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Plan to fix the iPhone’s Achilles’ heel

Plan to fix the iPhone’s Achilles’ heel

It’s been Apple’s Achille’s heel – the pre-installed feature on iPhones some users simply refuse to use. A huge update might change that.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 04, 2020, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name, uses his computer at their office in Dongguan, China's southern Guangdong province. - Cybercrime is expected to cost the global economy more than $1 trillion this year, up more than 50 percent since 2018, a research report said on December 7, 2020. The report by McAfee Corp. with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concluded that the cost of online criminal activity is more than one percent of global economic output, and also had significant non-monetary impacts. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)

Hidden Chinese tech threatens Australia

China’s increasing dominance in a range of growing technologies poses an increasing threat to Australia, we’ve been warned.

How FBI hunted down Ghislaine Maxwell

How FBI hunted down Ghislaine Maxwell

The FBI used a secretive piece of technology to track down Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell to her hiding place last year.

New Apple product being used to steal cars

New Apple product being used to steal cars

The new Apple product designed to help users keep track of their belongings is now being used to steal vehicles.

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Kogan and Samsung most complained about items

Electronic giants’ most complained about items

ELECTRONIC retailers, including Kogan and Samsung, have been slammed by consumers over the quality of some of products.

FILE- In this Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, person tries out the new Apple iPhone 6S at an Apple store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile in Chicago. A study out Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, from the Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of parents are concerned about the amount of time their teenage children spend in front of screens, while more than a third expressed concern about their own screen time. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Don’t answer these random calls

ARE you among the many Aussies who are getting missed calls from Latvia or other far-flung places you’ve never been to? Proceed with caution.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is shown in this photo, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Samsung's Note phones are niche products for heavy-duty consumers, especially those who use their phones heavily for work on the go. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smashes sales records

TECH-hungry Aussies will have to wait as long as two weeks to get their hands on a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, with the smartphone giant’s most expensive device selling out during its first weekend on shelves.

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Telstra unveils entirely new product line

THE future of mobile technology promises to connect us — and our things — like never before. This is the beginning of what that looks like.

(FILES) This file picture taken on July 9, 2018 shows a woman using her mobile phone in front of a LED display board of Huawei at Beijing International Consumer Electronics Expo in Beijing. Despite being essentially barred from the critical US market, Huawei surpassed Apple to become the world's number two smartphone maker in the second quarter of this year and has market leader Samsung in its sights. Huawei has achieved this in part by refocusing away from the futile fight for US access and toward gobbling up market share in developing nations with its moderately priced but increasingly sophisticated phones, analysts said. / AFP PHOTO / WANG Zhao / TO GO WITH China-telecommunication-Huawei-mobile-Samsung-Apple, FOCUS by Dan Martin

China banned from Australian 5G network

ONE of the world’s leading mobile technology companies has been blocked from Australia’s 5G rollout over concerns of Chinese espionage.

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The awkward truth about this picture

SMARTPHONE makers are quick to promote their impressive camera capabilities, but tech giant Huawei has come under fire for these selfie pics.

PALO ALTO, CA - NOVEMBER 03: The new iPhone X is displayed at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. The highly anticipated iPhone X went on sale around the world today. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

‘Yuck’: Shock iPhone 9 rumours

THE tech giant may give the iPhone 9 a completely new accessory, going against Steve Jobs’ famous disdain for the idea.

When Lady Gaga sang about not wanting to pick up the phone, was she just talking about millennials?

Everyday task we don’t do anymore

ONCE upon a time, you wouldn’t be able to get through the day without doing this. But now it’s practically becoming a faux pas.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds the new iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

’Deal with the devil’ that kept Apple alive

THE biggest publicly listed company in history is also the biggest turnaround story in history, and it can be traced back to a controversial bargain struck with a sworn enemy.

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The phone is strikingly similar to Apple's latest smartphone. Picture: AndroidPure

Fury over Motorola’s ‘shameless rip off’

MOTOROLA fans are furious after leaked images show the company has designed a near identical model to the iPhone X handset, released last year.

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