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iCloud Private Relay will only be available as a beta feature when iOS 15 launches this fall
According to the release notes for the 7th developer beta of iOS 15, Apple needs to "gather additional feedback and improve website compatibility."
Custom email domains are now available in beta in iCloud+
Apple's custom email domains for iCloud+ are now available in beta form.
Man steals 620,000 iCloud Photos in quest to share nude photos of women
A Los Angeles County man has pled guilty to four felonies, after tricking Apple users into handing over a total of 620,000 iCloud images in a quest to share nude photos of young women.
Apple has released iCloud for Windows 12.5 with a new password manager
The latest version adds a password manager app as well as the ability to sync passwords across devices with Microsoft Edge.
Apple's reportedly hemorrhaging people across Health, iCloud, and AI teams
Apple is reportedly seeing people leave from three of its most important teams at a "notable" rate, with Health, iCloud, and AI all losing bodies.
iCloud users say they're downgrading because of CSAM scanning
A number of online iCloud users say that they are planning to downgrade their iCloud storage and accounts over privacy concerns raised by Apple's new CSAM scanning tools.
Apple can't run CSAM checks on devices with iCloud Photos turned off
Apple's CSAM checks won't run on devices that have iCloud Photos disabled.
Apple confirms CSAM checks will be carried out on photos already in iCloud
Apple has confirmed that its controversial new CSAM detection system will check for known child abuse imagery in any image that is already in iCloud — not just new images as they are uploaded.
Edward Snowden slams Apple's controversial iCloud photo scanning plans
Whistleblower Edward Snowden, amongst other privacy advocates and security experts, has blasted Apple's plans to scan images on iPhones uploaded to iCloud for known child sexual abuse material.
Sharing photos with family is the one area where Apple's iCloud Photo Library still falls short
Even after WWDC 2021, iCloud Photo Library still lacks a fully-fledged shared family photo library and it's long overdue at this point.
Apple's services are having another bad day — various iCloud features affected
Multiple Apple services are suffering from an outage again.
Apple's upcoming iCloud Plus Private Relay puts proper privacy at a premium
New features being shoehorned behind a subscription paywall doesn't jive with Apple's pro-privacy stance.
Some Apple services including Photos, iCloud Mail are 'slow or unavailable'
Multiple Apple services are currently "slow or unavailable" for some users, Apple has confirmed. It also confirmed that it is working on getting all impacted services back up and running, too.
Is Apple iCloud Mail down for you? You aren't alone.
Have you noticed that you can't access your iCloud Mail accounts? You aren't the only one, with Apple confirming via its System Status page that things are broken right now.
Apple's Google Cloud spending has increased by 50% over last year as iCloud+ readies launch
Apple has reportedly increased its Google Drive spending by 50% year on year and currently holds more than 8 exabytes of storage.
