Theos Team announces Orion, a project to support tweak development using Swift

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 5, 2021

Many jailbreak tweak developers will be familiar with Theos, which is best described as a cross-platform suite of tools for developing software for the iOS and iPadOS platforms without the use of Xcode. The reason for Theos’ familiarity is that it has proven to be a particularly instrumental mechanism in the development of jailbreak tweaks over the years.

Just this weekend, however, the Theos team took to /r/jailbreak to announce Orion, a new and open-source DSL that will empower developers to more easily craft jailbreak tweaks using Apple’s renowned Swift programming language.

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Sunny ocean wallpapers for iPhone and iPad

Jim Gresham ∙ September 5, 2021

As the summer months come to an end, capture these sunny ocean wallpapers for your iPhone or iPad. You can always tell summer is ending in two ways, the days become shorter and the iPhone rumors come to a feverish pitch. Before Tim Cook and friends show off their latest device, grab these end of summer images for your current devices.

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Apple delays rollout of its child safety features, including the CSAM detection system

Evan Selleck ∙ September 3, 2021

Back in August, with about as little fanfare as possible, Apple announced a trio of new features coming to iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS 12 Monterey, and watchOS 8. There are three in total, each of which fall under the company's new, concerted efforts to help protect against child abuse and sexual exploitation. And while the features were seen as a positive move in general, when it came to the specifics of one of the new features, there was a lot of pushback. And apparently it worked.

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Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset will reportedly need a connection to an iPhone, or similar device, to work

Evan Selleck ∙ September 2, 2021

While the rumor mill has gone relatively quiet regarding the augmented reality and/or virtual reality headset Apple is supposedly working on as of late, it hasn't completely died down just yet. Today, we get word that the upcoming wearable might not be a standalone unit as some rumors have suggested in the past. It may need a direct connection to one of Apple's other devices to work.

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