Apple releases first iOS 17.4 beta with these changes for the EU [U]
Update: The first public beta version is now available as well. Get your new emoji, folks!
With iOS 17.3 shipped, Apple is moving on to iOS 17.4 beta. The first developer beta version for iPhone is now available. We’ll update our coverage and sh...
Is Apple about to turn Arcade into a streaming game service?
Last week Apple announced a bunch of very specific changes to iOS and the App Store only for EU customers. Apple refers to these changes as risks that it has smartly tried to mitigate. Apple simply can’t guarantee the same consumer protections to custo...
WhatsApp bringing passkey support to its iPhone app
WhatsApp announced last year that it would support passkeys so that users can replace their traditional password to enter the app with a more secure authentication method. However, only WhatsApp users on Android received access to the feature. Now it s...
Microsoft calls Apple’s proposed App Store changes a ‘step in the wrong direction’
Microsoft isn’t thrilled with Apple’s proposed changes to the App Store and the iPhone in the European Union. The company says Apple’s proposed changes are a “step in the wrong direction,” echoing criticism from the likes of Spotify and Epic Games.
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These new emoji are coming to iPhone next month
Apple is updating the iPhone with even more emoji characters. iOS 17.4 introduces new ways to express approval or denial, break through the chains, rise from the ashes, or just express that limes are superior to lemons. There’s also a mushroom that loo...
Apple once again references ‘homeOS’ in latest tvOS beta
Apple released the first beta of tvOS 17.4 this month, and it includes another reference to a long-rumored Apple operating system: homeOS. Whether or not this actually means anything about Apple’s future smart home plans, however, remains to be seen…
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MagSafe Monday: ESR builds upon Apple’s foundation with a Find My integrated iPhone wallet with a stand
I typically lose my wallet at least two times a month. Most recently, I couldn’t find it on New Year’s Day. I was starting to worry that I’d left it at the restaurant I had been the night before. I eventually found it in my bed, but it took me half an ...
Security Bite: iPhone’s Stolen Device Protection has a fatal flaw, but you can fix it
Last week, Apple released iOS 17.3 with a new security feature called Stolen Device Protection, which aims to help protect your data in case a thief has stolen your iPhone and obtained the password. However, one fatal flaw has already been discovered…
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Meta ‘optimistic’ about Vision Pro as it hopes to be the ‘Android’ of the AR/VR world
Meta is reportedly banking on the launch of Apple Vision Pro helping boost its own VR headset business. A new report from The Wall Street Journal, which cites “people familiar” with the matter, says that Meta is hoping Vision Pro will “reinvigorate its...
Apple thinks iOS 18 might be the ‘biggest’ iOS update ever
iOS 18 is slated to be announced at WWDC in June, and it’s shaping up to be a big update with a ton of new artificial intelligence features. In a new report today, Bloomberg once again says Apple sees iOS 18 as “one of the biggest iOS updates — if not ...