To protect users from such attacks, Apple iMessage automatically disables links in messages received from unknown senders, whether that be an email address or phone number.
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Over the past couple of months, BleepingComputer has seen a surge in smishing attacks that attempt to trick users into replying to a text so that links are enabled again.
Ultimately this is the quandary Apple finds itself in. When it gets privacy wrong, it’s front-page news; when it gets privacy right, hardly anyone cares. You can see why other companies leave the subject well alone.
If you own a computing device outright, you should be able to make any level of software modification you desire. hardware manufacturers should not be allowed to absolutely restrict distribution of software to their own channels under the guise of safety.
It was these thoughts buzzing through my mind that led me to start using Pixa, an app that lets you log your life in pixels and see an overview of your year. I knew that before I could make any changes, I needed to understand how I was doing and what I was giving myself to. Pixa has helped me do exactly that.
Apple may have settled on iPhone 17 Air as the name for the rumored skinny iPhone that’s expected this fall, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. He writes that the phone will be “a testing ground for future technologies,” including the tech that leads to the company’s first foldables.
Apple will appear in court on Monday accused of overcharging UK customers through its App Store. The claim alleges that the company is abusing its dominant position in the app market and that its 30% commission fee is in breach of European and UK competition laws.
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In a statement, Apple rejected the claim, saying the accusations were “meritless” and the company had not violated any laws.
Apple Inc. sold 5% fewer iPhones globally and lost ground to Chinese rivals in the final quarter of last year, reflecting the absence of Apple Intelligence in its largest market outside the US.
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While it sold fewer units in China, Apple saw an increased proportion coming from its pricier Pro and Pro Max models, which accounted for more than half of all sales in the country.
US technology giant Apple has failed in its bid to block a South Korean security systems company from registering “Wapples” as a trademark in Singapore.
This comes after the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) ruled on Dec 18, 2024, that Apple and “Wapples” are conceptually dissimilar and there is no reasonable likelihood of confusion between both trademarks.
Have you done this… where you get up in your comfortable chair in your living room, say, to walk to the bedroom to do something or to get something, but by the time you reach the bedroom, you have already forgotten what you are going to get or do?
Yes, I've done this myself.
And I have also done the digital version too: where I pick up my iPhone, show my face to the camera so that the phone unlocks, see the row of icons in my home screen, and then trying to remember what is it I was going to do on the phone. This latest episode happened to me earlier this evening after dinner.
Is this what getting old means?
(No, I have not done the version where I stand at the doorway, trying to remember if I am intending to go into the bedroom or go out of the bedroom. Yet.)
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