A class action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Apple was aware of a MacBook Pro design flaw that caused some devices to display backlight issues. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the action is aimed at the so-called “stage light” or “flexgate” issue presented …
Read More »No, your phone does not have a ‘COVID-19 sensor’
Drag Facebook up, assuming you are still using it, and type “COVID-19 sensor” in the search bar. This should give you a list of public messages where people – not a small number of people, mind you – swore up and down that their phones were recently updated with a …
Read More »Some developers use TestFlight as an underground App Store
Some people in the app development community use Apple beta test platform TestFlight as a more exclusive and less restrictive alternative to the App Store. TestFlight, which was acquired by Apple in 2014, is a developer tool for prototyping apps with a small group of beta testers before launching the …
Read More »Epic Games reveals Apple VR’s development in Fortnite dispute
Epic Games seems to have abandoned Apple’s development on virtual reality platforms as part of its dispute with the iPhone maker. The game studio recently implemented a direct payment system in an apparent attempt to lure Apple to remove Fortnite from the App Store. Apple did so, and in response, …
Read More »New Mac malware infects and spreads through Xcode projects
A number of Xcode projects have been found to contain malware that could attack Safari and other browsers, security researchers have revealed, with the discovery of XCSSET malware making its way into Mac software projects through largely unknown means. Researchers at Trend Micro discovered what the company described as “an …
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