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What Apple’s 2016 acquisitions tell us about 2017 and beyond

When you look at Apple’s 2016 acquisitions, “the focus for Apple seems centered around artificial intelligence, augmented reality, enterprise and education,” Carolina Milanesi writes for Tech.pinions.

“I have mentioned before how my relationship with Siri has been improving over time. This is good and bad at the same time. Good because I appreciate it. Bad because I want more,”…

Apple acquires security company LegbaCore that found Mac firmware worm

“Apple acquired firmware security company LegbaCore in November 2015, according to security researcher Trammell Hudson, who revealed the acquisition in his presentation at the 32C3 conference in December,” Husain Sumra reports for MacRumors.

“LegbaCore had collaborated with Hudson on Thunderstrike 2, the first firmware worm to affect Mac computers,” Sumra reports. “The malware is…

What do you do when researchers create a worm that infects your company's firmware? If you're Apple, you buy the researchers. Last August, news broke of a exploit named "Thunderstrike 2." Delivered by a simple link, the worm could silently modify a M...

Original post: Engadget

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