Apple this evening has quietly stopped signing iOS 13.2.3 and iPadOS 13.2.3 following the release of iOS 13.3 last week. What this means is that it’s no longer possible to downgrade from iOS 13.3. Now that Apple has stopped signing iOS 13.2.3, it means that no one can downgrade from iOS 13.3 to that version via iTunes/Finder. Reverting to older iOS builds is common for those in the jailbreak community and can sometimes also be useful for users who experience significant bugs after updating to the latest version of iOS....

Apple has confirmed via iMore that a fix for the Telugu message bug is coming soon on all of its major platforms. The bug has already been fixed on the current beta versions of iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS, and that the company plans on pushing out an update sooner (in an iOS 11.2.x update, for example) to the public. As for a current temporary fix, simply have someone else send a message to the app that is crashing, jump into the notification and delete the thread with the offending message....

Apple is continuing its push to expand its retail arm under the guidance of new Retail VP Angela Ahrendts, with new stores popping up around the world. Today another of those new stores has been revealed as green and white signs promoting the upcoming Apple Store, Omotestando in Tokyo, Japan. The store is said to be opening in June. According to Macotakara [translation], the new store will use a “curtain of green” to control the interior climate and cut energy usage....

Apple’s R&D team has been on a roll lately. The latest patent application describes an interesting privacy mode on displays for mobile gadgets that can steer display light beams in various directions, allowing only the person directly in front of the display to see its content. Patenty Apple explains: The invention called “Systems and Methods for Electronically Controlling the Viewing Angle of a Display” is credited to an Apple engineer David Gere....

There seems to be no limits to what artists are able to create with Apple’s products. From Disney animators sketching classic characters, to an illustrator using an iPad Pro to design the New Yorker’s latest cover. In today’s latest artistic drive, Apple has partnered with five young Chinese artists to reinvent classic Nianhua folk art. On Apple’s new Made in CNY page, artists share the tools of their trade along with their art....

Apple is said to be seeking more information on the deaths of two workers from Foxconn’s iPhone assembly line in Zhengzhou, China. The WSJ reports that one death was an apparent suicide, the other an accident. Apple issued a brief statement stating that it would be investigating the deaths. Early one day last week, a 31-year-old man finished his night shift on an iPhone assembly line, climbed to the top floor of Foxconn Technology Group’s L03 production building and leapt to his death....

Apple is launching its first podcast series connected to an original series on its Apple TV+ video streaming service. For All Mankind: The Official Podcast is hosted by actor Krys Marshall, who plays astronaut Danielle Poole on the show. The weekly podcast series will include interviews with more cast members, space experts, and former astronauts. The trailer episode is out today, and the first full episode will be released this Friday on Apple Podcasts and RSS when the first episode of the second season of For All Mankind premieres on Apple TV+:...

While some features are built on the base which was put down by iOS 7, there are some new features which iOS 8 brings. These add much needed productivity options, making your iPhone much better suited for becoming your personal assistant. Best iOS 8 updates Multitasking and and ease of access were the keywords for iOS 8, and Apple certainly delivered on this front. Different gestures and swipes make navigating iOS 8 a breeze, as you’ll see soon enough....

Following the release of iOS 12.1.2 yesterday and iOS 12.1.1 earlier this month, Apple today has stopped signing iOS 12.1. This means that downgrades to iOS 12.1 are no longer possible, though you can still downgrade from iOS 12.1.2 to iOS 12.1.1. Apple routinely stops signing older versions of iOS as part of its efforts to ensure users are on the most recent and most secure releases of the operating system....

Apple has officially unveiled its first redesign of the iMac in over a decade. The new iMac features an all-new design with minimal bezels, plus Apple Silicon on the inside. The new iMac features a 24-inch display with True Tone display technology. It is available in an array of new colors. Inside of the iMac is an M1 processor. The new iMac also features an upgraded FaceTime camera with a resolution of 1080p, doubling the resolution of the previous entry-level iMac....

Apple has again declined a request to testify at a congressional hearing scheduled for March, focused on the technology industry’s relationship with China. This is the second such hearing that Apple has declined to attend since November. The Washington Post reports that Republican Senator Josh Hawley invited both Apple and TikTok to appear at a hearing scheduled for March 4. Both companies have denied to attend, though TikTok said it would “dispatch a top aide to appear at an unspecified later date....

A 2016 patent from Apple has been made public this week, and it imagines a keyboard that’s more resistant to debris and crumbs As noted by The Verge, this patent was filed back in 2016, but only now has become public information.. Essentially, the patent shows how Apple could make its Butterfly keyboard technology more resistant to various crumb and dust particles that make their way underneath the keyboard design. The company refers to this as “ingress prevention” and explains that things such as liquid can damage electronics, sugar can corrode electrical contacts, and solid contaminants can block key movements:...

Phishing occurs when a fraudulent email or other mediums such as social media and phone calls that mimic that of a reputable company is distributed to individuals to unveil personal information such as credit card credentials and passwords. It is amongst the most prevalent security threats that companies must contain to keep their data secure. It has been reported that hackers send over 156 million phishing emails every day, and that doesn’t consider other methods that are growing more popular with the widespread use of social media and smartphones further develop....

Apache NiFi is easily extensible through the development of custom components. In this Apache NiFi tutorial, you will learn- What is Apache NiFi? Why Use Apache NIfi? History of Apache NiFi NiFi Architecture Apache NiFi Features How to Install Apache NiFi Nifi Use Cases Best practices Running Apache NiFi Disadvantage of Nifi Why Use Apache NIfi? Here, are reasons for using Apache Nifi: Allows you to do data ingestion to pull data into NiFi, from numerous data sources and create flow files It offers real-time control which helps you to manage the movement of data between any source & destination Visualize DataFlow at the enterprise level Provide common tooling and extensions Allows you to take advantage of existing libraries and Java ecosystem functionality Helps organizations to integrate Nifi with their existing infrastructure NiFi is designed to scale-out in clusters which offer guaranteed delivery of data Visualize and Monitor performance, behavior in a flow bulletin which offers insight and inline documentation Helps you to start and stop components separately or at the group level It helps you to listen, fetch, split, aggregate, route, transform and drag & drop Dataflow...

One of the iOS 14 features Apple highlighted in its new-format WWDC keynote was App Clips: a really quick way to download just enough of an app to carry out a specific task, like paying for a car parking space. An interesting take by PC Mag suggests that the feature is just the first step into a new approach made possible by the 5G iPhones we’ll be getting later this year …...

In its ongoing efforts to ensure strong security for customers, Apple will require the use of app-specific passwords from June 15th. This affects you if you use a third-party app that logs in with an iCloud email and password (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) to access contacts, calendar and mail messages. If you don’t migrate to app-specific passwords by the June 15 deadline, then those apps will stop working. Luckily, it’s easy to fix: read on for step-by-step instructions on how to make app-specific passwords for your Apple ID....

During its Q4 2015 earnings call today, Tim Cook revealed the first numbers for its new Apple News service saying that the app has around 40 million users since launching alongside iOS 9 in September. Apple didn’t specify exactly where it’s pulling that data from. It’s possible a user could mean everyone that’s ever opened the app, or it could be using some other arbitrary way of measuring, like those that have used the app in the past week, as it has done with Apple Music....

A sketchy report today says that the rumored Apple headset with combined AR-VR capabilities has fallen behind schedule. The report says supply-chain partners expected the device to move into a second phase of prototype testing last quarter, but this didn’t happen. However, it’s unclear that much weight should be given to the claim … The paywalled Digitimes report refers to the device as “AR glasses.” This is somewhat ambiguous, as Apple is believed to be working on two separate – and very different – products in this field....

After announcing WWDC 2018 earlier this month, Apple has officially started confirming lottery winners for WWDC 2018. Registration for this year’s developer conference closed yesterday at 10am PT. For those selected, Apple will begin charging your credit or debit cards for the amount of $1,599, unchanged from last year. WWDC 2018 lottery winners are now sharing via Twitter and elsewhere the results. WWDC 2018 will be held at the McEnery Convention Center, like last year....

In a radio interview on the syndicated show Conversations on Health Care, Apple COO Jeff Williams said that the reason Apple has come under attack for the use of child labor in its supply chain is that the company actively goes out looking for it. Other companies, he said, simply keep their heads down. Apple has come under fire over the years when underage workers were found in the company’s supply chain, and Williams has spoken before about Apple’s unusual stance on these issues …...