WWDC 2023 was chock-full, but there was still a lot Apple didn’t say. | Illustration: The Verge Apple held a monstrous WWDC this year, and a ton of what was rumored, it turns out, will actually see the light of day. There’s the new 15-inch MacBook Air, M2-powered Mac Studio, and Apple’s finally realized AR headset — which we now know is called the Vision Pro. As usual, Apple didn’t touch on everything new during its opening keynote. But lots of small features that could change the way you use your Apple devices (or are just fun to play with) get packed in, and we’ve collected as many of those as we could find here. To keep this article from…

Earlier today, the Federal Security Service accused the NSA of hacking iPhones of citizens and foreign diplomats in Russia as part of a an espionage operation. Apple has now responded indirectly to Russia’s claim that the alleged operation included close cooperation between the company and the NSA. 9to5Mac has the statement below. more… The post Apple responds to dubious iPhone security claim by Russia, vowing to never create a backdoor to iOS appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Earlier today, the Federal Security Service accused the NSA of hacking iPhones of citizens and foreign diplomats in Russia as part of a an espionage operation. Apple has now responded indirectly to Russia’s claim that the alleged operation included close cooperation between the company and the NSA. 9to5Mac has the statement below. more… The post Apple responds to dubious iPhone security claim by Russia, vowing to never create a backdoor to iOS appeared first on 9to5Mac.

A British man has pleaded guilty over his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts including Apple and Elon Musk, as well as stealing $794,000 in cryptocurrency. Abené Clayton for The Guardian: Joseph James O’Connor, 23, entered his guilty plea in a New York court after being extradited from Spain on 26 April. He was arrested nearly two years ago in Spain for the July 2020 hack of over 130 Twitter accounts, including those of Apple, Uber, Kanye West, Bill Gates… and Elon Musk, who now owns the social media site. He and others in his hacking group hijacked the accounts and asked the owners’ followers to send them bitcoin, promising to double their money. O’Connor, who went by…

British hacker Joseph James O'Connor pleaded guilty to hacking well-known Twitter accounts, including those of Apple, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Joe Biden and faces two decades in prison.In July 2020, O'Connor hacked several high-profile accounts on Twitter. He then used the accounts to propagate cryptocurrency scams.In 2021, O'Connor was arrested in Spain and extradited to the US in April of 2023. Read more...

British hacker Joseph James O'Connor pleaded guilty to hacking well-known Twitter accounts, including those of Apple, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Joe Biden and faces two decades in prison.In July 2020, O'Connor hacked several high-profile accounts on Twitter. He then used the accounts to propagate cryptocurrency scams.In 2021, O'Connor was arrested in Spain and extradited to the US in April of 2023. Read more...