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Apple is introducing some limitations to the data collection practices that underpin targeted advertising.   Image: FRANCESCO RINALDI / Getty Images Ever been spammed with sportswear adverts after looking up gym membership fees, or been bombarded with tempting hotel discounts upon booking flights for your next getaway?  These sort of ...

Bluetooth problems are plaguing some iPhone users, causing annoying headphone glitches. The problem, which was first reported to me by readers, manifests itself as periodic disconnections. Sometimes the headphones will reconnect, other times the problem requires Bluetooth to be switched off and on, and at its worst, it requires a ...

Image: WebKit A cybercrime group specialized in showing malicious ads has abused an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in WebKit-based browsers to break security restrictions and redirect users from legitimate portals to shady sites hosting online gift card scams. The attacks were first spotted in June 2020 and are still active today; ...

Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 release will ship with a feature that will re-route all Safari’s Safe Browsing traffic through Apple-controlled proxy servers as a workaround to preserve user privacy and prevent Google from learning the IP addresses of iOS users. The new feature, spotted by a Reddit user earlier this ...

Credit: Microsoft Microsoft outlined on February 1 a number of new features coming to its Office mobile apps on iOS and Android in the coming weeks and months. It will be delivering some of its promised “conversational AI” technology in Cortana starting with iOS; new ways for users to create short ...

Head over to Settings > Battery, and then into Battery Health and Apple gives you a lot of information about your iPhone’s battery. But there’s one number that Apple doesn’t give you — how many times your iPhone has been recharged. Must read: Switching to Signal? Turn on these settings ...

Image: Omar Al-Ghossen At least 36 Al Jazeera journalists, producers, anchors, and executives, along with a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV, had their iPhones hacked using a no-user-interaction zero-day vulnerability in the iOS iMessage app, an academic research group said today. Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity and human rights abuse ...

Apple’s iPad lineup is arguably something that’s unmatched by any other platform or device maker. From the iPad Mini to the iPad Air or iPad Pro, the tablets all consistently turn out top performance and have 10 hours of battery life, clear and crisp displays, and access to thousands of apps ...

If you carry around a smartphone, then you’re offering a massive surface to be tracked, not just your physical location but also what you do online. On top of that, you could be giving unknown third parties access to things like your microphone, camera, the contents of your clipboard, and ...

Image: Lookout Security researchers have discovered a new malware strain with spying and surveillance capabilities —also known as spyware— that is currently available in both Android and iOS versions. Named Goontact, this malware has the ability to collect from infected victims data such as phone identifiers, contacts, SMS messages, photos, and ...