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A memory leak in Apple’s Network Extension framework

A memory leak in Apple’s Network Extension framework

Is it normal for the Little Snitch Network Extension to consume Gigabytes of memory? No it isn’t. Unfortunately that’s another new bug in the Network Extension framework of macOS. It’s a memory leak in Apple’s framework, which developers must use to create a firewall for the Mac. This bug first occurred in macOS 15.0 Sequoia.

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PC memory gets faster, safer with new DDR5 standard

PC memory gets faster, safer with new DDR5 standard

Image: IDG As CPU makers push microprocessors even faster, a PC’s memory must keep up as well. JEDEC, a key chip standards body, has responded by issuing a new DDR5 memory standard that pushes speeds up to 8800Mbps. Put another way, that means that PC memory speeds will increase from DDR5-6800 to DDR5-8800, eventually. Memory