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What Are HEVC and AVC? H.265 and H.264 Video Codecs Explained

Home References (Image credit: Shutterstock) Who doesn’t love 4K? With a whopping 8.3 million pixels, a 3840 x 2160 resolution is quite the luxury these days. With a 4K monitor or TV, movies and games look impeccably sharp and detailed, and productivity also gets a boost. But that’s assuming your content is actually being delivered… Read more

Programming language: Go 1.16 Beta supports ARM64 architecture

Go, an open source programming language originally developed by Google, is available in version 1. 16 as beta. The most important new features are changes to the core library and, according to the publishers, an improved runtime. The library includes the new embed package: This gives Go developers access to all of them during compilation… Read more

macOS 11.1: First major update for Big Sur

macOS Big Sur is now available in version 11. 1. The update brings support for Apple’s new AirPods Max headphones and ensures a more prominent placement of the TV + streaming service in the preinstalled TV app: A new tab lists all the content of Apple’s subscription service. The search was supplemented with suggestions and… Read more

Vulnerabilities: Apple also updates old iPhones, iPads and Watch devices

Update series in the past week: Apple updated the operating systems of current iPhones and iPads as well as Macs, Apple Watch devices, HomePods and Apple TV boxes on Thursday evening. But that wasn’t all. Various older products have also been updated. And you should import them urgently for security reasons. Four security-critical gaps This… Read more

Vulnerabilities in iOS are actively exploited – no update for iOS 13

With the latest series of updates, Apple is eliminating several critical vulnerabilities in its operating systems that allow remote attackers to smuggle in malicious code. Users should install the updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS provided on Friday night as soon as possible. Targeted attacks on Apple users The security risk does not… Read more

macOS: HP apps lose security certificate

Owners of printers from the Hewlett-Packard brand currently have problems when using the device on a Mac: The manufacturer’s official applications are failing in a row because the operating system seems to mistake them for malware. This includes, for example, the widely used HP Utility (HP printing tool), with which the printer settings can be… Read more