A newly discovered bug causes iPhones and iPads to briefly crash. All you need to trigger the bug are just four characters. On Wednesday, a security researcher found that typing “”:: can cause the Apple mobile user interface, called Springboard, to crash. TechCrunch verified that those characters do crash Springboard when typed into the Search […]
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After much back and forth earlier this year, Spotify on Wednesday says it’s now received approval from Apple to display pricing information in its iOS app for users in the EU. The company is not opting into Apple’s new business rules under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, but rather is taking advantage of new antitrust
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Opera is releasing its redesigned Opera One browser on iOS as a stable release after testing it in the beta phase for weeks. The new browser has a bottom placed search bar for easy browsing, quick search suggestions while typing, and Aria AI assistant integration. While the placed search bar will be the default option,
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Apple gave users the first real taste of its Apple Intelligence features with the release of the iOS 18.1 developer beta last month. Writing Tools, which lets you reformat or rewrite text using Apple’s AI models, is one of the new always-available services in this update. But the tool will show you a message notifying
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Safari’s newest feature, Distraction Control, can remove distracting elements from a website. The feature follows Browser Company’s Arc Browse’s addition of Boosts last year, which similarly lets users remove features from a site and further customize its appearance. Apple is rolling out the early version of the feature this week through new developer betas of
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Users will be able to get the first taste of Apple Intelligence as Apple has started to make some of the features of its AI suite available with the iOS 18.1 developer beta released Monday. The company launched Apple Intelligence at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June. However, the first set of developer beta
Apple initially added a new flashlight UI in iOS 18’s third developer beta, and with iOS 18 now available in public beta, you can try one of the most underrated additions to your iPhone right now. The company had already introduced a new way to control True Tone Flashlights on iPhone 14 Pro and 15
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Developer Marco Arment launched the popular podcasting app Overcast a decade ago. Now, he has rebuilt and redesigned the app for the current era. While most the changes aren’t going to be visible, one main difference is that you can no longer stream podcast episodes. Instead, you have to rely on downloads. Arment justifies this
At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple divided the keynote into two parts: regular OS updates and an introduction to the company’s AI features. Apple is drawing a line between these two sections because Apple Intelligence features will become available this fall. It means that those features likely won’t be there with the 18.0 release;
Google Maps has introduced speedometer and speed limits on iOS and CarPlay — more than five years after their debut on Android — to help iPhone users avoid speed ticketing while driving. TechCrunch has exclusively learned that Google has begun rolling out speedometers and speed limits for iPhone users globally. When people start navigation on
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