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Unlock Your Volkswagen With Siri
Volkswagen is now letting iPhone users unlock their car with Siri. The VW Car-Net app has support for shortcuts.
iOS users can now use Siri to lock and unlock their car, check estimate mileage with the fuel or charge left in their vehicle, and enable alarms. Cart-Net isn’t free to all VW owners, though: the app costs a specific subscription fee per month. It allows vehicle owners to pinpoint their car’s location, set a geofence for it, and access diagnostics remotely.
Apple Offering Free iPhone X Screen Replacements
A support document from Apple found a problem with certain iPhone X models that may cause a certain component of the display module to fail.
Bitwarden Passes Third Party Security Audit
During the tests performed by Cure53, five vulnerabilities were found. Only one vulnerability needed immediate action.
Kids Are Being Raised in a Cashless Society
Contactless payments and bank apps are introducing kids to a cashless society. Some parents are using these apps instead of forking over cash allowances.
“Young people are seeing less and less cash transactions, which just means that we have to be even more careful to talk about what is happening at each of those stages, because it has become more abstract,” said Winnard.
This is also how Apple seems to be marketing Apple Pay Cash in part. Parents can use iMessage to give their kids money.
Tests of a Cheaper Netflix Subscription in the Works
The company wants to experiment with a fourth subscription tier in an effort to increase its user base.
Does Wiping an iPhone Count as Destroying Evidence?
An iPhone X seized as part of an investigation was remotely wiped by its owner. This begs the question: Does wiping an iPhone count as destruction of evidence?
Police believe Juelle L. Grant, 24, of Willow Avenue, may have been the driver of a vehicle involved in an Oct. 23 drive-by shooting on Van Vranken Avenue, near Lang Street, so they obtained her phone, according to police allegations filed in court.
No one was injured in the shooting. After police took her iPhone X, telling her it was considered evidence, “she did remotely wipe” the device, according to police.
This will be an interesting case to watch, and could set the tone for future phone-related incidents.
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Bridge Mode, APFS, and Tips from MacTech – Mac Geek Gab 735
Dave’s back from MacTech and boy is his brain tired from absorbing as much knowledge as he could. He and John talk through a bunch of that, including some important new APFS knowledge, Cool Stuff Found, and a plethora of Quick Tips. Plus, of course, your two favorite geeks answer your questions. All this and more… press play and enjoy!
