Apple today released second developer betas for what would become mid-cycle iOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4 and tvOS 12.2 updates.
Apple issues seconds betas of iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, watchOS 5.2 & tvOS 12.2
The kid who discovered the group FaceTime bug is eligible for Apple’s bug bounty program
Grant Thompson, the 14-year-old boy who stumbled upon the embarrassing flaw with group FaceTime more than a week before Apple took action will be eligible for the company's bug bounty program after all, in spite of some initial claims to the contrary.
Pwn20wnd revises unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release with partial support for iOS 12.0-12.1.2
Hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd added partial support for iOS 12.0-12.1.12 to the unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release Monday morning, a move that follows closely in the footsteps of Jake James’ rootlessJB 3.0 tool, a rootless SSH-oriented iOS 12 jailbreak for developers; likewise, this doesn’t support A7, A8, or A12 devices.
The hacker notes that there are some significant asterisks here to consider before jumping onboard. Much like rootlessJB 3.0, unc0ver’s preliminary iOS 12 support does not comprise of Cydia or Cydia Substrate as certain jailbreak patches aren’t yet functional.
Unc0ver v2.2.5 released with improvements to the tool’s diagnostics
Hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd pushed a small update to the iOS 11-centric unc0ver jailbreak tool over the weekend, bringing its version number up to 2.2.5.
Citing the changelog on Pwn20wnd’s official GitHub repository, v2.2.5 is a minor update that includes improvements to the jailbreak tool’s built-in diagnostics. More specifically, they now include the log file, a useful thing to have when troubleshooting jailbreak errors:
Apple Pay begins its staggered rollout at Target
Target, one of the few major remaining Apple Pay holdouts in the United States, has kicked off a staggered rollout of Apple's mobile payments system over the weekend. The retailer previously said it planned to accept Apple Pay at all of its stores in the coming weeks.
Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day are working on a scripted comedy series for Apple
You can put an unnamed scripted comedy series by "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" stars Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney on the list of Apple's ever-growing content library of original video programming coming to its rumored video-streaming service later this year.
This tweak lets you free up iPhone storage space by clearing app caches
Every app you use on your iPhone or iPad sports a base file size, but you may notice that their storage footprint increases with time as you use them; this is because they build a cache file, an accumulation of data that gets used by the app to help it load more quickly.
If you find it challenging to live within your handset’s soldered storage constraints, then clearing your apps’ caches could help you cope. Fortunately, a free jailbreak tweak called CacheClearer (iOS 11) by iOS developers Julio Verne and Ryan Petrich lets you clear those caches on demand.
Anker’s MFi-certified Lighting to USB-C cables arriving February 20, pre-orders now live
Accessory maker Anker today opened pre-orders for the industry's very first officially sanctioned Lighting to USB-C cables ahead of their launch later this month.
HeySiri brings untethered ‘Hey Siri’ support to older devices
The latest iPhones and iPads are now so power efficient that you can effectively say “Hey Siri” whenever you want and have instant hands-free access to your virtual assistant; but that’s not the case with some of Apple’s older devices. Those such as the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus require that you be tethered to a power source for Hey Siri to work.
Albeit inconvenient, the chips in the aforementioned devices aren’t as power-efficient as those found inside of devices today; consequently, always-on Hey Siri would have an adverse impact on your battery performance. But if battery life is no object to you, then you can forcefully-enable Hey Siri on these handsets with a free jailbreak tweak dubbed HeySiri by iOS developer Julio Verene.
Apple TV 4K is apparently selling at cost, HomePod at a loss
For all the talk about premium pricing of Apple's hardware products, the company is speculated to have been selling two of its gadgets at cost—Apple TV 4K and HomePod.
How to turn off keyboard click sounds on iPhone and iPad
Learn how to disable keyboard click sounds on your iPhone keyboard to type in silence and stop annoying others around you.
Electra Team says it won’t be long before Sileo becomes the default package manager for Electra
At the time of this writing, Sileo is an alternative and optional package manager that can be installed alongside Cydia on devices that have been jailbroken with Electra; but that will unquestionably change in the future.
As the Sileo beta preview progresses, the Electra Team will implement the framework to replace Cydia as the default package manager on the Electra platform, a move that could transpire as soon as Sileo comes out of its beta preview stages: