Hacker News with Generative AI: iOS

iOS 18.3 disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps (9to5mac.com)
Apple released iOS 18.3 beta 3 to developers this afternoon. The update includes a handful of changes to the notification summaries feature of Apple Intelligence.

iOS, Apple, Notifications, Software Updates

28 points by scarface_74 1 day ago | 5 comments

Homomorphic Encryption in iOS 18 (boehs.org)
You are Apple. You want to make search work like magic in the Photos app, so the user can find all their “dog” pictures with ease. You devise a way to numerically represent the concepts of an image, so that you can find how closely images are related in meaning. Then, you create a database of known images and their numerical representations (“this number means car”), and find the closest matches. To preserve privacy, you put this database on the phone.

Privacy, Mobile Security, Machine Learning, Image Recognition, iOS

10 points by vsgherzi 7 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 almost doubles the storage it needs (9to5mac.com)
Apple Intelligence arrived on compatible iPhones, iPads, and Macs via a staggered rollout. There were new features launched in both iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2. Now, we know exactly how much those additional features are costing in terms of iPhone storage space.

Apple, iOS, Software Updates, Storage

7 points by dabinat 14 days ago | 1 comments

Privacy of Photos.app's Enhanced Visual Search (mjtsai.com)
This morning while perusing the settings of a bunch of apps on my iPhone, I discovered a new setting for Photos that was enabled by default: Enhanced Visual Search.

Privacy, Photography, Apple, iOS, Mobile

19 points by latexr 16 days ago | 7 comments

Show HN: GitHub-style screen time visualizer on iOS (apple.com)
Controlling Screen Time is critical for mental health, focus, productivity, and relationships. Social media and other addictive apps can easily distract you from your goals.Clearspace helps you control screen time by giving you the tools to fight phone addiction by making your phone less addictive.

Mobile Apps, Productivity, Health, iOS

18 points by anteloper 16 days ago | 3 comments

From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial spyware on iOS [video] (media.ccc.de)
My talk explores the trajectory of iOS spyware from the initial discovery of Pegasus in 2016 to the latest cases in 2024.

Security, Mobile Devices, iOS, Surveillance, Technology

384 points by cookiengineer 19 days ago | 154 comments

ISH: Linux on jailbreak-free iPhones via userspace emulation (github.com/ish-app)
A project to get a Linux shell running on iOS, using usermode x86 emulation and syscall translation.

Linux, Open Source, iOS, Emulation

22 points by n2d4 19 days ago | 8 comments

From Pegasus to Predator – The Evolution of Commercial Spyware on iOS (Relive) [video] (media.ccc.de)
My talk explores the trajectory of iOS spyware from the initial discovery of Pegasus in 2016 to the latest cases in 2024.

Cybersecurity, iOS, Spyware, Surveillance

12 points by doener 20 days ago | 3 comments

Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 (lapcatsoftware.com)
This morning while perusing the settings of a bunch of apps on my iPhone, I discovered a new setting for Photos that was enabled by default: Enhanced Visual Search. (I manually disabled it before taking the screenshot below.)

Privacy, iOS, macOS, Apple, Photos

1330 points by latexr 20 days ago | 984 comments

AirTags on Android, Sorta (vitor.io)
The easiest way to set up and track AirTags from your Android phone is to not, and instead to buy a used iOS device, and use that when you need to check your AirTags.

AirTags, Android, iOS, Apple Products

9 points by behnamoh 26 days ago | 1 comments

EU asks for views on plan to force Apple to open up iOS (techcrunch.com)
The European Commission has published draft proposals for how Apple must meet interoperability requirements flowing from the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), inviting feedback on proposed measures targeted at areas like iOS notifications, data transfer, and device set-up by January 9, 2025.

EU Regulations, Apple, iOS, Interoperability

17 points by impish9208 30 days ago | 13 comments

Trying to Recreate iOS on the Web (homescreen.app)

Web Development, iOS, User Interface

157 points by plurby 31 days ago | 91 comments

United, Delta, Air Canada To Support Find My for Lost Luggage This Week (macrumors.com)
Starting this week, the U.S. and Canadian airlines United, Delta, and Air Canada are rolling out support for iOS 18.2's new item location sharing feature to help track lost or delayed baggage, according to Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak.

Airlines, iOS, Travel, Technology, Lost Luggage

11 points by tosh 32 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT (macstories.net)
Apple is releasing iOS and iPadOS 18.2 today, and with those software updates, the company is rolling out the second wave of Apple Intelligence features as part of their previously announced roadmap that will culminate with the arrival of deeper integration between Siri and third-party apps next year.

Apple, iOS, Siri, Generative AI, ChatGPT

4 points by mpweiher 34 days ago | 1 comments

Apple Releases iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 with Genmoji, Siri ChatGPT and More (macrumors.com)
Apple today released iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, the second major updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates that came out in September.

Apple, iOS, iPadOS, Software Updates, AI

9 points by mfiguiere 37 days ago | 0 comments

Analyzing an iOS vulnerability that could expose sensitive data to attackers (jamf.com)
Jamf Threat Labs has discovered a bypass vulnerability in the Transparency, Consent and Control (TCC) subsystem in iOS that fails to notify users when another application tries to access sensitive information such as photos, GPS location, contacts and more. Read on to learn more about our findings.

Security, iOS, Vulnerabilities, Mobile Devices

8 points by edmn 39 days ago | 0 comments

Apple's use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 18 (timac.org)
As with previous iOS versions, let’s analyze the built-in apps of iOS 18 to answer a few questions: How many binaries does iOS 18 contain? Which programming languages were used to develop these apps? How many apps are written in Swift? What percentage of apps use SwiftUI versus UIKit?

iOS, Programming Languages, Swift, SwiftUI, App Development

17 points by lladnar 39 days ago | 3 comments

iOS 18 is the worst software Apple has ever released (macrumors.com)

iOS, Apple, Software, Operating Systems, Criticism

64 points by likeabatterycar 47 days ago | 51 comments

Show HN: Glyph3D – A 3D text visualizer for macOS and iOS / iPadOS (github.com/tikimcfee)
Render source code in 3D, for macOS and iOS.

Software, 3D Graphics, macOS, iOS, iPadOS

52 points by tikimcfee 47 days ago | 21 comments

Watch Out for Counterintuitive Implicit Actor-Isolation (jaredsinclair.com)
I ran into some unexpected runtime crashes recently while testing an app on iOS 18 compiled under Swift 6 language mode, and the root causes ended up being the perils of using @unchecked Sendable in combination with some counterintuitive compiler behavior with implicit actor isolation.

Swift, iOS, Programming, Compiler Behavior, Actors

25 points by mpweiher 49 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: iOS Theremin Simulator with Hand Tracking (Beta) (apple.com)
Help developers test beta versions of their apps and App Clips using the TestFlight app. Download TestFlight on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Watch, and iMessage.

iOS, Mobile Development, Music, Beta Testing, Hand Tracking

5 points by gunzor 50 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: SF Search – iPhone app for searching SF Symbols by drawing (apple.com)
SF Search lets you draw to search SF Symbols easily.

Mobile Apps, Design, iOS, User Interfaces, Search

3 points by luisfl 51 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Any tips for building a VSCode fork? (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! I'm working on a VSCode fork to work and develop on iOS apps. I'm curious if anyone out here has any experience with building a VSCode fork and has any tips that they'd like to share.

VSCode, Forking, Development, Mobile Development, iOS

5 points by stuckinaloop 51 days ago | 3 comments

Google Ad Injection (push.cx)
On November 19, Google announced the Google App for iOS is injecting unlabeled ads into pages.

Mobile Apps, Advertising, Google, iOS

23 points by todsacerdoti 53 days ago | 12 comments

Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go to Search (9to5google.com)
Google has introduced a new feature on iOS that injects links on third-party websites that take users back to Google Search.

Google, iOS, Privacy, Web Browsing, Search Engines

67 points by tech234a 53 days ago | 39 comments

IMG_0001 (walzr.com)
Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app.

iPhone, YouTube, Mobile Apps, History, iOS

31 points by walz 61 days ago | 3 comments

Reverse Engineering iOS 18 Inactivity Reboot (blogspot.com)
iOS 18 introduced a new inactivity reboot security feature. What does it protect from and how does it work? This blog post covers all the details down to a kernel extension and the Secure Enclave Processor.

Security, iOS, Reverse Engineering, Operating Systems

522 points by moonsword 61 days ago | 169 comments

WebGPU to Officially Ship on iOS in December (twitter.com)

WebGPU, iOS, Mobile Development, Web Development, December Release

23 points by astlouis44 63 days ago | 1 comments

iOS age restriction blocks all browsers except Safari, breaks choice screen (open-web-advocacy.org)
Apple is currently failing to comply with its obligations under Article 6(3) of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) regarding the provision of the browser choice screen. The iOS browser choice screen is currently broken for any user with age restrictions for apps enabled, effectively preventing them from selecting any browser other than Safari.