News on the sidelines week 11-18 July

Sometimes news of medium importance appears that does not deserve to be devoted to an entire article, so we present a weekly compiled article to make the reader aware of various news and make sure that when he follows us, he will not miss anything.

Facebook fined $ 5 billion in the Cambridge Analytica case

The US Commerce Authority issued a decision to fine Facebook $ 5 billion in the security leak scandal known in the media as the Cambridge Analytica affair. The case dates back to 2016 and the focus was that Facebook facilitated access to users' data, which enabled them to launch an ad campaign that some thought affected the US presidential election at the time.

In conjunction with the fine, Facebook's shares rose after the penalty was passed, due to investors expecting a higher fine.

Apple begins exporting the Indian iPhone

Apple began exporting the iPhone that was assembled in India to several European markets. Wistron had built a factory in India to assemble the iPhone locally and avoid Indian customs hurdles on imported products. It appears that the phone was manufactured in large measure, which prompted Apple, according to reports, to begin exporting it outside India. It is known that Apple is currently collecting the iPhone 6s and 7 in addition to the SE in India, but reports indicated that Apple intends to discontinue the old versions and assemble the Xr and provide it at a reduced price in the Indian market.

Apple plans to support a 3D rear camera in 2020

Reports said that Apple addressed suppliers and factories to prepare for the lack of a TOF sensor in the back camera, similar to the front camera, as of the iPhone 2020 "next year and not what will be released after two months." The report said that Apple asked VCSEL to prepare and expand production lines for upcoming orders, especially after the success of VCSEL in supplying the sensor for the current front camera. It is reported that there are several news that the iPhone 2020 will support the XNUMXD TOF laser sensor to provide the advantages of AR / VR for the iPhone and it seems that this project is continuing and has not been subjected to suspension, such as the augmented reality glasses.

Apple factory workers dug a smuggling tunnel

A recent report revealed the security measures that Apple followed to prevent a device from being leaked from factories before its release, by appointing a security team whose number of employees has now increased to 30 employees who monitor security procedures in factories and suppliers. The employees are former soldiers in the Army as well as CIA and do surprise factory inspections. The report said that they had found strange ways to smuggle parts of devices from underwear to workers (men as well as women) until they discovered a tunnel behind one of the devices that was being quietly dug in the manner of the Shawshank Redemption movie.

A security flaw that allows tracking Apple devices via Bluetooth

Security researchers from Boston University uncovered a loophole in the Bluetooth protocol that allows hackers to track Apple and Microsoft Windows devices. Bluetooth, in order to prevent tracking and recognition of the device, broadcasts a randomized address instead of sending the identifier number to the MAC address, but the researchers found that iPhone, iPad, Mac and Microsoft Surface devices can extract a unique number from the device and continue tracking it even after changing Random address.

The researchers said that this vulnerability does not exist on Android because they use an "Advertising Approach" approach different from that used by Apple and Microsoft. Apple is expected to close this loophole in future updates. To clarify, the vulnerability is not used to hack the device, but rather allows identification of your device and thus targeting it with advertisements.

Apple shows off new emoji

Apple has reviewed 59 new emoji, the new emoji that will come in the upcoming updates for iOS and Mac, in support of the Unicode 12.0 standard. The new emoji vary between foods, clothes, activities, emojis, and more.

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Apple updates its experimental systems

Apple has updated its current beta systems for developers, whether for the current version or for versions that will be released after two months, and the updates are as follows:

Future releases:

IOS 13 and its brother, iPadOS 13, have been updated to the fourth beta for developers, and the update came to add an update in the Quick Actions menu, XNUMXD touch settings, improve the sharing menu, voice messages and widgets.

◉ WatchOS 6 to the fourth beta version. This release is for developers only and is not a public beta.

◉ tvOS 13 to fourth beta came with bug fixes and performance improvements.

Mac Catalina, which carries the number 10.15 to the fourth version, and new features have not been revealed in it, although an improvement in performance was noticed.

Current versions:

These are the systems that are used now, and it is expected that the update will be issued within a week or two, and the update came this week in two versions, where a copy was issued, and then two days later, Apple provided another update, and thus the current versions became as follows:

◉ iOS 12.4 to the seventh beta and Watch OS 5.3 to the sixth beta and macOS 10.14.6 to the sixth version.

Apple plans to fund podcast channels

A report by the US newspaper Bloomberg revealed that Apple intends to provide funding for podcast channels that provide original content. The report said that Apple will set a single condition for this funding, which is to make the content it will provide exclusive to the Apple Podcast program, which currently accounts for between 50-70% of the share of various listening apps on iOS, and Apple wants with this exclusivity to increase its share.

Ford Pickup emoji design

Ford designed the Pickup emoji and sent it to the Unicode Alliance for approval and is therefore available on all operating systems. Ford released a promotional video in satirical style as if this emoji was a real car. Watch the video:

Miscellaneous news

◉ Spotify has updated its iOS app to support the Split View feature on the iPad as well as the Slide Over feature.

◉ A new update for Unc0ver has been released to version 3.3.0 and it is able to jailbreak iOS 12.0 devices to iOS 12.2 devices running A7-A11 processor.

◉ The Chimera tool, which also provides jailbreaking for iOS 12 devices, has been updated to version 12.2. The tool also provided a jailbreak for some beta versions of iOS 13 until the fifth beta. The tool also supports Apple TV.

◉ In conjunction with World Emoji Day, a report said that the symbol for tears of joy is the most used symbol, followed by the heart.

Apple sent a security update to Mac to close the vulnerability that was occurring with the Zoom chat app.

◉ Apple's website, "the online store and not the site", stopped working in the middle of this week and a message appeared that an update to the Apple store is being done, and this message usually appears before new products are released, but the site returned without any changes, which means that it may be maintenance.

This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her

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