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Apple fixes major bugs in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS software updates

Enlarge / The 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Today, Apple released several new operating system updates to the public: iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, and HomePod Software 15.3. The update notes for these releases are some of the leanest I’ve seen. iOS, iPadOS, and macOS simply state […]

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Safari and iOS users: Your browsing activity is being leaked in real time

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the past four months, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices and Safari browser have violated one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct security policies. The violation results from a bug that leaks user identities and browsing activity within real time. The same-origin policy is a foundational security mechanism that forbids documents, scripts, […]

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Apple rolls major Safari redesign out to Macs ahead of Monterey release

Enlarge / Safari’s new look (and some light fixtures? ) (credit: Apple) This week, Apple released Safari 15 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina. Among other things, the new update includes a major design overhaul—plus the ability to roll back to the old layout and look if you’re not a fan. Apple company released major […]

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The privacy battle Apple isn’t fighting

Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey, Getty Images) For at least a decade, privacy advocates dreamed of a universal, legally enforceable “do not track” setting. Now, at least in the most populous state in the US, that dream has become a reality. So why isn’t Apple—a company that increasingly uses privacy as a selling point—helping its customers […]

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Xbox Cloud Gambling Support Strikes iOS, Windows PCs in spring 2021 

Expand / This demo of Microsoft’s Job xCloud as played a Razer Kishi controller, attached to your normal Android smartphone, may be a sign of what is to come to iOS apparatus in spring of 2021. At a blog article now retrieved everything from forthcoming games to programs for Xbox collection X/S, Microsoft announced that […]