Both the founders of WhatsApp and current owner Meta state that the app uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody outside the chat can access the content. A lawsuit claims that this isn’t true and that anyone inside Meta can get full access to all of the messages sent or received by any WhatsApp user. Johns Hopkins University professor and cryptographer Matthew Green has weighed in with a blog post analyzing the claims and likely reality … more…

Macworld First off, the Macalope would like to assure you that he is not in the Epstein files. Let’s just get that out of the way. The Macalope is letting you know because it seems like lately a lot of people are turning up in them, including one Tim Cook! Yes, Cook’s Lack of Good Sense Tour continues as the Apple CEO is caught, fortunately, with his pants up but his values down. The Macalope’s going to clue you in on a feature of iOS you may not be aware of, Tim. When someone calls whom you don’t want to talk to or just really should not, there’s a little button that says “Send to voicemail.” It’s a really handy…

Macworld In case you didn’t know, Intel has been having a rough time. But they’re taking steps in the right direction. Most recently, they made a major announcement at CES 2026, revealing their new Panther Lake chip for laptops. Our sister publication, PCWorld, got its hands on an Asus ZenBook Duo laptop outfitted with a Core Ultra X9 388H Panther Lake chip and ran several benchmarks. The results are encouraging for Windows users. But this is Macworld, and we’re interested in how the Intel chip compares to Apple’s M-series. Below is a chart of PCWorld’s results pitted against Apple’s family of entry-level M-series chips. Take your time and click through the charts. Intel Core Ultra X9 388H Panther Lake vs.…

A new leak provides more details about the foldable iPhone's design, pointing to several similarity with iPads. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

Macworld TL;DR: iScanner is an iOS scanner app with a lifetime subscription on sale now for $27.99 with code SCAN. Desktop scanners are expensive, take up a whole lot of space, and they can break. If you need to scan documents regularly, iScanner can help. This iOS scanner app can digitize any document, and that’s just the start of what it can do. A lifetime subscription is also on sale now for $27.99 (reg. $199.90), but that won’t last much longer. iScanner turns your iPhone, iPad, or Android device into a portable scanner and document manager. You can scan contracts, tax forms, tickets, receipts, handwritten notes, or assignments, then export them as PDF, JPG, DOC, XLS, PPT, or TXT. AI-powered tools detect and adjust document…

Macworld Apple updates iOS every year without fail, bestowing upon our iPhones a range of new features and security improvements as well as the occasional redesign. In September 2025 iOS 26 made its debut. Most iPhone users will move to the new platform pretty much straight away, and the majority are sure to love the changes. But what if you want to go back to an older version of iOS? Is that even possible? In this article, we explore what options you have when wanting to downgrade iOS on your iPhone. Update February 4, 2026: iPhone users for whom iOS 26.2.1 has caused crashes and connectivity issues, users were able to follow these steps to downgrade while Apple was signing…