Taiwanese contract manufacturer Compal Electronics is expected to build Apple's fifth-generation iPad mini tablet that should arrive "later in 2019".
DigiTimes: iPad mini 5 rumored to arrive later in 2019
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Tihmstar releases v1ntex, a voucher_swap-like exploit for 4K devices (16K support coming soon)
Just a couple of days ago, security researcher Brandon Azad released his voucher_swap exploit for 16K devices (A9[X], A10[X], A11[X]), but the exploit didn’t support 4K devices (A7[X], A8[X]), resulting in some devices being unsupported by the recent updates to the Electra and unc0ver jailbreaks.
On a more positive note, hacking guru tihmstar seems to have a solution. Thursday morning, he Tweeted his version of the voucher_swap exploit, subtly named v1ntex. Astonishingly, the exploit supports 4K devices, whereas Brandon Azad’s exploit did not:
Watch Apple’s new video shot on 32 iPhone XR cameras mounted on a bullet-time rig
Apple's latest video, showcasing some of the creative video-capture possibilities afforded by its smartphone line, has been shot using 32 iPhone XRs mounted on a 360-degree bullet-time rig.
This tweak lets you colorize iOS’ multitude of Today View widgets
If there’s one thing about jailbreaking my iOS devices that stands out to me most, it’s being able to customize the look and feel of iOS outside of Apple’s stock parameters. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that can do this, and new ones are seemingly being released every day.
In this piece, we’ll take a closer look at Colorful Widgets, a new free release by iOS developer Mateusz Morawski that colorizes your iPhone or iPad’s widgets with a whole host of different options.
Looking to give Cydia a modernized facelift? Try CellDia
Despite the relatively small number of redecorations the Cydia app has received over the last several years, it continues to be a reliable package manager today. Fortunately, Saurik (Jay Freeman) empowered developers to tweak and modify the Cydia app under Cydia Substrate starting in 2015.
Given the circumstances, the ball is very much in the jailbreak community’s court to make Cydia look and behave differently than it does out of the box, and that’s exactly what a free jailbreak tweak called CellDia by iOS developer Julio Verne attempts to accomplish as you’re about to witness.
2020 iPhones to rock laser cameras capable of recreating the real world in 3D
This year's followup to iPhone XS Max is expected to have a triple-lens camera while other 2019 handsets could eventually come with the upgraded system, but 2020 will bring substantial iPhone camera innovations in a major augmented reality push.
2019 iPhones getting better cameras, triple-lens system headed to an iPhone XS Max successor
Apple is expected to release followups to the current iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max sporting better cameras, with an iPhone XS Max successor rocking a triple-lens system.
Apple is allegedly testing USB-C iPhones
Publications like DigiTimes and reliable analysts like Ming-Chi Kuo have been speculating that Apple might transition iPhones to the industry-standard USB-C connector this year, and now Bloomberg has corroborated those claims.
No major changes are reportedly planned for iPad Pro this year
Apple is not expected to introduce major changes to this year's revision to the iPad Pro series, at least not ones that'd be similar to what it did last year, according to a new report.
$329 6th generation iPad to gain a 10″ screen, a cheaper iPad mini on the way
Apple will reportedly give its mainstream sixth-generation iPad, which costs just $329, a bit bigger screen going from 9.7 inches to ten inches. And to cover as wide a price range as possible, the Cupertino firm will release a cheaper iPad mini model, sources claim.
Pwn20wnd releases unc0ver v2.2.2, updates v3.0.0 pre-release to fix Cydia installation and bootstrap bugs
Shortly after the Electra Team dropped a couple of updates for the Electra jailbreak tool, hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd released a duo of updates to the unc0ver jailbreak tool to the general public.
Pwn20wnd announced the updates Wednesday afternoon via Twitter, noting that it would resolve a problem with installing Cydia and extracting bootstrap upon jailbreaking. At the time of this writing, unc0ver v2.2.2 is now the latest public release:
Electra updated to version 1.2.2 with build number fix & other improvements
It was only a few hours ago that the Electra Team released Electra 1.2.0 with preliminary support for iOS 11.4-11.4.1, and we’re already seeing some of the first updates to the iOS 11-centric jailbreak tool post-release.
The Electra Team announced the updates via Twitter Wednesday afternoon, highlighting some of the changes that come along with them: