Getty Images reader comments 43 As Apple has stepped up its promotion of its App Store as a safer and more trustworthy source of apps, its operators scrambled Thursday to correct a major threat to that narrative: a listing that password manager maker LastPass said was a “fraudulent app impersonating” its brand. At the time… Read More: A password manager LastPass calls “fraudulent” booted from App Store »
reader comments 28 On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the launch of its GPT Store—a way for ChatGPT users to share and discover custom chatbot roles called “GPTs”—and ChatGPT Team, a collaborative ChatGPT workspace and subscription plan. OpenAI bills the new store as a way to “help you find useful and popular custom versions of ChatGPT” for… Read More: OpenAI’s GPT Store lets ChatGPT users discover popular user-made chatbot… »
Enlarge / Screenshots of the ChatGPT iPhone app provided by OpenAI. reader comments 48 with On Thursday, OpenAI released a free ChatGPT app for iPhone in the US that includes voice input support through its Whisper AI speech recognition model; it can also synchronize chat history with the web version of the AI assistant. The… Read More: AI in your pocket: ChatGPT officially comes to iPhone with… »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 23 with 0 posters participating Share this story In the past year, a new term has arisen to describe an online scam raking in millions, if not billions, of dollars per year. It’s called “pig butchering,” and now even Apple is getting fooled into participating. Researchers from security… Read More: Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple’s App Store and Google… »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 88 with 77 posters participating Share this story Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with a long list of new features, fixes, and high-priority zero-day security updates. The updates also included the latest version of SKAdNetwork, Apple’s ad services framework for the… Read More: Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry… »
reader comments 38 with 25 posters participating Share this story Google and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world, creating regional disparities in access to mobile apps at a time when many economies are becoming increasingly dependent on them. The mobile phone giants have… Read More: Apps can pose bigger security, privacy threat based on where… »
reader comments 20 with 20 posters participating Share this story Scammers pushing iOS malware are stepping up their game by abusing two legitimate Apple features to bypass App Store vetting requirements and trick people into installing malicious apps. Apple has long required that apps pass a security review and be admitted to the App Store… Read More: Scammers have 2 clever new ways to install malicious apps… »
Enlarge / FlickType iPhone keyboard. reader comments 81 with 55 posters participating Share this story An iPhone keyboard for blind users will be discontinued, according to the app’s developer, who alleges that “Apple has thrown us obstacle after obstacle for years while we try to provide an app to improve people’s lives.” FlickType includes an… Read More: iPhone keyboard for blind to shut down as maker cites… »
Getty Images reader comments 25 with 19 posters participating Share this story In September 2015, Apple managers had a dilemma on their hands: should, or should they not, notify 128 million iPhone users of what remains the worst mass iOS compromise on record? Ultimately, all evidence shows, they chose to keep quiet. The mass hack… Read More: Apple brass discussed disclosing 128-million iPhone hack, then decided not… »
Enlarge / Microsoft sign at the entrance of their Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, California. reader comments 123 with 65 posters participating Share this story Microsoft this week adopted a whole slew of “fairness principles” for its Windows app store. The list of principles does look like a decent set of guidelines for both… Read More: Microsoft thumbs its nose at Apple with new “app fairness”… »