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Pokémon UNITE new Halloween Festival will start on October 20, 2021

Coming Wednesday, the Pokémon UNITE Halloween Festival will commence with new Pokémon, costumes, items, and more. The announcement was made via the game’s official Twitter account with a sneak peek of the new gameplay and features coming on October 20,…

iOS iPad iPhone MacOct 18, 2021

Apple considered launching cloud gaming along with Apple Arcade in 2019 – Report

Rida Imran

In the Q&A session of his latest newsletter, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg said that the Cupertino tech giant considered launching a cloud gaming service along with Apple Arcade. Launched in 2019, Apple Arcade offers games from a $4.99 monthly subscription…

iOS iPhoneOct 18, 2021

Frustrated with Apple, security researchers consider selling zero-day exploits to brokers

Rida Imran

Apple Security Bounty (ASB) program was launched in 2016 with the promise of monetary rewards and recognition for researchers who submit vulnerabilities. However, issues like Apple’s lack of communication, denial of recognition and reward, silent patching, and more have worn…

iOS iPhoneOct 17, 2021

iPhone 13 Pro hacked in just 1 second with remote jailbreak at a competition

Imran Hussain

During the Tianfu Cup, an international cyber security competition, Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro fell to a remote jailbreak hack in just 1 second by Qi’an Pangu, a white hat hacker from Pangu lab. The hack used in the remote jailbreak…

iOS iPad iPhoneOct 16, 2021Oct 16, 2021

FTC’s crack down on fake reviews can force Apple to go after scam apps on App Store

Rida Imran

In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a penalty for all companies, advertisers, and retailers that use fake online reviews and other deceptive endorsements to deceive consumers. Apple’s App Store features reviews and 5-star ratings to measure…

iOS iPhoneOct 16, 2021

Apple resists changing App Store’s rules as demanded by new South Korean law

Rida Imran

In September, South Korea passed a new law that prevents Apple and Google from forcing developers to use their in-app payment methods. And the government asked both tech giants to submit their compliance plans adhering to the new regulatory law….

iOS iPad iPhoneOct 16, 2021Oct 16, 2021

Apple’s CSAM detection is ineffective and invasive warn cybersecurity researchers

Rida Imran

A group of prominent cybersecurity researchers calls Apple’s CSAM detection a “dangerous technology” that will equip governments to easily spy on citizens like the European Union. Even before Apple announced new Child Safety features based on client-side scanning for CSAM…

iOS iPhoneOct 16, 2021Oct 16, 2021

Apple removes a popular religious app from China App Store on government’s request

Rida Imran

Apple is often criticized for staying silent on China’s human rights violations and for complying with the government’s authoritarian demands to remove apps from China App Store. Once again, Cupertino tech giant has given in to the Chinese government’s request…

Facebook iOS iPhoneOct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption for backups are rolling out, here is how to enable the feature

Rida Imran

WhatsApp is rolling out its new privacy feature ‘end-to-end encryption for backups‘. The company announced the end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups in September to expand security on its platform. The new privacy feature uses two-factor authentication for key stage and…

iOS iPhoneOct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021

Florida to introduce support for digital driver’s licenses and IDs to the iPhone’s Wallet app

Asma Hussain

Florida is working with Apple to introduce support for digital driver’s licenses and IDs to the iPhone’s Wallet app. The feature, which is a part of iOS 15, was announced WWDC 21 to expand the use of the Wallet app…