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Apps

With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to aid creation, not replace it | TechCrunch

Generative AI apps that can create photos, videos, songs, and more are growing in popularity. But with the...

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Security

Apple will hide your email address from apps and websites, but not cops | TechCrunch

Apple has provided federal agents with the real identities of at least two customers who used one of...

An illustration of a blue Lockdown Mode icon on a red phone on a blue background featuring Apple logos with padlocks.
Security

Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware | TechCrunch

Almost four years after launching a security feature called Lockdown Mode, Apple says it has yet to see...

iPhone screen is seen through the broken glass in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 25, 2024.
Security

Apple made strides with iOS 26 security, but leaked hacking tools still leave millions exposed to spyware attacks | TechCrunch

The common assumption among iPhone security experts has been that finding vulnerabilities and developing exploits for iOS was...

Broken iPhones are seen as a part of replica of Formula E car made by used electronics, on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 30, 2023.
Security

A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones at risk. Here’s what you need to know. | TechCrunch

Security researchers have uncovered a series of cyberattacks targeting Apple customers across the world. The tools used in...

Smashed Iphones are seen during COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 30, 2023.
Security

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones | TechCrunch

Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone users that used an advanced hacking tool called...

Customers try out iPhone 17 Pro smartphones inside the Apple Store at Sanlitun Taikoo Li on November 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.
In Brief

Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia | TechCrunch

Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes devices and components for Apple, Google, Nvidia, and Sony, among other tech...

71st Anniversary Foundation Italian Republic in Naples, Italian, on June 2,2017, Flag-hoisting ceremony whit inter force department in Square the Plebiscito.
Security

Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says | TechCrunch

Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been...

Startups

Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware...

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Security

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones | TechCrunch

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement...