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Malicious Spyware Threatens iPhone Users in 98 Countries

Morrissey Technology – iPhone users are once again the target of a terrifying spyware attack. Apple has issued a warning to iPhone users in 98 countries. In its latest alert, Apple did not reveal the bad actors involved in this latest attack or the list of countries where users received the alert. Since 2021, Apple has sent similar warnings to iPhone users in more than 150 countries.

“Apple detected that you were the target of a paid spyware attack that attempted to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID -xxx-,” Apple said in a warning received by affected users, as quoted by TechCrunch.

“This attack may target you specifically based on who you are or what you do for a living,” he continued.

Apple says it’s difficult to get complete certainty about detections like this. However, they are very confident about the warnings issued and ask users to take them seriously. iPhone users in India were among the group that received the warning. Last October, a number of journalists and politicians in India also received the same warning.

Not long after, they reported the discovery of Pegasus spyware on an iPhone belonging to a well-known journalist in India. This spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group is considered vicious because it can infect and access all personal data on an iPhone via a zero-click attack. Just by receiving a special SMS, without even opening or clicking any link, this spyware infiltrates the iPhone without the user’s knowledge.

In its warning, Apple emphasized the highly sensitive nature of its threat detection methods. Therefore they cannot provide too detailed information for fear that it will be exploited by cybercriminals to avoid detection in the future.

Apple will of course immediately try to patch the security gaps that have been found. To avoid further attacks, iPhone users who have sensitive jobs such as journalists and politicians are asked to activate Lockdown mode.

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OpenELM
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Guessing The AI ​​Capabilities of Apple’s iPhone

Morrissey Technology – Apple has tended to hide the generative AI they are working on for the iPhone. But now they have released OpenELM, a lightweight AI model that will probably run locally on their devices. OpenELM stands for Open-source Efficient Language Models. And, there are four language models released by Apple researchers, all based on Hugging Face.

According to Apple, Hugging Face operates very efficiently for text-based tasks, for example writing emails. This model is open source and available for use by developers. OpenELM is divided into four types based on the number of parameters. For your information, parameters refer to how many variables this language model understands to determine “decisions” from its training dataset. Namely 270 million, 450 million, 1.1 billion, and 3 billion parameters FOR4D.

Microsoft and Google have also previously showcased other language models for devices such as laptops and cellphones, namely Phi-3 (supports 3.8 billion parameters) and Gemma (supports 2 billion parameters).

Previously, Apple CEO Tim Cook also promised that generative AI would be featured in Apple’s newest devices. He said that Apple had spent enormous time and effort developing generative AI. They have previously released other AI models, but they have not released an AI model that can be a foundation for commercial purposes like those released by their competitors.

Last December, Apple also released MLX, a machine learning framework that makes AI models easier to run on Apple Silicon. They also released an AI model for image processing called MGIE, whose function is to process photos using text commands. There is also Ferret-UI FOR4D, which can be used to navigate on the cellphone.

Delta Emulator
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Delta Emulator Comes to the App Store, iPhone Users Can Play Old Nintendo Games

Morrissey Technology – Apple recently allowed emulators to circulate in the App Store. Now the first emulator is officially available on the App Store, namely Delta Emulator. Delta is an emulator developed by developer Riley Testut and previously available outside the App Store. Testut is known as the developer of the open-source emulator GBA4iOS, which has now evolved into Delta and currently the emulator has received Apple’s approval to enter the App Store.

Delta is an all-in-one emulator that supports gaming systems such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance. Delta says it will support more platforms.

This emulator displays control buttons on the screen whose arrangement and appearance can change according to the system being played. Delta also supports Bluetooth controllers, including controllers for consoles such as Xbox One S, Xbox Series X, PS4, and PS5.

Delta also supports quick saves, cheat codes, and data sync between devices using Google Drive or Dropbox. There’s also multiplayer for up to four players for NES, SNES, and N64 as well as AirPlay streaming support. iPhone users who want to play old Nintendo games must have the game they want to play, then import it as a ROM file, and add it to the library in the Delta application, as quoted from Engadget.

iPhone and iPad users outside the European Union FOR4D can directly download the Delta emulator from the App Store. But users located in the European Union will have to use a third-party app store called AltStore to download Delta.

Delta isn’t actually the first emulator available on the App Store. Previously there was an emulator called iGBA which turned out to be a clone version of Testut’s GBA4iOS. This emulator was later kicked from the App Store for violating spam and copyright rules.

Apart from that, there is also an NES emulator called Bimmy. This emulator also didn’t last long on the App Store because the developer was afraid of being punished by Nintendo, which has recently become more strict in cracking down on emulators.

iOS 18
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iOS 18 Leaks, Apple Brings AI Assistant to Safari Browser?

Morrissey Technology – iOS 18 will reportedly include a number of new artificial intelligence (AI) features spread across the operating system. A new rumor today suggests that one of those features may be a “Safari browsing assistant.” However, it is still unclear what the actual function of this feature is. Reported by 9to5Mac, in a post on social media today, code examiner Nicolás Álvarez shared two new features that are being worked on at Apple, namely:

– Safari browsing assistant

– Encrypted visual search

According to Álvarez, both of these features use Apple’s Private Relay infrastructure to send data back to Apple. Álvarez speculates that this is a privacy-preserving practice on Apple’s part, so that Apple does not learn users’ IP addresses. Please note, iCloud Private Relay is currently only available to iCloud+ customers FOR4D. Apple already offers different visual search style features, integrated into Spotlight and the Photos app. It’s not explicitly clear whether “encrypted visual search” is just a more secure version of an existing feature or something entirely new.

What’s more interesting here is the “Safari browsing assistant” feature. Based on the name alone, this feature will likely bring AI features to Safari, similar to what other browsers already offer. Microsoft’s Edge browser, for example, has a different built-in AI Copilot feature. Arc from The Browser Company also combines various AI features with web browsing.

Bloomberg reports that Apple will likely work with companies like Google to support some of its new AI features. iOS 18 is expected to be announced at WWDC, which kicks off on June 10, and any announcement regarding AI collaboration on iOS 18 likely won’t happen before that event. Álvarez also reports that iOS 18 will bring two new features to Apple Maps on iPhone, including custom route creation and new topographic maps FOR4D.

iOS 17.4 Update
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Apple Releases iOS 17.4, Checks a Series of New Features for iPhone Users

Morrissey Technology – Apple released the new operating system iOS 17.4 for iPhone users globally with this new operating system bringing a number of new features. For global users, iOS 17.4 brings a number of new features. For example, the Apple Podcasts app adds an automatically generated audio transcript feature for English, French, German, and Spanish podcasts. With this feature, users can search for specific phrases or words in episodes.

Later, iOS 17.4 also brought a new cryptographic protocol for the iMessage service, known as PQ3. This should strengthen end-to-end message encryption against potential quantum computing attacks. In addition, on this new operating system, Siri will get smarter and have the option to read incoming messages in any supported language, such as Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and more. Then, this operating system update brought more than 100 new emojis, such as lime, broken chain, brown mushroom, and nodding/shaking your head.

According to The Verge, iPhone 15 devices using iOS 17.4 will also display more battery-related information under the Battery Health settings, including the number of cycles, date of manufacture, and when the battery was first used. Lastly, the music recognition feature introduced in iOS 14.2 now allows users to add identified songs to Apple Music libraries and playlists.

iOS 17.4 is compatible with models ranging from the iPhone X lineup to the second generation iPhone SE and newer. Users can install the iOS 17.4 update by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

One of the special things about this update is that iOS 17.4 allows iPhone users to install applications from outside the Apple App Store application store, aka third-party applications. However, this only applies to iPhone users in the European Union.

This is to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations, a law that aims to make the digital economy fairer by eliminating the unfair advantages that giant technology companies have over businesses and users. iOS 17.4 will allow third-party developers to offer alternative app marketplaces and app downloads to EU FOR4D users from outside the iOS App Store.

Developers who want to take advantage of this must go through Apple’s approval process and pay Apple a “Core Technology Fee” of 50 euro cents per install once the app reaches 1 million downloads per year.

iPhone owners in the European Union will see different update notes that specifically mention new options available for the app store, web browser, and payment options.

iOS 17.4 also allows users in the European Union to download alternative browsers that are not based on Apple’s WebKit, such as Chrome and Firefox, with a new selection screen in iOS Safari that will prompt users to choose a default browser when opened for the first time. While no browser alternative has been officially announced yet, Google and Mozilla are currently experimenting with a new iOS browser that could eventually be released to the public.