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Apple boosts bug bounty program, offers greater rewards for locating critical security vulnerabilities ahead of time

If you want the good stuff, you’ve got to pay for it. Apple has introduced an expanded bug bounty program that covers macOS, tvOS, iCloud, and iOS over at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas and hosted by head of security engineering Ivan Krstić. The company first introduced its bug bounty program for […]

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Apple to prevent device tracking via SSID, BSSID in iOS 13

Apple will apparently no longer track your device’s location by its SSID or BSSID signal. The note comes on the heels of Apple’s WWDC 2019 developer session 713 titled, “Advances in Networking” revealed that iOS 13 will stop location tracking using your device’s SSID/BSSID using the CNCopyCurrentNetworkInfo API. Developers have reported receiving the following email from […]

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Apple hires former Xbox co-creator, VR engineer Nat Brown

When in doubt, you hire the man who co-created the Microsoft Xbox game console and worked as a virtual reality engineer for Valve. Apple has hired Nat Brown regarding a series of unspecified platforms and projects, Brown tweeting that he’s “looking forward to continuing to work on my obsessions by focusing on all applications of […]

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Apple releases iOS 13, beta 4 to developer community

With iOS 13 development in full swing, details have begun to leak as to changes in the fourth developer version, which was released this week. Users have noted the following changes: Smaller Home screen app menus on iPadOS and iOS New ‘Rearrange Apps’ option when long-pressing on apps on iOS and iPadOS Smaller menus on […]

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Apple rereleases Texas Hold’em for free to celebrate 10th anniversary of the App Store

As part of a wave of nostalgia, Apple this week released its Texas Hold’em game for iOS. The game, which was released over 11 years ago, was the first game ever sold on the App Store, which Apple claiming that the update is to celebrate “the 10 year anniversary of the App Store.” The new […]