Enlarge / Apple executive Craig Federighi unveiled iOS 15 this summer. That version is coming later this year. (credit: Nathan Mattise / Ars Technica ) Apple has issued a new software update for iPhones, iPads, and Macs just the few days after it launched macOS 10. 15 and iOS/iPadOS 14. 7. The updates add no […]
Enlarge / A report this week indicates that the problem of high-caliber spyware is far more widespread than previously feared. (credit: Pau Barrena | Getty Images) The shadowy world of private spyware has long caused alarm in cybersecurity circles, as authoritarian governments have repeatedly been caught targeting the smartphones of activists, journalists, and political rivals […]
Enlarge / Mobile devices can make people vulnerable to online piracy through privacy settings, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on August 7, 2016. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Apple has come under pressure to collaborate with its Silicon Valley rivals to fend off the common threat of surveillance technology after a […]
Enlarge / The MagSafe Battery pack attached to iPhone 12 Pro models. (credit: Apple ) Apple pushed out new versions of its iOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems for iPhone, Apple company TV, and Apple Watch devices on Monday. Dubbed iOS 14. 7, tvOS 14. 7, and watchOS 7. 6, the updates are relatively small […]
Enlarge Facebook’s ability to track users and show them certain ads appears to be tanking thanks to Apple’s “ask not to track” feature, according to some advertisers. Apple rolled out the privacy prompt in late April with iOS 14. 5. Since then, nearly half of all iOS devices worldwide have at least version 14. 5 […]
Enlarge / Apple Pay on an iPhone and Apple Watch. (credit: Apple) Apple will continue to expand beyond traditional technology projects with a new feature the company is internally calling “Apple Pay Later,” according to a new report in Bloomberg. With Apple Pay Later, users making either retail or online purchases with Apple Pay will […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Russian state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack last year exploited an iOS zero-day as part of a separate malicious email campaign aimed at stealing Web authentication credentials from Western European governments, according to Google and Microsoft. In a post Google published on Wednesday, researchers Maddie Stone and […]
Enlarge / A screenshot of the Netflix downloads page on a smartphone. (credit: Netflix) The ability to download videos in their entirety to a mobile device has been one of the unsung features of Netflix and similar services for a few years now, but the experience has not been without its frustrations. A new update […]
Enlarge / The iPhone 12 mini. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple, facing calls from regulators to open the gates to alternative app stores and sideloaded apps on the iPhone, has launched a substantial PR push this week to make the case that sideloading would do harm to the iOS ecosystem and its users. The push builds […]
Enlarge (credit: Apple) There’s a bug in iOS that disables Wi-Fi connectivity when devices join a network that uses a booby-trapped name, a researcher disclosed over the weekend. By connecting to a Wi-Fi network that uses the SSID “%p%s%s%s%s%n” (quotation marks not included), iPhones and iPads lose the ability to join that network or any […]