Top500: the US retains the top three supercomputers with El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora; the US has 173 of the top 500 to Europe's 163 and China's 46
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El Capitan, the world's most powerful supercomputer, built by HPE and AMD as part of a $600M US DOE contract, is officially dedicated to handle classified tasks
- That smaller sibling, Tuolumne, is similar in design to El Capitan, but just one-tenth the size.
In security update, Apple backports Meltdown fix to macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan
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macOS Sierra review: Siri and Optimized Storage features add convenience but can frustrate, as Siri lacks third-party tie-ins, and iCloud storage is too limited
Open the Mac App Store to buy and download apps. Carly Page / Inquirer : macOS Sierra is now available as a free download for Mac users Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : macOS Sierra software update for Mac rollin...
Apple issues patch for desktop Safari browser and OS X to fix zero-day vulnerabilities, which are similar to those used in NSO's iOS attack discovered last week
Apple has released Important Security Updates Sean Michael Kerner / eWeek : Apple Patches OS X a Week After Fixing iOS Zero-Days Brian Feldman / New York Magazine : Apple Just Patched a Serious Vulner...
Apple says it received its first FBI tip via Vulnerability Equities Process on April 14; vulnerability already fixed on iOS9 and El Capitan
Apple says FBI gave it first vulnerability tip on April 14 — The FBI informed Apple Inc of a vulnerability in its iPhone and Mac software on April 14 …
Apple releases iOS 9.1, bringing Apple News to UK, Live Photos improvements, new emoji
download now, for 150 magical emoji (and longer battery life) Emily Price / The Technology Chronicles : Rejoice! The iPhone finally has a burrito emoji Kyle Wiggers / Digital Trends : Apple now rollin...
Pixelmator for Mac gets El Capitan optimizations, Metal-based Photos extension
Pixelmator for Mac was updated to version 3.4 on Thursday, adding things like optimization for OS X El Capitan, and a new Photos extension founded on Apple's Metal graphics technology.
Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more
And Your iPhone Carly Page / Inquirer : OS X El Capitan will be available to download for free today Yahoo Tech : Prepare Your Mac For the OS X 10.11 ‘El Capitan’ Upgrade
Apple announces next version of OS X, El Capitan, will be released to public Sept. 30
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