Unicode bugs are what Lock screen exploits used to be in the past—no matter what Apple does, there's seemingly always a new text handling issue lurking around the corner.
Another Unicode text bomb hits Messages app
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GDPR is coming soon so Apple starts clamping down on apps that sell your location data
Stepping up its policy of removing iPhone and iPad software from App Store that violates its strict guidelines, Apple is now cracking down on apps that collect and share your location data with third-parties without explicit consent.
This tweak puts a live battery indicator in Control Center’s Low Power Mode toggle
Cowbell is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer LaughingQuoll that displays your device’s current battery level in the Low Power Mode toggle button located inside of Control Center in iOS 11.
Shown above, you can see how the text string indicating your current battery level percentage appears just below the glyph shown on the toggle button.
Customize your iPhone X Status Bar font with Swae
Jailbreak tweaks explicitly designed for the iPhone X are few and far in between, but now you can add a new release called Swae by iOS developer NeinZedd9 to that list.
Swae is a cosmetic-oriented tweak that lets you customize the font of the text displayed your iPhone X’s Status Bar. As shown above, it impacts elements such as the time and cellular signal information, among other things.
Houdini ‘semi-jailbreak’ tool demoed on iOS 11.4 beta
If you’re up to speed on everything happening in the jailbreak community as of late, then you might be familiar with the Houdini semi-jailbreak created by Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo) many months ago.
While it isn’t a full-fledged jailbreak like Electra and Yalu are, it does provide users with a basic way of customizing their device(s) outside of Apple’s stock parameters, and Masri has just demonstrated a successful Houdini semi-jailbreak on Apple’s latest iOS 11.4 beta:
CoolStar displays interest in an iOS 11.2.x-centric kernel exploit
A spark of good news seems to be circulating in the jailbreak community this week after an iOS 11.2.x-based kernel exploit became publicized.
And if that news wasn’t good enough in and of itself, a Tweet shared by renowned iOS developer and Electra jailbreak tool creator CoolStar underscores interest in toying around with it:
Google steals iPhone X gestures for Android P
During the keynote this morning kicking off its annual developers conference in Mountain View, California, Google showed off iPhone X-style gestures and navigation in Android P.
Google News is rolling out overhauled, artificially intelligent iPhone app with subscriptions & more
Google I/I, the search giant's annual developers conference, is currently underway and the search giant just announced a whole new Google News app for iPhone and iPad that takes advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning to bring you the stories you're most likely to care about.
iOS 11.4’s Restricted Mode may defeat physical data access by hacking tools like GrayKey
iOS 11.4 packs in a new feature called USB Restricted Mode that was designed to help defeat physical data access by forensic firms like Cellebrite and hacking tools such as GrayKey.
Remote Control app turns an iOS device into a remote control for your Mac [sponsored]
Would you like to turn your iPhone or iPad into the ultimate remote control for your Mac?
Gmail for iPhone and iPad gains snooze and Google Pay support
Google has updated its mobile Gmail client on App Store with support for the popular snooze feature and Google Pay, the company's rebranded mobile payment system.
Instagram now filters out bullying comments
Instagram this morning pushed an update that it says filters out bullying comments.