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President Trump’s Truth Social now on web via browser, no longer confined to Apple devices
The Trump Media & Technology Group on Wednesday launched the Truth Social Web App, allowing users to access Truth Social from…
Apple adds live captions to iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Apple on Tuesday announced live captions are coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac coming later this year. Meant primarily for the deaf…
Apple’s NFC battle to protect iPhone, Apple Watch user’s security
Apple’s next antitrust battle is over contactless payments like Apple Pay. This is about access to the iPhone’s and Apple Watch’s NFC chip…
President Trump posts on Apple iPhone-only Truth Social: “I’M BACK!”
President Donald Trump posted his second Truth on the currently Apple iPhone-only Truth Social late Thurs. for the first time since…
Damn autocorrect! (What’s really going on inside your iPhone)
Apple’s autocorrect system, used most frequently in iPhones while texting, has been introducing annoying, sometimes hilarious, typos and…
Truth Social migrates to Rumble Cloud; ready to onboard millions of users
The free speech video platform Rumble on Friday announced that Truth Social, the social media platform created by the Trump Media…
Android’s market share shows significant declines while Apple’s iOS gains
Android’s global share of the operating system space has been declining over the past five years. Its worldwide market share in January 2022…
Apple updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
Apple on Thursday updated its iWork suite — Pages, Keynote, and Numbers — for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS…
Apple tests allowing developers to automatically charge users for subscription price increases
Apple may be preparing to change how iOS subscriptions operate a developer increases prices. Disney+ seems to have begun informing…
Apple’s WWDC 2022 June 6-10 in all-online format
Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in an online format from June 6 through 10…
Apple’s most boring new product likely also its most important
Apple’s most boring new product is likely also its most important. No, we’re not talking about Apple’s new 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable…
Volvo to roll out Apple Watch to service technicians worldwide
Volvo Car Sweden wanted to find a way for its Service Technicians, to have more time with their customers, which they accomplished with…
President Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ stays No.1 on Apple App Store; over 500,000 users waitlisted
The rollout of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Truth Social app has amassed a waitlist of over 500,000 users. The release…
Apple to deliver deceptively significant upgrade in iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3
Apple is prepping a deceptively significant upgrade in iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3. It’s an improvement to…
Google yet again to weakly follow Apple with limited user controls for ad tracking across apps
Alphabet subsidiary Google plans to weakly follow Apple by offering limited user controls for ad tracking across apps that are less robust…
Alec Baldwin will turn over his Apple iPhone in probe of movie set shooting
A lawyer for Alec Baldwin on Thursday said the actor would hand over his Apple iPhone as part of a probe into the fatal shooting…
Apple’s iPhone SE to get 5G retain current design with Home button
Apple’s next-gen iPhone SE expected to arrive this spring will get 5G connectivity, but retain the current exterior design along with…
iPhone 14 Pro said to feature under-screen Face ID and hole-punch design
The iPhone 14 Pro models will feature a new hole-punch design that will continue to offer the TrueDepth Camera System, including Face ID…
Use focus modes to decorate your iPhone status bar with a heart, smiley face, fire, and more
iPhone and iPad owners are using Apple’s new focus modes to put an icon of their choice in their status bar. Focus allows the ability…
Apple’s backdoor surveillance scheme remains delayed, not canceled
Apple updated its “child safety” webpage to remove all references to the controversial backdoor surveillance scheme, ostensibly…
Apple may have terminated its backdoor surveillance scheme; removes all mentions from website
Apple may have quietly terminated its controversial backdoor surveillance scheme which would have scanned users’ photo libraries, ostensibly…
Apple’s ‘iPhone 14 Pro’ and ‘iPhone 14 Pro Max’ said dump notch for punch-hole displays
Apple’s “iPhone 14 Pro” and “iPhone 14 Pro Max,” due in 2022 will reportedly dump the much-maligned notch in favor of punch-hole displays…
Android devices infected with malware 15 to 47 times more than iPhone
Devices that run on Android – a platform that supports sideloading – have an estimated 15 to 47 times more infections from malware…
iPhone 13 mini: 3 things to love and hate about Apple’s diminutive 5.4-inch iPhone
Apple’s 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini introduces major innovations in technology, including the most advanced dual-camera system ever on iPhone…
Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed ordered Apple iPhones of ex-wife and lawyers to be hacked, UK court says
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered his ex-wife’s and her lawyers’ Apple iPhones to be hacked as part of a “sustained…
Why settle for Android when you can ‘bring the best of Google to your iPhone?’
If you want your iPhone festooned with Google apps reporting to Google’s privacy-trampling tracking central, why settle for an iPhone knockoff…
Apple apologizes to security researcher who found multiple iOS 15 zero-day flaws
On Thursday, a security researcher frustrated with Apple’s Security Bounty program revealed three zero-days. Apple has now apologized to…
Google, fighting record $5.1 billion EU fine, slams regulators for ignoring Apple
Google on Monday launched a bid to get Europe to annul a record $5.1 billion fine and blasted EUn antitrust regulators for “ignoring” Apple …
Three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities revealed by researcher frustrated with Apple’s bug bounty program
On Thursday, a security researcher frustrated with Apple’s Security Bounty program revealed three zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS …
Cyber surveillance firm has been able to break into Apple iPhones for at least six months
NSO Group, a cyber surveillance company based in Israel, has developed a tool than can break into Apple iPhones with a never-before-seen…
IDC: Apple iOS device sales are growing twice as fast as Android
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), Apple iOS device sales are growing twice as fast as Android…
After Apple installs iPhone backdoor, Android owners less likely to switch, says survey
After Apple inexplicably threw away iPhone’s privacy advantage by uninstalling a backdoor into iPhone, fewer Android users are considering…
If Apple no longer protects user privacy, why buy an iPhone or an iPad?
Apple has long made privacy central to its marketing pitch for iPhones and iPads, but with the looming installation of a backdoor to scan…
Nearly 100 civil rights groups worldwide call on Apple to abandon CSAM iPhone surveillance
Nearly 100 civil rights groups worldwide have signed an open letter objecting to Apple’s plan to institute iPhone surveillance capabilities…
EFF petition lets users speak out against Apple’s mass surveillance plans
If you’re concerned about Apple’s recent announcement that the next iOS will install a mass surveillance backdoor into every iPhone…
Apple warns retail and online employees to be ready for iPhone backdoor questions
Apple has warned retail and online sales staff to be ready to field questions from consumers about the activation of an iPhone backdoor…
Apple’s ill-considered iPhone backdoor has employees speaking out internally
The backlash over Apple’s ill-considered move to activate an iPhone backdoor ostensibly to scan U.S. customers’ phones and computers…
Apple drops lawsuit against security tool-maker Corellium
According to court records, Apple on Tuesday settled its U.S. federal lawsuit against Corellium, the maker of tools that allow researchers…
Apple preparing iOS 14.8 release ahead of imminent iOS 15 launch
Apple appears to be readying a major point release for iOS 14 ahead of an expected iOS 15 launch this fall, as references to the update…
Open letter against Apple’s privacy-invasive content scanning tech gathers thousands of signatures
An open letter dated August 6, 2021 that’s against Apple’s privacy-invasive content scanning technology in which security & privacy experts…
Privacy, Schmivacy. Apple installs backdoors to iPhones
Apple has announced its plans to bring changes to its operating systems that sound like a massive privacy nightmare to security researchers…