But the message must contain a specific series of Arabic characters, so you're likely to receive it only as a prank. And there are ways to resolve the problem. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

PSA: Apple devices are facing another test-based bug similar to chaiOS and others. A specific string of characters received in a notification from Messages, Mail, and various other apps can cause ...

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If your family group chat is stressing you out, just copy and paste the message below. “I can’t keep up with the pressure of always having to lol or like or heart everyone’s random thoughts, pics and ...

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Apple device owners have discovered a string of text characters that, when received on an iPhone in Messages, can lock people out of the app and — reportedly in some cases — crash the phone. Users who ...

A bug in Apple’s CoreText rendering engine in iOS 6 and OS X 10.8 causes any apps that try to render a string of Arabic characters to crash on sight. The string of characters which can trigger the bug ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Apple's iPhone software has once again been affected by a bug that makes it possible to crash an iPhone when receiving a specific string of text ...