With iOS 26 coming within the next month or so, Apple doesn't have many reasons left to update iOS 18. But this is one of them. The company pushed a security update for its platforms on Wednesday. iOS 18.6.2 patches a vulnerability related to image processing.<br /> Apple's security notes say the update plugs a hole related to Image I/O. (That's a development framework for rea [...]
We're now less than two weeks away from the Apple iPhone 17 event. Themed "Awe dropping" this year, the event — confirmed after Apple sent "save the date" invitations to the media on August 26 — will be livestreamed on YouTube September 9 at 1PM ET from Cupertino. And Engadget staff will be there, reporting and liveblogging from Apple Park to give their hands-on impres [...]
Masimo, the medical technology company whose lawsuit led to the temporary sales pause of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, has sued the US Customs and Border Protection days after Apple released its redesigned blood oxygen monitoring feature. This is just the latest update in the lengthy legal saga between Masimo and Apple, which started when the former sued the iPhonemaker in 2021, accusing i [...]
With buzzing notifications and social media apps bombarding you with the opportunity to “doomscroll” for hours on an endless feed, your phone is designed to be addictive. Although the distractions can be fun, the negative effects can build up over time. You might be spending less time hanging out with your loved ones…Read more... [...]