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Here is Apple’s official ‘jailbroken’ iPhone for security researchers

In 2019, Apple announced it would start sending some security researchers a “special” version of the iPhone designed to be used to find vulnerabilities, which could then be reported to Apple so th

X says a bug caused numerous posts to be labeled as ‘sensitive media’

A bug on X, formerly Twitter, was causing numerous posts over the weekend to be flagged as “Sensitive Media,” thwarting the company’s own attempts to make its platform more approacha

Russian zero-day seller offers $20M for hacking Android and iPhones

A company that acquires and sells zero-day exploits — flaws in software that are unknown to the affected developer — is now offering to pay researchers $20 million for hacking tools that would all

Twitter is randomly logging out users. You’re welcome.

Twitter is not dead yet; it’s just randomly logging out a number of its users. After TechCrunch reported earlier today that Twitter was experiencing a bug that was allowing people to edit their

Hackers could remotely turn off lights, honk, mess with Tesla’s infotainment system

Thanks to three vulnerabilities chained together, malicious hackers could remotely hack into a Tesla, turn off the lights, honk the horn, open the trunk, activate the windshield wipers and mess with t

Apple releases new fix for iPhone zero-day exploited by hackers

Apple on Monday released a new version of the iPhone and iPad’s operating systems to fix a vulnerability that hackers were exploiting in the wild, meaning they were taking advantage of it to hack Ap

Facebook to warn third-party developers of vulnerable code

Facebook has announced a policy change that will see the company notify third-party developers if it finds a security vulnerability in their code. In a blog post announcing the change,Facebook said it

Apple fixes bug that stopped iOS apps from opening

Apple has now resolved the bug that was plaguing iPhone and iPad apps over the weekend, causing some apps to not launch at all. The issue was related to a bug with Apple’s Family Sharing system,

Facebook expands bug bounty program to include third-party apps and websites

Facebook announced this morning it’s expanding its bug bounty program – which pays researchers who find security vulnerabilities within its platform – to now include issues found in

YouTube’s battery drain problem on iOS devices is now fixed

Google confirms it has now addressed an issue that caused the YouTube app to drain the battery excessively when running on iOS devices, even when the app was idle in the background. In some cases, use

Crunch Report | Sprint Takes 33% Stake in Tidal

Sprint takes a 33% stake in Tidal, The SEC is investigating Yahoo, a study from Cambridge on vaccinating fake news, Apple fixes more MacBook Pro bugs and a big Snapchat redesign hits iOS. All this on

New version of iTunes addresses the music deletion issue

Apple rolled out a new version of iTunes this week which introduced an updated design, including modified navigation and the return of the left sidebar. However, under the hood, the new software also

Drone Maker DJI Rolls Back Buggy Update That Restricted D.C. Flights Following White House Crash

DJI, the maker of the drone which crashed on the White House lawn last month, is rolling back the software update that was designed to prevent flights over much of Washington D.C., citing “a s

Biorobotic Roaches Can Use Microphones To Search Rubble For Survivors

Another day, another insectobot connected to a small, audio-sensing cyborg harness. Two researchers at the North Carolina State University, Dr. Alper Bozkurt and Matt Shipman, have mounted a small cir

Bugsnag, The Error-Reporting Platform Used By LinkedIn And Others, Raises $1.4M Seed Round

Crash detection and reporting are tough but important problems to solve, as companies look to increase the stability and reliability of their online and mobile applications. One newer startup taking o

Crittercism Lands $12M From Google Ventures & More To Help Mobile Developers Monitor App, Network Performance

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.crittercism.com/">Crittercism</a>, the San Francisco-based makers of a performance management and error monitoring system for app developers, announced today that

Pobody's Nerfect: Call Of Duty Developer Says It's Impossible To Ship Bug-Free Games

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/codbugs.jpg" />What do fans of <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/call-of-duty-black-ops/">Call of Duty: Black Ops</a> and <a HREF="h

Today's lesson: Know your opponent

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/225px-Rasmus_Lerdorf_cropped.jpg" alt="225px-Rasmus_Lerdorf_cropped" title="225px-Rasmus_Lerdorf_cropped" />I'm a big believer in open so

Smartphones are buggy – deal with it, says RIM CEO

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bb-storm-fail1.jpg" />Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion, has admitted that they just barely got the Blackberry Storm out by Bla

MobileMe syncing issues fixed, mail restored for the unlucky 1%

If you’re been part of the 1% of MobileMe subscribers unable to actually use their MobileMe accounts, the MobileMe Status blog has good news for you. From a post made yesterday morning: “W
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