A new startup called Popcorn wants to make work communication more fun and personal by offering a way for users to record short video messages, or “pops,” that can be used for any number of purposes in place of longer emails, texts, Slack messages, or Zoom calls. While there are plenty of other places to […]
Apple lowers commissions on in-app purchases for news publishers who participate in Apple News
Apple today is launching a new program that will allow subscription news organizations that participate in the Apple News app and meet certain requirements to lower their commission rate to 15% on qualifying in-app purchases taking place inside their apps on the App Store. Typically, Apple’s model for subscription-based apps involves a standard 30% commission […]
A new NSO zero-click attack evades Apple’s iPhone security protections, says Citizen Lab
A Bahraini human rights activist’s iPhone was silently hacked earlier this year by a powerful spyware sold to nation-states, defeating new security protections that Apple designed to withstand covert compromises, say researchers at Citizen Lab. The activist, who remains in Bahrain and asked not to be named, is a member of the Bahrain Center for […]
‘No Service’ Bug Hits Some IOS 14.7.1 Users After Updating Their IPhones
“What seemed like a small update has, for some, turned into a huge headache,” reports ZDNet:
Over on Apple’s support forum, there are several threads from users complaining that iOS 14.7.1 broke their iPhones, causing a “no service” problem where user…
This Week in Apps: OnlyFans bans sexual content, SharePlay delayed, TikTok questioned over biometric data collection
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices […]
Old Steve Jobs email finally confirms Apple was working on an “iPhone nano”
The name appeared in an email about planning Apple’s 2011 product strategy.
Spatial audio is coming to Netflix on iPhone and iPad
If you use AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, your mobile Netflix-watching is about to get a bit more immersive. Yesterday, Netflix confirmed that it has begun rolling out spatial audio support on iPhone and iPad on iOS 14 after the feature was spotted by a Reddit user. Netflix joins streaming competitors like HBO Max, Disney+, […]
Is Apple’s image-scan plan a wise move or the start of a slippery slope? | John Naughton
The tech giant says its iCloud security update is designed to help weed out images of abuse their children, but activists have voiced concernsOnce upon a time, updates of computer operating systems were of interest only to geeks. No longer – at least i…
デバイス上で児童性的虐待コンテンツをスキャンするAppleの計画に反対する公開書状、7,000人以上が署名
headless 曰く、先日 Apple が発表した米国内のデバイスで児童性的虐待素材 (CSAM) をスキャンする計画に対し、中止を求める公開書状への署名が 7,000 件を超えている。
計画は子供を性的虐待から守る取り組みを強化するもので、CSAM の拡散防止が中心に据えられている。しかし、誤検知やそれを狙った攻撃、テキストへの対象拡大や CSAM 以外への対象拡大、独裁政権による悪用などが懸念され、批判が相次いでいる。
公開書状では Apple に対し、1) コンテンツ監視技術のデプロイ中…
A new Senate bill would totally upend Apple and Google’s app store dominance
With two giants calling the shots and collecting whatever tolls they see fit, mobile software makers have long complained that app stores take an unfair cut of the cash that should be flowing directly to developers. Hearing those concerns, a group of senators introduced a new bill this week that, if passed, would greatly diminish […]