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iOS apps crashing on opening – here’s a fix

July 10, 2020
We noted earlier that we’re again seeing a number of iOS apps crashing as soon as they open, thanks to a bug in the Facebook SDK. Even if you don’t have the Facebook app installed, apps which use this SDK access it when they open, and then promptly crash. Fortunately, there is an easy fix for now … The secret is to block apps from accessing the Facebook domain. There are a number of ways of…
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Apple debuts iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 14 public betas, macOS 11 and watchOS 7 ‘soon’

July 9, 2020
For the first time since the Apple Watch was released in 2015, Apple will allow the general public to beta test the latest watchOS operating system over the summer, months ahead of its official release. But for now, Apple is opening the public beta gates to three other operating systems — iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 — to let iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV users play with their new features…
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iOS 14 on iPhone: Mirror front facing camera selfies

July 9, 2020
When you take a selfie photo on the iPhone camera, the viewfinder shows the mirrored version of the front-facing camera. This is because people are used to seeing themselves mirrored, such as in the reflection of a mirror. When the photo is taken though, the original source…
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Google Discover not loading for some on Android due to sign-in error

May 20, 2020
Discover provides a feed of personalized articles that are usually relevant to your interests. A sign-in error where no stories load is plaguing Google Discover on Android today. The scrollable list of cards, content suggestions, and weather is accessible to the left of the homescreen on some Android devices, and available for everyone in the Google app. Over the course of today, a number of…
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Future iPhones could see some of AI smarts in the camera sensor itself

May 14, 2020
Apple already uses AI smarts to help with iPhone image processing via the neural engine that has been part of A-series chips since the iPhone 8 and iPhone X. But future iPhones could see some AI processing performed directly by the camera sensor itself … The Verge reports that Sony – which supplies the advanced image sensors used in current iPhones – is working on integrating AI smarts…
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