How iPhone assembly plants keep iOS safe before release

How iPhone assembly plants keep iOS safe before release

VendorUI variant of iOS 26.2 running on DVT-stage iPhone 16 Pro Max. Screenshot Credit: The Apple wiki. While iOS features are often leaked before their official launch, information about them rarely comes from hardware assembly plants – here’s why. Apple is no stranger to software leaks. Practically every year, before the iPhone maker releases new … Read more

Discord distances itself from Persona age verification after user backlash

Discord distances itself from Persona age verification after user backlash

Discord is attempting to distance itself from age verification provider Persona after a steady stream of user backlash. In an emailed statement to The VergeDiscord’s head of product policy, Savannah Badalich, confirms that the company “conducted a limited test of Persona in the UK, where age-locking was previously in place, and that test has since … Read more

How Apple’s visual intelligence can change everything

iPhone 16 using Visual Intelligence

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a habit of dropping subtle hints about where the company is headed. This time, all the missing crumbs point to visual intelligence. And the impression they leave is of a company that is about to reshape the way people interact with the world around them. How Apple Visual Intelligence Can … Read more

VPN flaws allowed Chinese hackers to compromise dozens of Ivanti customers, report says | TechCrunch

VPN flaws allowed Chinese hackers to compromise dozens of Ivanti customers, report says | TechCrunch

In February 2021, software giant Ivanti discovered that Chinese hackers had penetrated the network of Pulse Secure, one of its subsidiaries that provided VPN devices to dozens of companies and government agencies around the world, according to new reports from Bloomberg. Hackers exploited a secret backdoor they placed in Pulse Secure’s VPN software, Bloomberg reported, … Read more

The Apple Sports App is expanding to other countries and leagues

The Apple Sports App is expanding to other countries and leagues

Starting today, the Apple Sports iPhone app is available in 36 additional countries in the Caribbean and Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Peru and more. Apple Sports first launched in the US, Canada, and the UK in February 2024, and later expanded to Europe and Mexico. The … Read more