Got an Intel Mac? Here’s the deal so far, and possible future scenarios
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Got an Intel Mac? Here’s the deal so far, and possible future scenarios

Top Stories Tamfitronics If you’ve got an Intel Mac of up to six years old, there was mixed news for most when Apple announced macOS 15 Sequoia. Most Macs that can run macOS 14 can still run this year’s version but Intel models unsurprisingly won’t get the headline Apple Intelligence features.A historical analysis of how long Macs continue to support the latest version of macOS shows that with a couple of exceptions not much changed this year on the surface, but it does still leave the question of Apple’s future plans for its Intel-chipped machines … The Intel Mac story so farArsTechnica used over 20 years’ worth of data to determine how long you can expect your Mac to continue being eligible for each year’s version of macOS, and found a...
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Lexie Carroll Charms With ‘we never made it to Glasgow’
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Lexie Carroll Charms With ‘we never made it to Glasgow’

Top Stories Tamfitronics 19 · 06 · 2024 Lexie Carroll has shared her new EP ‘you look lovely when you’re living’ in full.The songwriter has teased the release with some tasteful singles, melting together pop-edged melodies with indie-flavoured introspection.Out now, her new EP is something to behold, with ‘you look lovely when you’re living’ forming a message of personal evolution.Crafted alongside producer Jack Hardman, focus track ‘we never made it to Glasgow’ is rooted in a real-life failed expedition North of the Border.Chosen to open for James Marriott on a full UK tour, illness in her team meant she dropped out of the Scottish dates – and in that sudden burst of free time, this song was born.“Instead, I went to my good friend and collaborator Jack’s place and wrote this song! Though the line...
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Matt Kean bows out, taking what’s left of reforming politics with him
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Matt Kean bows out, taking what’s left of reforming politics with him

Politics tamfitronics There’s a little irony in Matt Kean, former NSW treasurer and energy minister, announcing he was leaving politics for the private energy sector the day NSW Labor announced a string of deficits in its 2024 budgetand as Peter Dutton was finalising his harebrained scheme to build a fleet of nuclear power plants by 2050 — or, as the Coalition has now admitted, keep and even expand coal-fired power and bring an end to Australia’s transition to renewable energy.In the last NSW Coalition budget in 2022, Kean had forecast the state would finally return to surplus in the coming year — and today his successors actually have more revenue available than was expected back then. As for going nuclear, Kean had made his views clear when he bailed out of the “Coalition for Conservation”...
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The politics of memes: How Biden and Trump are fighting each other on the internet
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The politics of memes: How Biden and Trump are fighting each other on the internet

Politics tamfitronics Whether it’s a grinning Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” or Donald Trump’s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO’s Game of Thronesboth presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media.The campaigns of the Democratic president and Republican former president enthusiastically create and share content trying to shape the narratives around both men. Biden’s campaign even recently posted a job seeking a manager of meme pages.With tens of millions of people using social media as a primary information source, the battle of memes could affect who wins in November. Many Americans say they’re not excited about a Biden-Trump rematch and growing digital habits make it harder to reach people through traditional spaces for political advertising like print publications or television.Memes can be an edgier, faster way to get...
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