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Turn your iPhone into retro console with physical buttons with this case

For anyone who grew up with a Gameboy Color in hand and a love for Pokémon, the Gamebaby case brings all that nostalgia right to your iPhone. As someone who still gets excited about retro gaming, this new accessory is a game-changer (literally). With physical buttons that snap onto your phone, the Gamebaby transforms your iPhone into a retro Gameboy-like device, perfect for playing classics through the Delta emulator. Let’s dive into how this works and why it’s a must-have for retro gamers.

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These US carriers currently support RCS messaging on iPhone

Android switchers to iPhone

With iOS 18, Apple introduced support for RCS messaging, a new protocol that enhances the texting experience between iPhone and Android users. Unlike SMS, you can see read/delivered receipts, send larger files, and have typing indicators, features that were previously missing. At first, only the big three carriers supported RCS messaging. Since then, a lot more have joined in on the fun.

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Enhanced Visual Search shares your photos with Apple by default, to identify landmarks

Enhanced Visual Search shares your photos with Apple by default | Screengrabs shown

A developer has noted that Apple’s Photos app shares your iPhone photos with Apple by default, for an iOS 18 feature known as Enhanced Visual Search.

This is an expansion of the older Visual Look Up feature, which can recognize objects within your photos, but a privacy note in the Settings app implies that it sends more data to Apple …

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iPhone Battery: what does ‘Slow Charger’ mean and how to fix

If you go to Settings -> Battery on your iPhone, you can see a lot of stats about the performance and health of your battery. This includes a charge graph that plots the battery percentage of the iPhone over the last twenty four hours, so you can track how it charges and how quickly it depletes. The chart is colored differently based on several factors, but what does ‘Slow Charger’ mean?

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RCS messaging on iPhone has expanded, here are all of the supported US carriers

RCS iOS 18 iPhone

With iOS 18, Apple introduced support for RCS messaging, a new protocol that enhances the texting experience between iPhone and Android users. Unlike SMS, you can see read/delivered receipts, send larger files, and have typing indicators, features that were previously missing. At first, only the big three carriers supported RCS messaging. Since then, a lot more have joined in on the fun.

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All the changes Apple has made to the Photos app since iOS 18

iOS 18.2 Photos

As part of iOS 18, Apple unveiled the biggest-ever redesign to the Photos app. With a single-pane interface, the new Photos app highlights collections and curation while being fully customizable to your liking.

The rollout of the Photos app, however, proved to be polarizing. While I’ve been a fan of it since it first debuted, Apple has made several tweaks in subsequent iOS 18 updates to address some of the most common complaints. It has also added several notable new features.

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I love iPhone Mirroring, and would like these three changes

I love iPhone Mirroring, and would like these three changes | Feature logo and text

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 …

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Update your iPhone, iPad, and Mac to fix these security vulnerabilities

iPadOS 18.2 hero

Apple regularly lists resolved vulnerabilities for iPhone, iPad, and Mac after each software update. Right on cue, the company has released an extensive list of which security resolutions are included in today’s iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 software updates. As ever, we recommend updating as soon as possible to protect your devices from these security risks.

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Security Bite: Jamf uncovers TCC bypass vulnerability allowing stealthy access to iCloud data

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Last week, I received an interesting report from the security research arm of the popular Apple device management software firm Jamf that detailed a serious but now-patched iOS and macOS vulnerability. The finding was under embargo, but today, I can finally talk about it.

Jamf Threat Labs uncovered a significant vulnerability in Apple’s iOS Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) subsystem on iOS and macOS that could allow malicious apps to access sensitive user data completely unnoticed without triggering any notifications or user consent prompts.

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Researcher reverse engineers new iPhone security feature ‘Inactivity Reboot’

iPhone 15 Pro Max force restart Apple logo security feature

A recent report by 404 Media revealed that law enforcement agents have been concerned about iPhones automatically rebooting themselves, which makes it very difficult to hack these devices. Security researcher Jiska Classen later discovered that this behavior is caused by a new feature called “Inactivity Reboot,” which has now been reverse-engineered by Classen.

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All your iPhone notes gone in Apple Notes app? Here’s the fix

Apple Notes gone

Some iPhone users are reporting a scary bug with the Notes app on iPhone. After agreeing to new iCloud terms and conditions as prompted by the system, the Notes app appears to disconnect from iCloud and instead presents users with a screen of zero notes, as if all the user’s notes have been deleted.

This happened to me on my phone running iOS 18.2. Based on the number of reports on social media from aggrieved users worried that all their notes are now gone forever, this is a relatively widespread bug that impacts iPhones running any iOS 18 version. Fortunately, there is a fix …

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