Apple is being sued after it admitted to slowing down older iPhone models to keep them running longer. On Wednesday, the U.S. technology giant said that it has algorithms in place to help keep an iPhone running at optimal performance if there is an older battery inside that can’t keep up with the required power. […]
Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobody’s Counting…
Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability. A “crash” killed her mother in 2008, she insists, when her car was broadsided by another vehicle while on her way to pick up cat food. The other driver, a 20-year-old college student, ran a red light while talking […]
iPhone Maker Says It’s Building a Multi-Billion-Dollar Facility in Michigan…
Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of Apple’s primary iPhone makers, will open a multibillion-dollar research and development plant in Michigan, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday. That makes the second politically critical state to receive such a commitment from the multinational — which is sure to be seen by many as a gargantuan political success…
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?…
One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an iPhone since she was 11—sounding as if she’d just woken up. We chatted about her favorite songs and TV shows, and I asked her what she likes to do with her friends. “We […]
5 Ways Smart Phones Are Dumbing People Down…
Smart Phone habits by many have been and continue to alarm just about anybody who isn’t tethered to such technology. Truthstream’s Melissa Dykes does a great job highlighting five very meaningful ways these Phones are making people who use them, habitually, less social, more isolated and well, dumber…
New Device Allows Cops to Download All of Your Smartphone Activity in Seconds…
“Any person who operates a motor vehicle in the state shall be deemed to have given consent to field testing of his or her mobile telephone and/or personal electronic device for the purpose of determining the use thereof while operating a motor vehicle, provided that such testing is conducted by or at the direction of […]
Meet Zerodium, the Company That Pays $1M for Apple Hacks…
Last year, Zerodium publicly offered $1 million for a powerful, new hack that would remotely sneak into an iPhone running Apple’s latest software. In November, the firm announced the winner — an unidentified team of hackers. Zerodium publicly offers up to $100,000 for Android and Windows Phone hacks. It’ll pay $80,000 for hacks that involve […]
Rating the iOS 11 Updates: Your iPhone Is Getting a Refresh This Fall…
The Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference, which kicked off Monday, was one of those “in-between events” — the kind without a new iPhone. But the Apple product that most of us truly rely on — iOS — did receive a handful of updates. While there was nothing life-changing about the upcoming iOS 11 (which will hit iPhones and iPads this fall), the […]
WikiLeaks Vault 7: CIA Firmware and Other Exploits on Apple iPhones and Mac Computers…
CIA’s ‘NightSkies’ Tool Can Hack, Remotely Control iPhones Without User’s Knowledge…
WikiLeaks has revealed the CIA’s alleged ability to infiltrate and control iPhones through a tool called NightSkies, which is physically installed onto factory fresh iPhones and allows the CIA to monitor and download files from targets’ phones undetected. The revelation is part of WikiLeaks’ latest Vault 7 release named ‘Dark Matter.’ NightSkies works in the […]
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