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Wi-Fi patch in iOS 14.7, iPadOS 14.7 betas show that overall fix may be on the way

If you’ve been having trouble getting your iPhone or iPad to successfully log into a Wi-Fi network, help is on the way. The latest beta for iOS and iPadOS 14.7, released to developers this week, patches a bug that disabled an iPhone’s ability to connect to Wi-Fi if a user connected to a specific Wi-Fi network with […]

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Apple mmWave 5G antenna rectangular “patch” question solved for iPhone 12

Following the iPhone 12 announcement last week, a number of people wondered what the rectangular patch was on the side of the handset. The cool cats at The Verge have confirmed that this is an antenna related to the mmWave 5G capability of the handset. The patch functions as an antenna window, and allows the […]

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Security researcher offers warning about Apple’s T2 chip and an unfixable vulnerability that could offer root access to an outside party

Well, this is sort of a mess. A cybersecurity researcher has claimed that macOS devices with Intel processors and a T2 security chip are vulnerable to an unfixable exploit that could offer attackers root access. The T2 chip, which is found in most modern macOS devices, is an Apple Silicon co-processor that handles boot and […]

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Apple releases iOS 13.1.1 for iPhones, iPadOS 13.1.1 update, chases after battery, Siri-related bugs

Late Friday, Apple released its iOS 13.1.1 update, which chases after bugs associated with Siri and poor battery life under iOS 13 and iOS 13.1. On the newest iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models, iOS 13.1.1 improves Siri recognition requests, Apple says – owners of the latest handsets had been reporting problems with Siri ignoring them. […]

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axi0mX research team releases details of “checkm8” exploit, which could allow permanent jailbreak of hundreds of millions of iOS devices

This is somewhat worrying. A newly announced iOS exploit could lead to a permanent, unblock able jailbreak on hundreds of millions of iPhones. Per a security research team known as “axi0mX,” the exploit, dubbed “checkm8,” functions as a bootroom vulnerability that could give hackers deep access to iOS devices on a level that Apple would […]