A new form of WhatsApp hacking has surfaced with which malicious parties try to take over your entire account. You can read this and more in this week’s iPhone news overview.
This is WhatsApp hijacking and so you can easily prevent it
That hackers try to get access to your accounts, that is a problem that is about the same age as the internet itself. But the newest way with which people try to take over your WhatsApp account is particularly in common.
If you don’t pay attention you will lose your complete WhatsApp within a few seconds. Fortunately, it is easy to outweigh this cunning technology. We let you know what to look out for.
→ So you are safe
iPhone 17 Pro is coming this year: To upgrade these functions
Recent iPhone generations are very similar. For example, if you have the iPhone 16 next to an iPhone 12, there are only a few small differences at first sight.
With the iPhone 17 Pro, a little more seems to change. These are the new functions that will probably make it worth to upgrade.
→ These are the functions
New mock-ups show even more of the design of iOS 19
iOS 19 is only presented during the WWDC in June, but it is becoming increasingly clear about what the design may look like. The latest mock-ups come from Jon Prosser and give the most extensive image of the design of iOS 19.
If the mock-ups turn out to be correct, it looks like Apple has found a good balance between new and familiar.
→ This is what iOS 19 looks like
Your Smart-TV secretly makes screenshots: this is how you switch it off
Do you have a smart television at home? In that case you get many benefits. The television is equipped with apps, so that you can open Netflix or YouTube with one pressure on your remote control. You can also record programs, look back and much more.
Now it appears that there is also a major disadvantage to a Smart TV, because recent research has shown that popular devices unnoticed screenshots of the content you watch.
→ Can you turn that off?
Do you have to buy an iPhone (or wait because of the rates)?
Donald Trump has postponed import duties for most countries for 90 days, but China remains the big exception and lets most of the iPhones come from China. In the meantime, the import duties for goods that go from China to the US are 145%. And possibly more when you read this.
It is almost impossible that this will ultimately also influence the price of the iPhone worldwide. We went to investigate: do you have to buy an iPhone quickly?
→ This is our advice
Shocking: Apple AI is so much worse compared to Android
iOS 18.4 is out, with all kinds of fun Apple Intelligence functions … which we have nothing to do in the Netherlands. Or well, there is one function: ‘well on’ with which you can remove disturbing objects from photos.
We went to work and let the function take on the similar AI option of Android. The results were … remarkable.
→ View it yourself
Finally: Instagram comes with a special app for the iPad
There is finally a special app for Instagram on the iPad! Meta works in the background on an app for the tablet. An employee reportedly indicated that the iPad app is under development, which would mean a major improvement.
At the moment, users can use Instagram on the iPad, but only via the website or by installing the iPhone app.
→ When will it come out?
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