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Police now advised to avoid looking directly at suspects’ Face ID-equipped devices to help prevent user lock out

If you’re a law enforcement officer making an arrest, don’t look directly at the iOS device featuring Face ID. Or a basilisk. Recently, a number of police officers have noted that while suspects can be forced to unlock their iPhones, cops have been instructed not to look directly at iPhones to avoid Face ID lock […]

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Google’s Call Screen feature highlights current iOS, Siri shortcomings for Apple

Sometimes you have to acknowledge a good idea, even if it’s from one of your competitors. This is the core point in an excellent article written by TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez, in which she points out that Google’s new Pixel 3 flagship Android smartphone is the first to introduce a new call screening feature that leverages […]

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AirPlay 2 support added for macOS, iOS Sonos apps

This is a marriage of two pretty nifty things. Recently, the Sonos app for macOS and iOS was updated to include Apple’s AirPlay 2 protocol. The change is perhaps best described via Sonos’ blog: Last October we shared that we would be bringing Apple AirPlay 2 to Sonos. With AirPlay 2 you can play any […]

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Apple revealed to have purchased Danish firm Spektral, which specializes in AR and mixed reality technologies

Sometimes Apple buys up companies. The company has reported acquired a Danish startup called Spektral, which specialized in real-time separation of objects in photos and videos for a “green screen” effect. The acquisition, which was completed in late 2017, was revealed by Danish publication Brsen on Wednesday. Co-founders Henrik Paltoft and Toke Jansen are said […]

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Developer notes security flaw in WhatsApp that could allow smartphones to be crashed remotely, fix available in current version of the app

This is why it’s good to snag the updated version of just about everything. A security vulnerability in WhatsApp on iOS and Android could let an attacker crash your smartphone, or even hack into your device. Luckily, the flaw has already been patched.