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Leaked iOS 12 footage shows multitasking being enabled without having to hold the Home button

This is interesting. Apparently, and via a linked Imgur video by a user going by the tag of “JesterLeBester”, multitasking events in iOS 12 can be closed out without having to hold the Home button on an iOS device. Here it is in action and it’s pretty nifty.

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Unexpected iOS 11 security feature surfaces, hints at new keychain elements

This could turn into something interesting. A new key-shaped icon found in the current iOS 11 beta seems to hint at an upcoming set of security features. It’s unknown as to whether this hooks into the 1Password app by AgileBits or something on Apple’s end.

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Officials look into Friday’s Mirai-based DDoS, cite Apple’s HomeKit security protocol

Following up on the large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Friday that temporarily took down large chunks of the Internet, it looks like Apple’s controversial “walled garden” approach to its HomeKit devices may have worked out. As detailed in recent reports, the attack, which also targeted unprotected “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices, focused […]