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Saurik responds to asinine claim that recent Cydia Substrate updates are about competition

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 25, 2020

If you’ve spent any time brushing up on your jailbreak news over the past couple of months, then you likely noticed that Jay Freeman, also commonly known as Saurik, has released a plethora of updates for Cydia Substrate recently.

Those who know their jailbreak facts will know that the Cydia Substrate package isn’t one to normally receive a ton of updates. As such, many jumped to the conclusion that Saurik may be trying to modernize Cydia Substrate solely for competitive purposes as other tweak injection methods gain steam on alternative jailbreaks. A statement recently released by Saurik reveals that this couldn’t be further from the truth…

Screenshots reportedly show off 120Hz display settings for iPhone 12 Pro Max, new camera features

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

While the iPhone 12 lineup will see a bit of a delay, that just means the rumor mill is here to keep us going. For example, new screenshots allegedly show off confirmation of a rumored feature, as well as new tweaks to the camera app.

Here’s what’s new in iOS 14 beta 6

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

Earlier today, Apple seeded the sixth beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 to developers. Here's what's new in the prerelease software.

Apple rumored to be working on a ‘less ambitious’ wireless charging mat

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

Remember AirPower? We recently saw the internals of the canceled wireless charging mat, and now a new report says we can expect a new effort from Apple soon.

Parcility is an upcoming website & API for browsing jailbreak repositories

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 25, 2020

In most scenarios, someone with the desire to view jailbreak apps and tweaks would need to fire up their jailbroken device and launch a package manager such as Cydia, Installer, Sileo, or Zebra to do so. Sometimes, however, you might fancy searching for specific packages hosted on your favorite repositories even when your jailbroken device isn’t in reach, and this poses unique challenges in and of itself.

An upcoming website and API dubbed Parcility will strive to make all of this information readily available from virtually any web browser, whether you’re using a personal computer or a non-jailbroken device to browse jailbreak-centric repositories. Citing the concept’s release post on /r/jailbreak, Parcility will index more than 600 individual repositories, and this equates to a whole lot of browsing power.

Apple seeds sixth betas of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7 to developers [Updated: public bet now available]

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

Apple continues to prepare for the upcoming public release of its major operating systems, which means yet another beta for developers has arrived.

Apple will ‘gladly welcome Fortnite back onto iOS’, but only if Epic Games is ready to follow the rules

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

Right now, Epic Games is waging a war against Apple and its App Store fees. As a result of those decisions, the popular battle royale game Fortnite is not available on iOS devices. But Apple's ready to welcome the game back.

Nomad launches new Base Station Pro with full-surface wireless charging

Cody Lee ∙ August 25, 2020

Our friends over at Nomad today announced a new addition to their popular Base Station wireless charging line. It's called the Base Station Pro, and in addition to the usual good looks, it offers something not found in many charging pads these days: position-less, full-surface wireless charging.

Final Cut Pro X gets updated with workflow improvements and much more

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

If you are a Final Cut Pro X user, you should be aware that Apple has updated the pro-level software with some solid new additions.

TSMC previews potential performance improvements for Apple’s A14 chip

Evan Selleck ∙ August 25, 2020

Later this year, Apple is going to announce new iPhones. At the same time, the company will also unveil a new A-series processor for those handsets. And today, before any of that happens, we get a potential preview of the gains we'll see soon.

Amazon’s shopping app brings enhanced AR tools

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 25, 2020

Augmented reality has a few quite legitimate use cases, like home furnishing. Ikea uses augmented reality in its Place app to a great success, and now Amazon's expanded augmented reality capabilities of its shopping app with a new Room Decorator feature making it easy to create more than a hundred different configurations consisting of dozens of virtual products.

Apple buys AR/VR technology platform Spaces, a former project of DreamWorks Animation

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 25, 2020

Apple has apparently acquired Spaces, an augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology startup that was spun out from DreamWorks Animation in 2016, for an undisclosed sum.