A few articles provide some more details on Virginia Tech's upcoming PowerMac G5 cluster.
TechNewsWorld provides quotes from Dean Hassan Aref that the total price tag on the cluster "is probably a factor of 10 lower than a machine in this class in the past".
The PowerMacs will be running (a beta version of) Mac OS X, and as mentioned before, will be linked with hardware from Mellanox and Cisco.
Roanoke Times reports that the cost for the project will be $5.2 million over the next five years, and that they are trying to get the system setup by October 1st 2003 to be considered in the next Top 500 Supercomputer rankings.
An interesting tidbit from CollegiateTimes brings the total weight of the PowerMacs in at 19.25 Tons -- and simply moving the hardware will take about six days with 15-20 volunteers.
Friday October 2, 2026 12:59 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
In a post on its developer news website today, Apple announced that it will be introducing "additional controls" for the "Full Disk Access" setting on macOS due to new risks posed by AI agents. This announcement comes amid the rise of always-on AI agents like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots, which have prompted privacy concerns.
"Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could...
Thursday October 1, 2026 1:37 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple on Instagram today shared a curated gallery of six photos shot on the iPhone Duo. The photos were shot by American photographers Jake Michaels and Jason Nocito, as part of a project commissioned by Apple.
iPhone Duo is equipped with four cameras:A rear 48-megapixel Fusion Main camera
A rear 48-megapixel Ultra Wide camera
A front 12-megapixel Center Stage camera in the outer display
A...
Thursday October 1, 2026 8:42 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
In a text message sent to customers today, AT&T acknowledged that some iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on its network are experiencing cellular issues.
AT&T said that customers should immediately update to iOS 27.0.1, despite the fact that many affected users have said that the update does not resolve the issues. There are now at least thousands of users that have experienced this problem,...
Apple's first foldable iPhone, with a book-style design featuring a 5.4-inch outer display and a 7.6-inch inner display with a minimal crease down the middle.
