reader comments 45 with 30 posters participating, including story author Share this story After permanently bricking two AirTags, stacksmashing succeeded in breaking into and reprogramming a third. stacksmashing used segger.com’s J-Link flash download utility to extract firmware from the AirTag’s nRF52 Bluetooth Low Energy SoC. Here’s the loot—AirTag firmware files extracted from their nRF52 SoC,… Read More »
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 »
(Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage via Getty Images) Luke Evans (Immortals, The Hobbit films, Beauty and the Beast) has been tapped in a lead role for Apple’s upcoming action series Echo 3, according to Variety. The 10-episode series comes from Oscar winner Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) who will serve as executive producer… Read More »
Enlarge / The 2020 iPhone lineup. From left to right: iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone SE, and iPhone 12 mini. reader comments 37 with 30 posters participating Share this story A week after Apple issued its biggest iOS and iPadOS update since last September’s release of version 14.0, the company… Read More »
reader comments 16 with 13 posters participating, including story author Share this story AirDrop, the feature that allows Mac and iPhone users to wirelessly transfer files between devices, is leaking user emails and phone numbers, and there’s not much anyone can do to stop it other than to turn it off, researchers said. AirDrop uses… Read More »
Aurich Lawson reader comments 53 with 46 posters participating Share this story On the day Apple was set to announce a slew of new products at its Spring Loaded event, a leak appeared from an unexpected quarter. The notorious ransomware gang REvil said they had stolen data and schematics from Apple supplier Quanta Computer about… Read More »
Enlarge / Insomnia people and mobile-addiction concepts. (credit: Getty Images) Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it’s continuously sending data including your location, phone number, and local network details to Apple or Google. Now, a researcher has provided a side-by-side comparison that suggests that, while both iOS and Android collect handset data… Read More »
reader comments 74 with 46 posters participating Share this story A judge has granted class-action status to a suit against Apple over its controversial, allegedly defective MacBook “butterfly” keyboard design, agreeing that owners of any affected model in seven states qualify for the class. Beginning in 2018, several MacBook owners in seven states filed suits… Read More »
reader comments 52 with 38 posters participating Share this story FaceTime users are getting bombarded with group calls from numbers they’ve never seen before, often as many as 20 times in short succession during late hours of the night. Griefers behind the pranks call as many as 31 numbers at a time. When a person… Read More »
Tantoo Cardinal & more round out Killers of the Flower Moon Indigenous cast Just a month after finding its lead Indigenous star in Lily Gladstone (First Cow), Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon has rounded out its diverse cast with the additions of Tantoo Cardinal (Stumptown), Cara Jade Myers (This Is Us), JaNae Collins (Longmire) and… Read More »