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Leaked assets hint at upcoming ceramic, titanium Apple Watch models

The Apple leaks continue, a new set of images indicating that Apple is on the verge of offering both a new ceramic Apple Watch and a new titanium Watch. Apple has sold ceramic watches in the past but did not offer a ceramic Series 4, and titanium is a wholly new direction for Apple Watch […]

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Apple releases AirPort Base Station 7.8.1 firmware for 802.11n AirPort Extreme, Express, and Time Capsule units

Apple may have stopped making its AirPort wireless routers, but has just released a new firmware update for its 802.11n AirPort Extreme as well as its sibling Express and Time Capsule models. The company has released the following notes for firmware update version 7.8.1, which was released late last week: Firmware update 7.8.1 improves the […]

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Samsung to support Apple TV app, AirPlay 2 on all 2019 model Smart TVs, select 2018 models

The Apple TV app is en route to a variety of platforms. Samsung Electronics has announced that its entire line of 2019 Samsung Smart TVs, as well as select 2018 models, will be receiving a firmware update that will bring the Apple TV app to over 100 countries. The firmware updaTe will also add AirPlay […]

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Apple could reward teenager who discovered Group FaceTime exploit via its bug bounty program

It looks like the teenager who discovered the Group FaceTime audio bug could be rewarded by Apple’s bug bounty program.

One week after social media picked up on a FaceTime exploit that allowed callers to eavesdrop on a recipient before the call is picked up, the original discoverer has been visited by an unnamed Apple executive.

“They also indicated that Grant would be eligible for the bug bounty program. And we would hear from their security team the following week in terms of what that meant,” said discoverer Grant Thompson’s mother Michele Thompson. “If he got some kind of bug bounty for what he found we’d certainly put it to good use for his college because I think he’s going to go far, hopefully. This is actually a field he was interested in before and even more so now.”

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AT&T, Verizon, stall 5G network rollouts, 5G-compatible iPhone may not surface until 2020

As much as you’re hankering for 5G, it might not arrive quite as quickly as you’d like it to. America’s two biggest U.S. wireless carriers, AT&T and Verizon, are unlikely to have much in the way of true 5G service deployed by the end of 2019, perhaps backing the view that Apple won’t have support […]