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Wow, we are really moving along now! I’m back to report the winners of the quarterfinals: As you can see, both Mac Pro models in the bracket lost out this round, as did the Power Mac G5 and the original Macintosh. Tough day for desktops, as there’s only…

Apple Newsroom: Apple today released a new screening tool and set of resources to help people stay informed and take the proper steps to protect their health during the spread of COVID-19, based on the latest CDC guidance. The new COVID-19 website, and…

Binging stuff on Netflix is good; tackling a new creative project is better.

This time on Flashback: With its webOS hardware, including the Pre, Pixi and more, Palm (and later HP) tried to take on the giants of the early smartphone wars. While webOS was hugely innovative, it wasn’t enough to break into the most important market in…

This week on an extra-long Connected: The early reviews of the 2020 iPad Pro and new MacBook Air are in, and Myke treats the group with an unboxing experience. Federico asks the world for help, while Stephen is bringing joy — and pain — to the Mac…

Rich Trouton: As part of macOS Catalina 10.15.4, Apple has begun displaying a new dialog window message concerning third-party kernel extensions. macOS Catalina is the last macOS to fully support the use of kernel extensions and these messages are meant to…

This time on Liftoff: The entire space industry is reeling from effects of the current global pandemic, and NASA remembers Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden. The current pace of work in the space industry is coming to a screeching halt. My thanks to our sponsor:…

They are totally real.

Voting in Round 2 of Mac Madness has closed, and just shy of 3,000 people voted in this round, picking which Macs were their favorites, sending eight machines into the quarterfinal matches: Like in Round 1, the raw numbers are at the bottom of this post, but I…