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[Link] Apple Sues NSO Group For Hacking Its Users
Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com
The tech giant’s lawsuit is just the latest in a string of bad news for NSO in the last few weeks.
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[Link] Apple Will Tell You How to Fix iPhones, Sell Parts to the General Public
Read: 17/11/2021 www.vice.com
Apple has announced plans to let customers repair their own phones in a monumental shift from its current repair policies. It is going to sell repair parts directly to the public, something that few phone manufacturers have done over the last decade.
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[Link] The iPhone 13 Screen Is a Repair Nightmare That Could Destroy Repair Shops Forever
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
A tweak to the iPhone’s repairability that has been long prophesied and feared has finally come to pass, giving staggering new urgency for legislation that makes repair more accessible: The iPhone 13’s screen cannot be replaced without special software controlled by Apple.
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[Link] iPhone With Common Sense USB-C Mod Currently Going for $100,000 on eBay
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
Engineering student Ken Pillonel modded an iPhone with a custom USB-C port in October. Now he’s selling the phone on eBay where its current bid is $100,100. The initial listing was for $1.
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[Link] Australia also wants Google to unbundle search from Android
Read: 31/10/2021 arstechnica.com
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the latest government regulatory body to take issue with how Google does business.
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[Link] European Union announces plans to require all mobile devices to use USB-C
Read: 14/10/2021 arstechnica.com
The European Commission has announced its intent to enact legislation that would mandate all consumer electronic devices sold in the European market within certain categories have a USB-C port for charging.
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[Link] European Union Will Force Apple to Use the Same Charger as Everyone Else
Read: 23/9/2021 www.vice.com
The European Union announced on Thursday that it will force manufacturers to adopt a universal phone charger, meaning the iPhone will have to use USB-C or whatever standardized charger regulators decide to use and will no longer be able to use Apple’s proprietary Lightning Charger.
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[Link] How GrayShift Keeps its iPhone Unlocking Tech Secret
Read: 12/8/2021 www.vice.com
Grayshift, the company that develops that iPhone unlocking device GrayKey that is widely used by law enforcement, tries to keep details of its technology out of the broader public's hands.
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[Link] Apple Introduces Parental Control Feature That Scans Messages for Nudity
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
Apple plans to introduce a new feature that would scan messages sent to and by child users of iPhones to determine if the images contain nudity, the company announced on Thursday. The move is a major development in the ongoing debate around privacy and the inspection of communications.
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