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Apple releases COVID-19 Exposure Notifications for older iPhones running iOS 12, iOS 13

If you have an older iPhone, this is important. Older iPhone users with devices that don’t support iOS 14, including the iPhone 6, can now access COVID-19 exposure notifications. As of Tuesday, Apple released iOS 12.5 for older iPhone models, thereby enabling devices like the extremely popular iPhone 6 will now be able to switch […]

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“Hey Siri” feature now works with updated news providers, including NPR, Fox News, ABC and the Washington Post

As the arms race with Amazon’s Alexa continues, Apple’s “Hey Siri” feature has been improved upon in the iOS 11.2.5 beta and is now available to everyone in the US, UK, and Australia. To invoke the new feature, simply say, “Hey Siri, give me the news,” wherein Siri will begin playing a news digest podcast […]

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Airline cabin ban on notebooks and tablets eased, two more airlines lighten restrictions

This is a bit more encouraging. According to the BBC, flights from the Abu Dhabi airport are now being exempted from the ban imposed on notebooks and tablets in cabin baggage on certain US-bound flights, and the same now applies to two airlines flying from different airports … Per the article: Emirates has said the […]

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Tablet, notebook ban reportedly off the table for flights between US and Europe

The proposed ban on tablets and notebooks from cabin baggage on flights between Europe and the USA have reportedly been shelved … The ban, which proposed preventing electronic devices larger than a smartphone on inbound flights to the USA from 10 airports located mostly in the Middle East and Northern Africa was offered in response […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook “deeply offended” by allegations raised by BBC undercover report of Chinese factories

This is going to take some dealing with. Following the BBC’s story in which the news association sent undercover reporters to capture hidden camera footage of poor working conditions and mistreated employees in Apple’s Chinese factories where its iPhone and iPads are assembled, Apple CEO Tim Cook state that he was “deeply offended” by the […]