Hacker News with Generative AI: iOS

iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 Sneakily Enable Automatic Updates on Your iPhone and Mac (lifehacker.com)
Apple just released iOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 for the iPhone and Mac, respectively. Once you complete the update, you'll see a prompt informing you that, as part of the update, the company has enabled automatic updates on your device, even if you had previously switched them off. This means that, unless you do something, Apple will start downloading and installing future software updates to your devices on its own.
Apple, Software Updates, Operating Systems, iOS, macOS
17 points by rom16384 3 days ago | 2 comments
Sim Daltonism: The color blindness simulator (michelf.ca)
From the perspective of a color blind person, some colors are impossible to distinguish. Sim Daltonism lets you visualize colors as they are perceived with various types of color blindness. Use the camera on your iOS device, or use the Mac app to filter a region of the screen.
Accessibility, Color Blindness, Software, iOS, Mac
40 points by robin_reala 11 days ago | 20 comments
Technical Analysis – Improper Use of Private iOS APIs in Vietnamese Banking Apps (verichains.io)
Yesterday, reports emerged in the Vietnamese infosec community that two popular banking apps – BIDV SmartBanking and Agribank – were using hidden / private iOS API to detect other apps installed on users’ iPhones.
Security, Mobile Apps, iOS, Vietnam, Banking
90 points by quyleanh 11 days ago | 22 comments
Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMessage exploit (blogspot.com)
On September 7, 2023 Apple issued an out-of-band security update for iOS:
Security, iOS, Mobile Security, Exploits, Cyber Security
263 points by el_duderino 12 days ago | 124 comments
New iOS Update Re-Enables Apple Intelligence for Users Who Had Turned It Off (slashdot.org)
iOS, Apple, Privacy, Software Updates
5 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | 0 comments
New iOS Update Re-Enables Apple Intelligence for Users Who Had Turned It Off (macrumors.com)
With new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even for users who have disabled it, a decision that has become increasingly frustrating for those that don't want to use ‌Apple Intelligence‌.
iOS, Privacy, Apple, Software Updates
5 points by m463 17 days ago | 0 comments
Matching drop shadows across CSS, Android, iOS, Figma, and Sketch (bjango.com)
If you’ve ever tried to implement consistent shadows across multiple platforms and design tools, you may have noticed that they don’t look the same. Thankfully, it is possible to get them all to match.
Design, CSS, iOS, Android, Figma, Sketch
12 points by marcedwards 17 days ago | 0 comments
'Hey Siri, What Month Is It?' (daringfireball.net)
Whole Reddit thread examining this simple question: “What month is it?” and Siri’s “I’m sorry, I don’t understand” response (which I just reproduced on my iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 18.4b4). One guy changed the question to “What month is it currently?” and got the answer “It is 2025.”
Siri, Apple, iOS, Voice Assistants, Artificial Intelligence
8 points by m463 18 days ago | 0 comments
iOS 18 Software Updates Keep Re-Enabling Apple Intelligence (daringfireball.net)
With new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even for users who have disabled it, a decision that has become increasingly frustrating for those that don’t want to use Apple Intelligence .
iOS, Apple, Privacy, Software Updates
10 points by ingve 18 days ago | 2 comments
iOS 19 and iOS 20 Must Include a Long List of Major Changes, EU Says (macrumors.com)
The European Commission today announced a long list of changes that Apple is legally required to implement in future iOS 19 and iOS 20 updates.
iOS, Apple, EU Regulations, Software Updates
16 points by tosh 19 days ago | 12 comments
iOS 19 and iOS 20 Must Include a Long List of Major Changes, EU Says (macrumors.com)
The European Commission today announced a long list of changes that Apple is legally required to implement in future iOS 19 and iOS 20 updates.
iOS, Operating Systems, Europe, Regulation, Apple
7 points by layer8 20 days ago | 1 comments
Apple has revealed a Passwords app vulnerability that lasted for months (theverge.com)
Apple fixed a bug in the iOS 18.2 Passwords app that, for three months starting with the release of iOS 18, made users vulnerable to phishing attacks, according to an Apple security content update spotted by 9to5Mac.
Security, Apple, iOS, Bugs, Phishing
35 points by quyleanh 21 days ago | 6 comments
Show HN: I Built an iOS app to locate stray animals (apple.com)
Locate & help stray animals with StraySync! Pin sightings, upload photos, and get real-time alerts—all on an interactive map. Join the community today
Mobile Apps, Animal Welfare, Community, iOS, Geolocation
85 points by Ic3creaM 22 days ago | 42 comments
MVT: A tool for the consensual forensic analysis of Android and iOS devices (docs.mvt.re)
Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) is a tool to facilitate the consensual forensic analysis of Android and iOS devices, for the purpose of identifying traces of compromise.
Mobile Forensics, Cybersecurity, Android, iOS
28 points by janandonly 22 days ago | 0 comments
Conducting forensics of mobile devices to find signs of a potential compromise (github.com/mvt-project)
Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) is a collection of utilities to simplify and automate the process of gathering forensic traces helpful to identify a potential compromise of Android and iOS devices.
Mobile Security, Forensics, Android, iOS, Tools
151 points by 34679 23 days ago | 72 comments
iOS 18.3.2 Re-Enables Apple Intelligence If You Turned It Off (macrumors.com)
With new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even for users who have disabled it, a decision that has become increasingly frustrating for those that don't want to use ‌Apple Intelligence‌.
Software Updates, Apple, Privacy, iOS
7 points by impish9208 28 days ago | 0 comments
Apple patches 0-day exploited in "sophisticated attack" (arstechnica.com)
Apple on Tuesday patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in virtually all iPhones and iPad models it supports and said it may have been exploited in “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals” using older versions of iOS.
Security, Apple, iOS, Zero-Day Exploits
11 points by sgerenser 28 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: iOS app that corrects your form in real time using your phone's camera (firefly.fitness)
Firefly uses your device's camera to score your form and provide real-time feedback, helping you activate muscles effectively without expensive hardware or wasted time.
iOS, Fitness, AI, Health, Mobile Apps
45 points by AC101101 28 days ago | 42 comments
Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS (9to5mac.com)
After the EU forced Apple to implement major changes to how iOS and the App Store work for European users, other countries have also conducted their own antitrust investigations against the company. Now the Brazilian court has ruled that Apple has 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS for iPhone users in Brazil.
Antitrust, iOS, Apple, Brazil, Legislation
15 points by tech234a 33 days ago | 0 comments
How the Tinder iOS App reduced the size of localizations by 95% (medium.com)
The Tinder iOS application is used in over 190 countries around the world. In order to operate in each of these countries, we need to provide a localized experience.
Mobile Development, iOS, Localization, Optimization
16 points by FinnKuhn 34 days ago | 2 comments
Does iOS have sideloading yet? (doesioshavesideloadingyet.com)
The Digital Markets Act is a recent EU antitrust law with the stated goal of making digital markets "fairer and more contestable".
iOS, Antitrust, EU Law, Technology
129 points by TheDong 40 days ago | 199 comments
Accessing region-locked iOS features, such as EU app stores (downrightnifty.me)
The European Union's Digital Markets Act obligates Apple to provide certain features to iOS users in the EU, such as third party app stores. I live in the US and was able to develop a relatively-straightforward method to spoof your location on iOS and access these features, as well as any other region-locked iOS features you might be interested in experimenting with, even if you aren't in the required region.
iOS, Location Spoofing, EU Regulations, Privacy, Technology
93 points by todsacerdoti 40 days ago | 2 comments
WireGuard iOS Not Available in Germany (reddit.com)
I am not able to download the iOS app and get a warning that the app is not available in my region/region. Is this normal? Also I can’t find the app via the AppStore search and needed to rely on a google link to the iOS store.
WireGuard, iOS, Germany, App Store, Geolocation
19 points by quectophoton 50 days ago | 7 comments
Show HN: Compete in casual mini-games (iOS app – free) (apple.com)
ink. is a casual collection of retro‑style mini‑games designed to help you unwind or indulge your competitive side.
Mobile Games, iOS, Casual Games, Competition
5 points by pompeii 50 days ago | 0 comments
Apple Private Relay causing mail delivery issues (vowe.net)
A few months ago, a customer reached out to me and reported that their users running iOS 18 on their iPhones and iPads were seeing an issue where they would not get push notifications for new mails.
Apple, iOS, Privacy, Email, Mobile Devices
7 points by musha68k 51 days ago | 0 comments
Someone put an iPhone SE 3 inside a Nokia Lumia 1020 (reddit.com)
As we all know Hackintosh is macOS on a Windows PC. But how about iOS on a Windows Phone?
Mobile Phones, Operating Systems, Hackintosh, iOS, Windows Phone
18 points by microflash 51 days ago | 1 comments
Using Apple Shortcuts and AI to Transcribe My Handwriting (liquidbrain.net)
Apple shortcuts is a funny tool. On the one hand, it is the closest thing to free programmatic access to the famously closed platform of iOS. It contains some genuinely useful functions, making some cool things easy to set up.1 And it has an active community on reddit, making your questions easy to answer.
Apple Shortcuts, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Programming, iOS
8 points by chiwilliams 51 days ago | 1 comments
DSLs for Safe iOS/WatchOS Communication (defn.io)
I'm currently writing an Apple Watch counterpart app for Podcatcher.
Mobile Development, iOS, WatchOS, Programming Languages
26 points by Bogdanp 51 days ago | 7 comments
Final Fantasy iOS game shuts down over unfixable bug (theverge.com)
Square Enix has shut down the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and removed it from the App Store following an unfixable bug that blocked people from accessing content they had paid for.
Gaming, Mobile Games, iOS, Bugs, Final Fantasy
29 points by latexr 54 days ago | 4 comments
EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App (macrumors.com)
In the European Union, the Digital Markets Act allows developers to distribute iOS apps through alternate app stores.
iOS, App Stores, Europe, Pornography, Law
57 points by ilamont 56 days ago | 79 comments