Macworld Apple released a new AirPods firmware update this week (5E135) that, according to the release notes, includes “bug fixes and other improvements,” like the one before it and the one before that. But in a rare move, Apple has divulged what was fixed in the April 11 update and it includes a pretty serious security patch. According to Apple’s security content page, the 5E133 firmware update fixes a Bluetooth flaw (CVE-2023-27964) that affects all AirPods models, though the original AirPods from 2016 remain unpatched since they no longer get updates. Here’s how Apple describes the issue, which was discovered by Yun-hao Chung and Archie Pusaka of Google ChromeOS: Bluetooth Available for: AirPods (2nd generation and later), AirPods Pro (all models),…

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 169 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, Scroll Snap, JavaScript, Popover, SVG, Accessibility, Media, Rendering, and Web API. The current ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release is version 16.4 and is compatible with machines running macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey 12.3 or later. The ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings to anyone who has downloaded the browser. Full release notes for the update are available…