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Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 233 includes fixes and updates for Animations, HTML, MathML, Rendering, Web API, and Web Inspector. The current ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release is compatible with machines running macOS Sequoia and macOS Tahoe, the newest version of macOS. The ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings to anyone who has downloaded the browser from Apple’s website. Complete release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website. Apple’s aim with ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ can run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while it is designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download and use. This article, "Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 233 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

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Countries around the world will be watching to see how well the new ban works ... or doesn't.View the full article

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business. View the full article

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iPhone users in Japan are now able to use Apple's Messages via satellite feature, Apple said today. Messages via satellite works on the ‌iPhone‌ 14 or later and the Apple Watch Ultra 3, allowing users who have no cellular or Wi-Fi connection to use satellite connectivity for messaging. When attempting to send a message with no cellular or Wi-Fi connection, ‌iPhone‌ users in Japan will see a message that prompts them to connect to the nearest satellite. After connecting, users can send and receive iMessages, SMS messages, emoji characters, and use the Messages Tapback feature. Messages sent via satellite offer the same end-to-end encryption as messages sent over Wi-Fi or cellular. Japanese users already had access to emergency SOS via satellite and the option to share location via satellite in the Find My app, so the new Messages via satellite option joins those two features. iOS 18 or later is required for Messages via satellite on ‌iPhone‌, while the feature needs watchOS 26 or later on the ‌Apple Watch Ultra 3‌. Satellite connectivity continues to be free for all ‌iPhone‌ and Apple Watch users with supported devices.Tag: Japan This article, "iPhone Users in Japan Can Now Send Messages via Satellite" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment.View the full article

The developer behind the ICEBlock app that Apple removed from the App Store at the Trump administration's request is suing for suppression of free speech. The lawsuit names Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, and other government officials, accusing them of First Amendment violations (via NPR). Key to the lawsuit is a statement from Bondi, who claimed Apple removed the app after the government asked Apple to do so. "We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their ‌App Store‌ -- and Apple did so," said Bondi. ICEBlock allows iPhone users to report the location of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents when the agents are spotted in public. The app was removed from the ‌App Store‌ in early October, though people who downloaded it before it was pulled are still able to use it. ICEBlock had over a million users when it was removed from the ‌App Store‌. Joshua Aaron, the app's developer, argues that the creation, distribution, and promotion of ICEBlock is lawful and protected by the First Amendment. He claims that the government officials named in the lawsuit used the authority of their offices to pressure, threaten, and coerce Apple to remove the app. This lawsuit challenges these government officials' unconstitutional threats and demands against Apple, which pressured it to remove the ICEBlock app from the App Store. In particular, Attorney General Bondi's coercion of Apple has censored Aaron and ALL U Chart,Inc., which owns ICEBlock's intellectual property, by making ICEBlock--their speech--unavailable to the public. Apple is not named in the lawsuit, and is not being targeted by Aaron. When the app was removed from the ‌App Store‌, Apple said that the app violated guideline 1.1.1, and made it clear that it was removed at the behest of the government. Information provided to Apple by law enforcement shows that your app violates Guideline 1.1.1 because its purpose is to provide location information about law enforcement officers that can be used to harm such officers individually or as a group. For this reason, your app will be removed from the App Store Aaron asks that the court allow ICEBlock to be reinstated, and that government officials be prevented from threatening or pressuring ICEBlock distributors. This article, "ICEBlock App Developer Sues Trump Officials, Claims Apple Was Pressured to Remove App" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

There are free trials for watching tonight's MNF game, and Sling will let you watch for $5. See all of your options for watching or streaming the game.View the full article

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A security flaw in the widely-used Apache Tika XML document extraction utility, originally made public last summer, is wider in scope and more serious than first thought, the project’s maintainers have warned. Their new alert relates to two entwined flaws, the first CVE-2025-54988 from August, rated 8.4 in severity, and the second, CVE-2025-66516 made public last week, rated 10. CVE-2025-54988 is a weakness in the tika-parser-pdf-module used to process PDFs in Apache Tika from version 1.13 to and including version 3.2.1. It is one module in Tika’s wider ecosystem that is used to normalize data from 1,000 proprietary formats so that software tools can index and read them. Unfortunately, that same document processing capability makes the software a prime target for campaigns using XML External Entity (XXE) injection attacks, a recurring issue in this class of utility. In the case of CVE-2025-54988, this could have allowed an attacker to execute an External Entity (XXE) injection attack by hiding XML Forms Architecture (XFA) instructions inside a malicious PDF. Through this, “an attacker may be able to read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal resources or third-party servers,” said the CVE. Attackers could exploit the flaw to retrieve data from the tool’s document processing pipeline, exfiltrating it via Tika’s processing of the malicious PDF. CVE superset The maintainers have now realized that the XXE injection flaw is not limited to this module. It affects additional Tika components, namely Apache Tika tika-core, versions 1.13 to 3.2.1, and tika-parsers versions 1.13 to 1.28.5. In addition, legacy Tika parsers versions 1.13 to 1.28.5 are also affected. Unusually – and confusingly – this means there are now two CVEs for the same issue, with the second, CVE-2025-66516, a superset of the first. Presumably, the reasoning behind issuing a second CVE is that it draws attention to the fact that people who patched CVE-2025-54988 are still at risk because of the additional vulnerable components listed in CVE-2025-66516. So far, there’s no evidence that the XXE injection weakness in these CVEs is being exploited by attackers in the wild. However, the risk is that this will quickly change should the vulnerability be reverse engineered or proofs-of-concept appear. CVE-2025-66516 is rated an unusual maximum 10.0 in severity, which makes patching it a priority for anyone using this software in their environment. Users should update to Tika-core version 3.2.2, tika-parser-pdf-module version 3.2.2 (standalone PDF module), or tika-parsers versions 2.0.0 if on legacy. However, patching will only help developers looking after applications known to be using Apache Tika. The danger is that its use might not be listed in all application configuration files, creating a blind spot whereby its use is not picked up. The only mitigation against this uncertainty would be for developers to turn off the XML parsing capability in their applications via the tika-config.xml configuration file. View the full article