Has your iPhone dinged with a Messages or WhatsApp notification recently about a curious job offer? You’re not alone, as today’s FTC warning about text message gamified job scams—or ‘task scams’—makes clear.
Today the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) aimed at consumer protection.
The subject? A special kind of job scam called a task scam.
Task scams usually begin with a text or WhatsApp message offering you a job and promising big payouts for minimal, gamified ‘work.’
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Looking for a weekend activity? Throw on your wetsuit and strap on Apple Vision Pro to take an immersive dive with tiger sharks — wetsuit optional.
In the third entry of the Apple Immersive Video series called Wild Life, we’re treated to an in-depth and underwater dive with Epic Diving out of Florida to swim with tiger sharks.
As you can imagine, this close encounter with Jaws and company includes lots of stunning views and opportunities for nervous laughter. Any time those jaws open up or bop your face
As TikTok’s ban in the United States swiftly approaches, lawmakers on Friday reminded Apple that they are on the hook for enforcement.
As a refresher, President Biden signed the TikTok divest-or-ban bill in April . The bill didn’t explicitly ban TikTok but gave China-linked parent company ByteDance nice months to sell TikTok. That timeline expires next month, at which point TikTok will be banned in the United States starting January 19. The law was upheld in court last week.
The law results
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We are indeed still tracking alongside the on that is now available to everyone, but there are more inbound today. Firstly, as shipping windows close ahead of the holidays, today might be one of your last chances to secure the new alongside . We also spotted a surprise offer on the fantastic – it is now at its best price ever – joining back at the Black Friday price, not to mention today being your last chance to secure Christmas delivery on our exclusive deals for the . All of that and more awaits below
Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 18.2 into the world with a new built-in ChatGPT integration . Not long after, ChatGPT and other OpenAI services went down in a major outage. Were the two incidents related? Here’s the official answer from OpenAI.
OpenAI has published a post-mortem on the December 11 outage that plagued its services with over four hours of downtime.
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The issue stemmed from a new telemetry service deployment that unintentionally overwhelmed the Kubernetes control plane, causing cascading failures across
Apple’s Passwords app debuted this fall as a new password management solution for Apple devices. It also, helpfully, makes getting started very easy thanks to a key feature in the macOS version.
There are a wide range of users Apple Passwords is targeting. Some will be brand new to password management tools, while others are already using another service like 1Password or LastPass.
It’s this experienced group that Apple kept in mind with a key feature in the macOS app for Passwords.
For users who have an
Apple products are known for their design, premium quality, and seamless ecosystem. However, when it comes to accessories, Apple’s offerings often come with hefty price tags. From the $350 Magic Keyboard to the $130 Apple Pencil Pro, accessorizing your iPad can quickly become an expensive endeavor. Fortunately, there are budget-friendly alternatives that provide incredible value for a fraction of the cost. Below are some of the best iPad accessories under $100.
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Plenty of people have tried to replace Twitter/X , but only a few new social media apps have achieved any traction, notably Threads and Bluesky .
But a new app created by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams isn’t trying to replace those, but instead do one of the things I most value about social media, and absolutely nothing else …
the problem with social media is that it has gradually dropped the “social” part.
When Facebook was ubiquitous it was probably a pretty good reflection of many people’
Continuity is one of the biggest strengths of the Apple ecosystem, and iPhone Mirroring is a great addition to that – letting us not only mirror our iPhone to our Mac desktop, but also take full control of it.
I’m a huge fan of the feature, and use it every single day, but it does have a few weaknesses that I’d love to see Apple address …
Beta testers first got to try iPhone Mirroring back in June, when it debuted in the second beta of iOS 18 and