Geolocators on fitness trackers are no longer allowed by US military personnel

Bryan M. Wolfe ∙ August 7, 2018

Back in January, the Pentagon said it would be reviewing policies that related to geolocators on fitness trackers such as Apple Watch and Fitbit devices. It has now decided to ban the use of that technology on trackers for all deployed military personnel, regardless of their location. The move comes after the popular Strava fitness app may have inadvertently revealed secret locations of security forces around the world.

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Meridian iOS 10.x jailbreak released with support for all 64-bit devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 7, 2018

After a lot of hype, the Meridian iOS 10.0-10.3.3 jailbreak tool with support for all 64-bit iOS devices has been released to the public on Tuesday.

Made possible by PsychoTea, Siguza, and various other contributors, the Meridian jailbreak is particularly significant. It works with all versions of iOS 10, whereas Luca Todesco’s Yalu jailbreak tool only supported iOS 10.0-10.2. Furthermore, Meridian even supports the iPhone 7, which Yalu did not.

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iOS 12 beta 6 hands-on video: new and removed wallpapers, tweaked icons & feature changes

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 7, 2018

Apple yesterday released a sixth beta of iOS 12 to its registered developers and public beta testers, coming out about a week after beta 5 released. While people should not expect any major new whiz-bang features to be added to the iOS 12 code that late in the game, we've managed to find nearly half a dozen changes in beta 6 that we think you should know about.

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ChromaHomeBarX brings Razer Chroma-inspired color effects to the iPhone X’s Home Bar

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 7, 2018

Being that I’m a huge fan of PC gaming, a particular new jailbreak tweak dubbed ChromaHomeBarX by iOS developer Afnan Ahmad grabbed my attention while I was perusing the recent releases in Cydia this week.

Just as the name implies, ChromaHomeBarX augments the appearance of your iPhone X’s Home Bar with Razer Chroma-inspired animated color effects, as shown above.

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