Important warning of postal fraud that you may be exposed to from reliable sources! And updates to Apple systems, Huawei stores in the UAE, various processors for upcoming Samsung devices, and other exciting news for this week in the sidelines!

News on the sidelines: Week 18-24 February

Beware of this scam!

Because of the penetration of the Mailchimp ad group network, which supports many sites, you may receive mail from a site you know well and ask you to enter personal data in one of the links, which may be designed in the form of this site. Beware and check if this happens because it may be fake and it is trying to get your information even though it came from the real mail of the site you signed up for.

iOS 15.5 update allows payments outside of Apple

Apple released the beta version of the iOS 15.5 update, which is expected to be the last before iOS 16, and the update comes with a new notable feature, which is activating allowing “reader” applications to place links for external payment. Reader applications are a category of applications such as Spotify, Shahid +, OSN + and other applications that display content from External services.

iOS 15.4.1 Update Released

A new and important iOS update was released this week to fix a serious vulnerability and some problems, and you can read more about this update in Our article via -this link-.

Google Docs update helps you write better

Google has been honing the features of its desktop applications such as Docs and Slides, alternatives to Microsoft applications such as Word and PowerPoint, and this week's update is rolling out to users gradually to help you improve your English writing. The program displays purple lines under expressions that may need improvement and suggests that you make them better.

Huawei expands in the UAE

It is clear that Huawei wants to expand in the Arab region and the Middle East, especially after the decline of its sales in North America and Europe. In the context of this expansion, the company has opened two new branches for its stores in the UAE, one in the Galleria Mall in Abu Dhabi and the other in Al Zahia City Center in Sharjah. But do not forget that Huawei phones cannot use Google services such as the Play Store, maps, etc., officially or directly... So, can the company compensate for this big defect?

Google tempts its employees with gifts to return to the office

Many Google employees are still working from home so far, but the company wants to return them to the offices finally, but without forcing them to do so, so the company decided to give those who decide to return to the office a free electric scooter (its original price is approximately $ 1000) to facilitate mobility and tempt them to return.

Apple's upcoming WWDC conference in June

Apple this week finally announced its next conference in June, and this conference comes to announce the company's new systems, and some rumors circulate about the possibility of announcing the new M2 chip for Mac devices, and you can read more in our article about the announcement via -this link-.

Finally iPhone X repair possible

There was a situation here a while ago on iPhone Islam that the site manager's iPhone X had broken his FaceID sensors and he could not repair it, and this was because Apple did not provide any way and your only option was to replace the phone. Now the company has finally added the iPhone X to its FaceID repair program.

New processors for Samsung phones

New reports indicated that Samsung wants to replace the Snapdragon processors and even its own Exynos processors in some of its upcoming phones, such as the S22 FE and S23, with processors from Mediatek, and if this is achieved, it will be the first use of Mediatek processors in one of the famous top devices, and the move comes after problems Samsung faced with Snapdragon processor heat and disappointing Exynos performance.

Use Touch ID with which keyboard?

An engineer has published an experiment that proves that you can remove the touchID sensor from an Apple keyboard and make it separate if you want to use it with another keyboard of yours. Of course, this won't turn into a product unfortunately, but it's part of a wave of users who want to use Touch ID with their Mac without buying an Apple keyboard.

Editing the tweet finally on Twitter

Finally, Twitter announced that its engineers are working on testing and adding a button to edit tweets in Twitter, a feature that everyone has been asking for for years. Do you think Twitter makes you pay to edit the tweet?

Angry Birds is back in store

Do you remember the game Angry Birds - Angry Birds? We don't mean any of the recent releases, we mean the first one that was removed from the store years ago. It seems that many fans of the game want to play this classic version again, so the company announced a revamped version with a new engine but with the same stages and the old way of playing, and the game comes in its old price way, it costs one dollar to buy without internal ads or in-app purchases .

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Microsoft deletes a tweet of an employee using a Mac

Microsoft deleted a tweet from their account that had an article about advice from an employee in the company, but the employee was using the new iMac with an M1 chip 😂 It is reported that this is not the first time that Microsoft employees have been photographed using a Mac.

iPhone saves skier from death

The English skater fell into one of the snow cracks and was trapped between snow walls up to five meters deep and he could not even look at the phone screen and use it for the conditions of the place and wetness and others, but the skater praised the feature of pressing five times on the power button to activate the emergency mode and indeed the local authorities were able to find him in the crack Snowy and save him.

Elon Musk buys 10% of Twitter

After complaining all the time about Twitter's policies, Tesla founder Elon Musk invested nearly $3 billion to buy roughly 10% of Twitter's stock, becoming the company's largest investor and board member.

Wallpapers inspired by the upcoming WWDC conference

Are you excited for the upcoming Apple conference? Or even just like the colors in which the conference logo was announced? You can get wallpapers inspired by the logo of the upcoming conference at -this link-.

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 that 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 for you And help you, and if I robbed you of your life and preoccupied you with it, then there is no need for it.

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