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iOS 18.2 enables real-time spam and scam blocking in Truecaller app

iOS 18.2 enables real-time spam and scam blocking in Truecaller app | Screengrab showing 'Bank scam'

The Truecaller app has long been able to flag some incoming spam and scam phone calls, enabling you to reject them, but Apple privacy rules prevented the iOS version from working as effectively as the Android one. This means the iPhone would fail to identify many callers that would be flagged on Android phones.

A new Apple API in iOS 18.2 solves the privacy problem, and additionally now allows Truecaller to automatically block known spammers …

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iOS 18.2’s new Mail app is nice, but I disabled one of its main features

Mail iOS 18.2

With iOS 18.2, Apple introduced an all new Mail app. It introduced mail categorization, a fresh coat of paint, contact photos/business logos for conversations, a new system for grouping emails, and more. All of that sounded nice when it was unveiled back at WWDC, but now that I’ve actually spent some time using it, I’m having some doubts.

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Apple Intelligence botched a notification summary about Luigi Mangione, and the BBC isn’t happy

The BBC isn’t pleased with Apple Intelligence’s notification summary feature. The corporation says that the notification summary feature “generated a false headline” about Lugi Mangione, who was arrested this week as the suspected killer of the United HealthGroup CEO.

The notification summary in question suggested that Mangione had shot himself: “Luigi Mangione shoots himself; Syrian mother hopes Assad pays the price; South Korea police raid Yoon Suk Yeol’s office.”

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United Airlines integrating Apple’s Share Item Location into its mobile app

United Airlines integrating Apple's Share Item Location into its mobile app | App in use in a baggage hall

Apple last month announced a new Share Item Location feature for helping to track AirTags and Apple devices, and said at the time that it would be partnering with more than 15 airlines. Those airlines would accept links from passengers tracking mislaid baggage.

United Airlines has now shown how it will integrate the feature into its mobile app, enabling customers to easily add the links …

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