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Developers hunting through the just-released beta of iOS 13 have apparently found a reference to the date the next iPhone will be introduced. A screenshot labeled “hold for release” buried in the beta has a date on it: September 10.

This image is of an iPad’s home screen and therefore shows the complete “Tue Sep 10,” according to the Portuguese-language site iHelp BRM. A second image is of an iPhone home screen, and it includes the Calendar app displaying “Tuesday 10.”

Directly or indirectly, Apple is responsible for 2.4 million American jobs. The company says 450,000 of these are at the thousands of US companies that supply components for Apple computers, phones and tablets.

There are 9,000 such suppliers in this country, and the Mac maker says it sent them a collective $60 billion in 2018.

We might see Apple adopting the "Pro" naming convention for the fanciest iPhone in its 2019 lineup. An anonymous Twitter account that correctly leaked the names of last year's iPhone XS, XS Max and XR suggested that we'll see an iPhone 11 Pro when Apple unveils this year's offerings next month, MacRumors reported.

"'Pro' for iPhone? Crazy naming schemes over the past few years," CoinX tweeted Saturday.

Privacy has been a renewed focus with Apple’s next operating system update. One new feature in iOS 13 that seems centered on user privacy could have sweeping consequences for messaging and online call apps.

When you think about how hackers could break into your smartphone, you probably imagine it would start with clicking a malicious link in a text, downloading a fraudulent app, or some other way you accidentally let them in. It turns out that's not necessarily so—not even on the iPhone, where simply receiving an iMessage could be enough to get yourself hacked.

Apple today announced that it will acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business for $1 billion. The acquisition will bring 2,200 Intel employees under Apple's umbrella, along with various intellectual properties, leases, and equipment. After the move is complete, Apple will hold more than 17,000 wireless technology patents, and Intel will still be able to develop modems for PCs, vehicles, IoT devices, and other products that aren't smartphones.

A bug in the current iOS 13 and iPadOS betas reportedly allows people to bypass security and access usernames and passwords in the Settings app — though in practice, the issue is a relatively minor threat.

Within the app, people can repeatedly tap on the "Website & App Passwords" option and bypass Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, iDeviceHelp noted on Monday. The issue is minor as a device must already be unlocked to access Settings.

The images from an unnamed source have appeared on Slashleaks. This site recently also claimed to show a CAD render of the new 2019 iPhone.

Regardless of whether those CAD leaks are correct, it's not expected that Apple will introduce any major external changes to its new iPhone design —aside from a triple-lens camera bump. However, this new logic board leak suggests that much has been done internally to return to a more standard design.

When Apple revealed macOS Catalina at WWDC this month, one related announcement drew considerable interest from Mac users and developers alike: a new way to turn iPad apps into fully native Mac apps.

Dubbed Project Catalyst, it promised to increase the number of quality native apps on the Mac platform by leveraging developers' existing work in the arguably more robust iOS (and now, iPadOS) app ecosystem. But it does raise questions: what does this mean for Mac users' future experiences? Will this change the type of software made for Macs? Is Apple's ecosystem a mobile-first one?

The exploit, discovered by security researcher Filippo Cavallarin, relies on two basic Mac features to function: automount and Gatekeeper.

As detailed by Tom's Guide, Gatekeeper funnels files downloaded from the internet to Apple's XProtect antivirus screener, but grants files from a local storage device — mounted via automount — safe passage without scrutiny. Cavallarin was able to trick Gatekeeper into thinking a downloaded file originated from a local drive, bypassing the normal screening protocols.