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Apple postpones controversial “child abuse phone scanning” after criticism
Sep 6, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Right after announcing that it would scan your devices and iCloud for child sexual abuse images, Apple faced a strong backlash. So strong, in fact,…
Fake Apple employee steals 620K photos from nearly 5,000 iCloud accounts
Aug 26, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
An LA man who pretended to be an Apple employee accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts and stole 620,000 photos. Along with his co-conspirators, he would search…
Apple tackles child sex abuse imagery: Slippery slope or necessary intervention?
Aug 19, 2021
Allen Murabayashi
Apple recently announced a new set of features aimed at combatting Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM), which include the ability to scan a user’s phone…
Apples says its child abuse prevention system will only scan already flagged photos
Aug 16, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Apple has faced harsh criticism after announcing that it will scan iCloud and iPhones for photos of child sexual abuse. The company has now responded…
WhatsApp calls out Apple for scanning your photos, calling it “surveillance”
Aug 9, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Apple announced last week that it would start scanning your iPhones and iCloud for photos of child sexual abuse. The new feature sparked a lot…
Apple to scan iPhones and iCloud for photos of child sexual abuse
Aug 6, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Apple has announced that it’s about to increase its efforts to improve child safety. Starting from iOS 15, watchOS 8 and macOS Monterey, the company…
iPhone 7 photo wins Apple iPhone Photography Award Grand Prize 2021 – Here are all the winners
Jul 23, 2021
John Aldred
Apple’s annual iPhone Photography Awards event has happened for 2021 and the winners have been announced. The competition covers seventeen categories with winners coming from…
FTC deals blow to big tech with unanimous “Right to Repair” policy approval
Jul 22, 2021
John Aldred
After President Biden’s recent executive order instructing the FTC to institute rules regarding Right to Repair, and attempting to end the practice of expensive proprietary…
Real-world Apple M1 Mac vs Intel PC performance comparison for photographers and filmmakers
Jul 19, 2021
John Aldred
There has been so much written about the technical specs and raw performance of Apple’s M1, particularly as compared to its Intel-based Mac counterparts but…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak stands up for right-to-repair – says Apple wouldn’t have existed without open tech
Jul 8, 2021
John Aldred
Well, this is an interesting one. Right-to-repair has been a hot topic for a few years now. It’s a way to combat things like planned…