, at least.Earlier this fall, Apple introduced the first Macs with M4: MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini. There were a number of noteworthy upgrades, including more (and faster) Thunderbolt ports, nano-texture display options, and Center Stage camera upgrades.These refreshes covered a large chunk of the Mac lineup, only leaving MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro. According to Bloombergs Mark Gurman, MacBook Air will receive M4 in the spring, whereas Mac Studio and Mac Pro will receive it by the middle of 2025. So, presuming that holds up, every Mac in the lineup will be up to date.Historical Mac refreshesThere havent been many times where every Mac in the lineup has stayed up to date. We were pretty close with M1, where almost every Mac received that over the course of around 18 months except for the Mac Pro. In fact, since the Mac Pro is refreshed so infrequently, we have to use that as our key indicator.The last Mac Pro refresh was in 2023, receiving M2 Ultra. Most Macs received the M2 family of chips, with MacBook Air and 13 MacBook Pro kicking it off at WWDC22, Mac mini and MacBook Pro following up in January 2023, and Mac Studio & Mac Pro finishing off at WWDC23. However, there was no iMac refresh with M2, creating an imperfect cycle.Going back even further, 2019 when we got our first look at the current Mac Pro design. That was also another year where Apple refreshed most Macs, with the iMac (both sizes) kicking it off early in the year, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro joining mid year, and the all-new 16 MacBook Pro and subsequent Mac Pro towards the end of the year.However, there was no iMac Pro or Mac mini refresh, once again making 2019 an imperfect cycle. Even if you counted the Mac mini for that year, since it was pretty late in 2018, the lack of iMac Pro refresh would invalidate it.Oddly worded title, they didn't update every Mac with m4 a decade ago.I do hope this is the new norm. It would be great if there was some predictability on new models so that buyers don't have to try to read the tea leaves to determine whether or not it's the right time to buy a particular model in the lineup.But I suspect it might be more of a need to get rid of the M3 rather than being the new normal. View all commentsI could continue to go in detail, but Ill keep it brief. The last time every Mac was updated in a rolling 12 month period wouldve been 2013, when Apple introduced the trashcan Mac Pro, and also updated the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini within a year.Wrap upSo, assuming rumors hold up, the M4 will be the first time in over a decade where Apple has refreshed every single Mac. MacBook Air seems like a lock, and so does Mac Studio and Mac Pro. Lets just hope Apple doesnt change any plans, and we should be golden.What do you think of Apples M4 Mac lineup? Let us know in the comments.Follow Michael:X/Twitter,Bluesky,InstagramAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

"She has officially been uploaded to the cloud."Wrap It UpChristmas queen Mariah Carey has released her latest yuletide dispatch and it looks anawful lot like it was made with AI.As part of Spotify's annual "Wrapped" campaign, which calculates users' top songs, the "All I Want For Christmas" singer provided a video to her top fans that appeared to show the star perching in front of a holiday tree while rocking some Santa-style red and white threads.The video, however, immediately felt off: the diva's lips didn't match up with her words, she was swaying strangely, and her perfectly-coiffed blonde hair was moving in peculiar ways."I think [it's] AI," one commenter on the r/popculturechat subreddit said of the video. "The tone/inflection she is speaking in just really doesn't match anything else on screen. It sounds like a prerecorded message, especially when she says 'thank you soo much.'"Over on X-formerly-Twitter, where the video was posted by a fan account, folks had similar if not more vulgar takes."No f*cking way you people actually think [that's] not [AI]," one user wrote."This queen is a pioneer," another quipped. "She has officially been uploaded to the cloud."Den-AI-lAs AI speculation continued to spread, Carey took to X to issue a fiery rebuttal."Bad lighting and a red lip have you all thinking this is AI??" the seasonal diva wrote. "Theres a reason Im not a fan of either of those things!"Others also jumped to her defense, claiming they could tell it was real "because you can see her eyes moving as she reads the script.""I don't know what's worse," yet another X user wrote, "the fact people think this is AI or the fact that it isn't and she genuinely sounds this monotonous."In the wake of Carey's official denial, we can't say for sure that the video was generated by AI but consider us suspicious, even if that puts us on the naughty list.Share This Article

Just a few days after the full release of OpenAI's o1 model, a company staffer is now claiming that the company has achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI)."In my opinion," OpenAI employee Vahid Kazemi wrote in a post on X-formerly-Twitter, "we have already achieved AGI and its even more clear with O1."If you were anticipating a fairly massive caveat, though, you weren't wrong."We have not achieved 'better than any human at any task,'" he continued, "but what we have is 'better than most humans at most tasks.'"Critics will note that Kazemi is seizing on a convenient and unconventional definition of AGI. He's not saying that the company's AI is more effective than a person with expertise or skills in a certain task, but that it can do such a variety of tasks even if the end result is dubious that no human can compete with the sheer breadtth.A member of the firm's technical staff, Kazemi went on to muse about the nature of LLMs and whether or not they're simply "following a recipe.""Some say LLMs only know how to follow a recipe," he wrote. "Firstly, no one can really explain what a trillion parameter deep neural net can learn. But even if you believe that, the whole scientific method can be summarized as a recipe: observe, hypothesize, and verify."While that does come off somewhat defensive, it also gets to the heart of OpenAI's public outlook: that simply pouring more and more data and processing power into existing machine learning systems will eventually result in a human-level intelligence."Good scientists can produce better hypothesis [sic] based on their intuition, but that intuition itself was built by many trial and errors," Kazemi continued. "Theres nothing that cant be learned with examples."Notably, this missive was made right after news broke that OpenAI had removed "AGI" from the terms of its deal with Microsoft, so the business implications of the assertion are unclear.One thing's for sure, though: we haven'tyet seen an AI that can compete in the labor force with a human worker in any serious and general way. If that happens, the Kazemis of the world will have earned our attention.Share This Article

Dec 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web3 SecurityCybersecurity researchers have warned of a new scam campaign that leverages fake video conferencing apps to deliver an information stealer called Realst targeting people working in Web3 under the guise of fake business meetings."The threat actors behind the malware have set up fake companies using AI to make them increase legitimacy," Cado Security researcher Tara Gould said. "The company reaches out to targets to set up a video call, prompting the user to download the meeting application from the website, which is Realst infostealer."The activity has been codenamed Meeten by the security company, owing to the use of names such as Clusee, Cuesee, Meeten, Meetone, and Meetio for the bogus sites.The attacks entail approaching prospective targets on Telegram to discuss a potential investment opportunity, urging them to join a video call hosted on one of the dubious platforms. Users who end up on the site are prompted to download a Windows or macOS version depending on the operating system used.Once installed and launched on macOS, users are greeted with a message that claims "The current version of the app is not fully compatible with your version of macOS" and that they need to enter their system password in order for the app to work as expected.This is accomplished by means of an osascript technique that has been adopted by several macOS stealer families such as Atomic macOS Stealer, Cuckoo, MacStealer, Banshee Stealer, and Cthulhu Stealer. The end goal of the attack is to steal various kinds of sensitive data, including from cryptocurrency wallets, and export them to a remote server.The malware is also equipped to steal Telegram credentials, banking information, iCloud Keychain data, and browser cookies from Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, Arc, Cc Cc, and Vivaldi.The Windows version of the app Nullsoft Scriptable Installer System (NSIS) file that's signed with a likely stolen legitimate signature from Brys Software Ltd. Embedded within the installer is an Electron application that's configured to retrieve the stealer executable, a Rust-based binary, from an attacker-controlled domain."Threat actors are increasingly using AI to generate content for their campaigns," Gould said. "Using AI enables threat actors to quickly create realistic website content that adds legitimacy to their scams, and makes it more difficult to detect suspicious websites."This is not the first time fake meeting software brands have been leveraged to deliver malware. Earlier this March, Jamf Threat Labs revealed that it detected a counterfeit website called meethub[.]gg to propagate a stealer malware that shares overlaps with Realst.Then in June, Recorded Future detailed a campaign dubbed markopolo that targeted cryptocurrency users with bogus virtual meeting software to drain their wallets by using stealers like Rhadamanthys, Stealc, and Atomic.The development comes as the threat actors behind the Banshee Stealer macOS malware shut down their operations after the leak of their source code. It's unclear what prompted the leak. The malware was advertised on cybercrime forums for a monthly subscription of $3,000.It also follows the emergence of new stealer malware families like Fickle Stealer, Wish Stealer, Hexon Stealer, and Celestial Stealer, even as users and businesses searching for pirated software and AI tools are being targeted with RedLine Stealer and Poseidon Stealer, respectively."The attackers behind this campaign are clearly interested in gaining access to organizations of Russian-speaking entrepreneurs who use software to automate business processes," Kaspersky said of the RedLine Stealer campaign.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Dec 07, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Election FraudIn a historic decision, Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election amid allegations of Russian interference.As a result, the second round vote, which was scheduled for December 8, 2024, will no longer take place. Clin Georgescu, who won the first round, denounced the verdict as an "officialized coup" and an attack on democracy."The electoral process for the election of the President of Romania will be resumed in its entirety, with the Government to establish a new date for the election of the President of Romania, as well as a new calendar program for the implementation of the necessary actions," the Constitutional Court of Romania said.The judiciary body said the decision is pursuant to Article 146(f) of the Constitution, emphasizing the need to ensure the fairness and legality of the electoral process. The decision is final and binding.The development comes days after declassified documents released by the Romanian government alleged a pro-Russian influence campaign that leveraged a network of 25,000 accounts on social media platform TikTok to promote Georgescu in a coordinated effort.That said, it's currently not clear from the document whether Georgescu was aware of the alleged campaign or assisted in it. Russia has denied any interference in the election process.Separately, the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) disclosed that the E.U. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member state was the target of more than 85,000 intrusion attempts before and during the first round of the election that was designed to gain access to election websites and IT systems."The mode of operation, as well as the scale of the cyber campaign, lead to the conclusion that the attacker possesses considerable resources, consistent with a mode of operation specific to a state-sponsored attacker," the SRI said.In a statement released Friday, the U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said: "Romanians must have confidence that their elections reflect the democratic will of the Romanian people and are free of foreign malign influence aimed at undermining the fairness of their elections."The European Commission, in a press statement on Thursday, said it has stepped up its monitoring of TikTok, urging the platform to "freeze and preserve data related to actual or foreseeable systemic risks its service could pose on electoral processes and civic discourse in the E.U."To that end, it has been asked to retain internal documents and information regarding the design and functioning of its recommender systems, in addition to details on how it's addressing the risk of intentional manipulation through a technique called coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB).The development comes as TikTok revealed this week that it disrupted two small clusters in late November 2024, each comprising 78 and 12 accounts, respectively, that covertly campaigned for Georgescu and independent political candidate Mircea Geoan.Back in September, the popular social media service said it took down a network of 22 accounts operating from Romania that were found to make use of inauthentic accounts to spread misinformation and amplify narratives critical of the government. The network had a total of 300,000 followers between them."The networks we have detected specifically targeting the Romanian elections have so far been small scale operations coordinated on TikTok that operated domestically," it said. "We also look closely at off platform activity to prevent covert influence operations and deceptive behaviours."Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

A new record has been set for the price of movie memorabilia. At an auction this weekend, a pair of ruby slippers that was worn by Judy Garland during the making ofThe Wizard of Oz sold for $28 million. Adding in the buyers premium, the total cost was $32.5 million.And you thought you were aWickedfan.There really is no place like home.The pair of slippers is arguably the most famous prop in the history of movies. If its not number one, it has to be in the top five, along with other items likeCitizen Kanes sled and Indiana Jones whip. (When one ofKanes sleds went up for auction in 1996, it sold for $233,500 the equivalent of$477,000today.)Garland wore multiple pairs of the shoes during filming; historians know of at least four sets of ruby slippers (including the one sold this weekend) thatsurviveto this day. One is in private hands; the other two are displayed at the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. and the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.The buyer of this fourth pair of slippers is currently anonymous.MGMMGMloading...READ MORE: Two KidWickedSuperfans Review the New MovieThis particular pair that was sold was originally housed at the Judy Garland Museum and then were stolen in 2005. They were recovered in 2018 and after the Smithsonian confirmed their authenticity, they finally went up for auction over the weekend.$32.5 million later, someone has much more sparkly feet than they did before.The same auction also included one of the original Wicked Witch of the West hats fromThe Wizard of Oz film, worn by actress Margaret Hamilton. That one sold for a little under $3 million. A relative bargain!Get our free mobile appThe Worst Movies of 2024 (According to Letterboxd)Out of more than 41,000 titles released in 2024, these were the 25 films that received the lowest average rating from users on the movie social media site Letterboxd.

Time zones: EST (UTC -5), CST (UTC -6), MST (UTC -7), PST (UTC -8)Here at ClickMagick we're a small team building big things, and we're looking for another amazing Full Stack Perl Developer to join our team.Our SaaS application is used by thousands of businesses to track, test and optimize their online marketing. And as part of the core development team you'll help us to build great new features, you'll help refactor old legacy code, and everything else in between.Everything you do will be super important, you'll directly help improve the lives and businesses of our customers, and you'll have the opportunity to participate in the growth of the business as we take things to the next level.If you're just looking for a job and a paycheck, this is not for you.We're looking for someone who, once we both determine we're a great fit, is willing and excited about making a commitment to joining our team and riding the wave with us for at least the next few years.This is a full-time remote position. W2 or contract, whichever you prefer.You will be adding new features to our web application which requires Perl on the server side and JavaScript/jQuery in the browser.You will need:* Strong Perl skills, both legacy Perl and more modern Perl* Intermediate or better experience with HTML/JavaScript/CSS/jQuery* We use MySQL, so you should know how to write basic queries

Time zones: SBT (UTC +11), GMT (UTC +0), CET (UTC +1), EET (UTC +2), MSK (UTC +3)As Koinlys Head of Marketing, youll be at the forefront of driving our growth in the rapidly evolving crypto space. Youll develop and execute marketing strategies that not only attract users but position Koinly as the go-to name in crypto taxes. This role requires expertise in product marketing, SEO and partnerships and the ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, turning ideas into results that make a difference.ResponsibilitiesCreate and run a marketing strategy that grows our user base, boosts visibility, and aligns with Koinlys goals.Shape and refine Koinlys brand story, messaging, and value proposition to connect with our audience across all channels.Plan and execute product marketing strategies, including launches for new features, that clearly communicate the value of Koinly to users.Lead the creation of SEO-friendly, high-quality content to drive organic traffic, improve rankings, and position Koinly as a go-to resource in cryptoBuild strong partnerships with major players like Revolut and Crypto.com, using joint campaigns to grow our brand and user baseTrack key metrics, analyze whats working, and tweak campaigns to get the best results.Manage and mentor a small marketing team, setting clear goals and ensuring projects are delivered with creativity and accountability.Deliver marketing projects quickly and efficiently, keeping quality high and meeting tight deadlines in a fast-moving environment.Stay on top of crypto/Web3 trends to create relevant campaigns and keep Koinly ahead of the curve.RequirementsSolid experience leading marketing teams, with a strong background in product marketing, content strategy, and SEO.Great communicator with experience building strong relationships with partners and stakeholders.Skilled in writing engaging, SEO-friendly content and crafting messaging that connects with audiences.Deep understanding of the crypto/Web3 space and its unique audience.Hands-on and able to balance big-picture strategy with getting things done.Proven track record of managing small teams, collaborating across departments, and working with freelancersData-driven with a knack for analyzing metrics and using insights to improve results.Experience managing budgets and getting the most impact from every dollar spent.What we can offer youHighly competitive packageFully remote role (with flexible work hours)32 holidays per annum (incl. public holidays)Co-working space budgetWork in cryptoAbout usAt Koinly, we are building software to help crypto investors stay compliant with their tax obligations and keep track of their investments. We launched the first version of our platform in 2019 and have since grown to over 1.5M users by solving a highly technical problem and saving our users countless hours of work (see what our customers say). All of this with a small team of super intelligent and dedicated individuals!Our values & work environmentAs a startup we value efficiency above all else. Our team structure is flat and focused where every individual has a critical role that directly impacts our users. You will not find any middle managers or pointless meetings here. Our environment is best suited for people that are hands-on, like to take ownership and most importantly - are self-learners.Our team is based in Europe so we try to work in the UK timezone but are flexible on the work timings. Everyone is expected to work 40 hours and no more. We highly value people that can prioritise their work, know what tools to use to work efficiently and can set up processes to amplify the impact of their time.What to expect in your first monthThis is the most decisive part of your tenure at Koinly. You will be assessed on your technical skills and how quickly you are able to become operational. A good benchmark is to try Koinly out yourself, if you have a hard time understanding what it does then things will not get any easier. After all, we expect our users to be able to do their taxes with Koinly in under 20 minutes. An interest in crypto (beyond just bitcoin) is a major advantage.

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