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There’s a new ‘text bomb’ that will crash iPhones with a single symbol

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An Apple bug in its latest software update is crashing applications that display a single letter from the south India language Telugu. The symbol could crash Mac, iOS and iPhone applications just by a person viewing it. People have been reporting that their devices were affected by the bug when they accessed the symbol via apps such as Twitter, Uber, Gmail, Whatsapp, Instagram and even through WiFi networks when the symbol is included in the name. The bug can affect any major app running on the iOS platform. After the symbol is accessed in an app, the app can’t be reopened and must be reinstalled to temporarily repair the issue, though it will eventually crash again, researchers say. Though the Unicode foreign language symbol doesn’t damage the phone, it can be quite frustrating to deal with since you can’t fix it on your own. Mobile World was the first to […]

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Drone Vs. Airplane? Who Will Win? Science Knows.

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Ignore the article, watch the video at the top of the page. The article is about some idiot, likely not even a hacker, who bought a drone somewhere and nearly rammed it into a plane. He managed this with concentrated idiocy, intention was not involved. While these idiots are working hard to get our cool toys taken away, researchers elsewhere are answering the question of exactly how much threat a drone poses to an airplane.

Airplanes are apparently armored to withstand a strike from an 8lb bird. However, even if in a similar weight class, a drone is not constructed …read more

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Repaired Manned Multicopter Flies without Horrifying Crash

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[amazingdiyprojects] has been making lots of test flights in his crazy eight propeller gasoline powered danger bucket.

We last covered the project when he had, unfortunately, wrecked the thing in a remote-controlled test flight.  He later discovered that the motor’s crankshaft bearings had, well, exploded. The resulting shrapnel destroyed the motor and crashed the drone. He described this failure mode as “concerning”.

Also concerning is the act of stepping into the seat once all the propellers are started up. He tags this as “watch your step or die”. Regardless, he also describes flying in the thing as so incredibly fun …read more

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