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MacworldApple on Monday unveiled the 2025 Black Unity Collection to honor Black History Month this February. The collection includes iPhone and iPad wallpapers, an Apple Watch face, and a special-edition Apple Watch Black Unity Sport Loop watch band.The 2025 Black Unity Collection incorporates the black, green, and red colors of the Pan-African flag in a theme of Unity Rhythm. The Black Unity Sport Loop is a woven band with a lenticular effect so that the loops in the band appear red on one side and green on the other. When the wearers wrist moves, yellow appears in the transition from green to red, as if by magic. The band is now available in the Apple Store for $49.Apple Watch Black Unity Collection 2025 band.AppleTo match the Black Unity Sport Loop, Apple offers the Unity Rhythm watch face, which has numerals of intertwined threads of red, green, and yellow. When the wearer raises the Watch to look at it, the threads transform from brush strokes to numbers. Also, the watch face has a rhythmic chime for every hour and half hour.For the iPhone and iPad, Apple offers Unity Rhythm wallpapers with red, green, and yellow letters that spell Unity. The wallpapers and watch face will be available in an upcoming software update. Apple recently released the iOS and iPadOS 18.3 release candidate and the watchOS 11.3 release candidate, so the OS updates with the Black Unity Collection could be released this week.

MacworldYouve probably been using the same passcode on your iPhone for years, handed down on your handsets from generation to generation. You most likely dont have to use it all that often, because you open your iPhone with your face or fingerprint, but there are times when you need that code, such as when you start up an iPhone after its been powered down, or when you want to check a password.This wont be a problem if you know the code, but what if you had recently changed the passcode and didnt note it down, or the phone belongs to someone else who has forgotten the passcode (or died, if so read: How to unlock an iPhone, iPad or Mac when its owner passed away)? Perhaps you have found an old iPhone in a drawer and decided to make some money by selling it only to realise you dont remember the code you were using a few years ago and cantunlock it in order to prepare the iPhone for sale.Panic not its relatively simple to circumnavigate an iPhones passcode, but it will require your Apple ID and password, a PC or Mac, and some time, because doing so will essentially wipe your device back to factory settings for a clean setup on the same Apple ID.This works for both iPhone and iPad, but well also cover the use of forensic software you may see used by law enforcement agencies to crack Apple phones and tablets on occasions where a passcode simply isnt able to be recalled.Finally, we cover the basics of removing or resetting the passcode once youve managed to access your iOS device.Is it legal to hack an iPhone passcode?If youve forgotten your passcode and youre looking to regain access to a device you own, then youre naturally well within your rights to do so. Things get murkier in legal terms if you want to access a device thats not yours, and veers into black hat (legally questionable) tech support.If youre reading this page because you stole an iPhone and then discovered it was locked, however, you are very obviously breaking the law, and you will find nothing to help you in this article.How to unlock your iPhone using Recovery ModeFoundryIf youve ever change an iPhone passcode youll know that iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS all ask for your existing passcode beforehand, which means simply hopping in and changing it isnt an option if you dont have it to begin with.Its also not as if you can keep trying since, after a certain number of tries, your iPhone or iPad will lock you out for an increasing period of time not ideal.That means youll need to use Recovery Mode. What was once the jailbreakers best friend is also the best way to get back into an iPhone sans passcode, and works by essentially removing all personal data from the device and reinstalling latest version of iOS or iPadOS before letting you restore your data (if you have a recent backup).Its worth noting it doesnt give you an entirely clean slate the device will still be tied to your Apple ID, meaning youll need the Apple ID and password that were used to originally set up the device to use it, but it will reset the passcode system so you can set a fresh one (hopefully one thats easier to memorize).Follow these steps to restore an iPad or iPhone using Recovery Mode:Ensure your devices battery has 20% of charge.On macOS Catalina or later: Open Finder on your Mac and find your device in the sidebar. (On macOS Mojave or earlier or Windows: Open iTunes and find your device. iTunes may open automatically.)Force-restart your iPhone or iPad: The method varies depending on the model.Select Update or Restore (in Finder or iTunes, depending on your platform): Update will install the latest iOS or iPadOS firmware, but either works.Set up your device as if it were new, following the prompts once it reboots.Once youre logged back in with your Apple ID, youll be able to follow steps to set a fresh passcode, or operate without one. We wouldnt recommend the latter, but if you do choose to add a passcode later, you can do so by heading into Settings, then Face ID & Passcode (or Touch ID & Passcode in models with a home button).Similarly, if you decide you want to remove a passcode from the iPhonewhich for security reasons we dont recommendgo to Settings > Face ID & Passcode (or Touch ID & Passcode in models with a home button), then tap Turn Passcode Off. But you will need to know the passcode in order to do this.Also read: How to put an iPhone into recovery mode and return to factory settings.How to unlock your iPhone using forensic softwareEvery so often someone discovers (or claims to discover) a technique to bypass the Apple passcode. This is sometimes a sort of finger-tapping trick that enables the person to access something on a locked device: typically either Contacts or Messages. This isnt hacking the passcode, its merely bypassing it.Forget the finger tricks youll see in YouTube videos. It is possible to hack the passcode, but you need serious software to do so. This is known as forensics software because law enforcement agencies use it when analysing mobile phones used by suspects in serious criminal cases. Software of this kind is sophisticated, complex, frequently expensive, and massive overkill (and potentially illegal) for most consumer uses. But if you feel certain this is for you, there are options you can consider.Some years ago we tested Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit ($2,199/2,199), and found it a reliable means of cracking an iPads passcode, although we have to add that this is a Russian company so we might not recommend it now. Read this review of Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit for more information about how forensics software works.Another option is Wondershares Dr.Fone which has an iPhone unlocker called Screen Unlock. We have reviewed Dr.Fones iPhone Data Recovery tool.You could also try Tenorshare 4uKey, which promises to bypass iPhone and iPad passwords instantly. Weve not yet tested the software ourselves, but theres a free trial available so it cant hurt to try.How do law enforcement unlock iPhones?iPhone passcodes hit the headlines in March 2016, with the news that the FBI had obtained an iPhone 5c used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, but couldnt get past the passcode security. The Feds managed to get a court order instructing Apple to assist them and break into the phone. Apple refused.As the case progressed, public opinion started to turn against the law enforcement officials, and the day before the Department of Justice was due to present its arguments, it was announced that actually, they didnt need Apples help after all, and that a third party had agreed to do the hacking for them. A week later the case was dissolved, and the FBI announced it had opened up the phone without Apples help.Apple asked how this was donearguing that if a security vulnerability was exploited this represented a danger to other iPhone owners and needed to be patchedbut the FBI refused to say, even when a Freedom of Information lawsuit was filed by a number of media organisations. A court subsequently ruled that these details were national security secrets and therefore exempt from disclosure.Its comforting for iPhone owners that Apple is so determined to protect their privacy that it will stare down the might of the U.S. government, but worrying that someone has worked out how to bypass the security. And we dont know who or how. It was initially reported that the Israeli firm Cellebrite bypassed the passcode, but the Washington Post later claimed professional hackers used a zero-day vulnerability.Can iPhones be hacked?It was believed at the time that the method, whatever it was, would not work on later models of the iPhone: the iPhone 5s and later have superior security features (the Secure Enclave) and Apple has claimed its own engineers wouldnt be able to break into these devices, even if they wanted to. But thats been thrown in doubt by the news that US law enforcement later unlocked an iPhone 11 and an iPhone 11 Pro Max, yet still carried on demanding that Apple give it backdoor access to the iPhone range.Its all about time and money; it took the FBI two months to get into that iPhone 11, and former director James Comey has implied that it cost well over a million dollars to crack the iPhone 5c in 2016. In other words, unless the person hacking your handset is incredibly rich and/or incredibly patient, your privacy should be assured.We discuss these matters in far more depth in two other articles: How to protect your iPhone privacy and How secure is the iPhone?Need some help coming up with a safe and secure password? Read our tips to make your passwords even stronger and try a Password Manager we recommend some we have tested here: Best password managers for Mac and iPhone.

Two years ago, OpenAIs ChatGPT launched a new wave of AI disruption that left the tech industry reassessing its future. Now within the space of a week a small Chinese startup called DeepSeek appears to have pulled off a similar coup, this time at OpenAIs expense.Nevertheless, DeepSeeks sudden success the companys free mobile app quickly surpassed even ChatGPT for downloads on Apples App Store has prompted questions. Is the DeepSeek story too good to be true? And should businesses in the US and allied countries allow employees to use an app when the companys Chinese background and operation are so opaque?What happenedThe DeepSeek storm hit on January 20 when DeepSeek launched its R1 LLM model to the public, complete with big claims around performance.Using smaller distilled LLM models, which require significantly less processing power while replicating the capability of larger models, DeepSeeks R1 matched or exceeded OpenAIs equivalent, o1-mini, in important math and reasoning tests.That performance generated a surge of interest. By Monday the DeepSeek app had overtaken ChatGPT and Temu to become the iPhone App Stores top free download and DeepSeek was reporting delays in new registrations to use the app due to what it described as large-scale malicious attacks on its services.Nobody saw this coming. Somehow, R1 was doing this with less hardware. Moreover, DeepSeek-R1 is available through an open-source MIT license, which allows for unrestricted commercial use, including modification and distribution.With AI sector share prices unsettled by all of this, the implication is that perhaps usable models dont need the huge chip clusters deployed by the established players and organizations shouldnt be paying high prices to access them.Furthermore, if a tiny startup can get by on more limited hardware while training LLMs for a fraction of the cost, perhaps strenuous US attempts to limit the export of the most powerful AI chips to most of the world including China, are already obsolete before theyve been fully implemented.Zero day AIThe speed of DeepSeeks rise is a case of zero-day disruption. Organizations have no time to react, and not just because developers across the world have piled in to test DeepSeek-R1 via its API by the thousand. Releasing a free app gives this capability to everyone, including employees who might enter sensitive data into it. By now, DeepSeek is everywhere, which makes it difficult to control.The app has raced to the top of the app charts, but I would advise anyone considering installing it and using it to exercise some caution, warned tech commentator, Graham Cluley, who also hosts the AI Fix podcast.That said, organizations should already be used to coping with this issue. Human nature being what it is, there will surely be just as much sensitive data entered into DeepSeek as weve seen entered into every other AI out there, said Cluley. Organizations should probably hold back until it has been more thoroughly audited in the same way they would with any new app.Or perhaps focusing on the risks is too negative. DeepSeek will ignite more competition in the sector, potentially turning powerful LLMs from an expensive service for the deep pocketed into a cheap utility anyone can access. Rather than dumping existing AI services, organizations should demand a better deal while avoiding becoming too locked into one LLM as new innovations appear.Censored language modelA lurking possibility is that DeepSeek isnt as good as it seems, with some skepticism already appearing around its price-performance claims. Stacy Rasgon, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research, questioned DeepSeeks underlying costs.Did DeepSeek really build OpenAI for $5M? Of course not, he wrote in a client note. The oft quoted $5M number is calculated by assuming a $2/GPU-hour rental price for this infrastructure, which is fine, but not really what they did, and does not include all the other costs associated with prior research and experiments on architectures, algorithms, or data.In use, DeepSeek makes elementary errors, not dissimilar to the ones that afflicted ChatGPT in its early days. Some of its responses also underline that the app imposes guard rails when run from a Chinese host. A good example is this report of its refusal to acknowledge the Tiananmen Square massacre, something the Chinese Government goes to extreme lengths to hide.In the short term, DeepSeeks appearance underlines the unstable nature of AI itself. Tech is used to periodic disruptions. AI suggests that these might become more routine, including of its own capabilities. It is unlikely to be the last such breakthrough in a sector that will prove harder to dominate than has been assumed.Investors and government regulators trying to control AI development wont like this but if it offers cheaper and earlier AI access across the economy it could still work as a net positive. According to Cluley, DeepSeek should be something for Silicon Valley to worry about.If its accurate that the Chinese have been able to develop a competitive AI that massively undercuts the US-based giants in terms of development cost and with a fraction of the hardware commitment then that is clearly going to upset the applecart and have a tech billionaire or two crying into their Cheerios this morning, he said.

Though there are a variety of cool extensions for the Chrome browser, there are also malicious extensions that pose a security threat. To increase security, Google has now launched the Chrome Web Store for Enterprises, a new store specifically designed for business users.For example, businesses can create a list of approved extensions to ensure employees do not install malicious extensions on their own. Companies can also add their own logos and images to the store if they wish, making it clear to users what applies.And, according to Bleeping Computer, it will soon also be possible for IT administrators to remotely remove add-ons, if necessary.

Get ready to update your Apple Watch, as Apple has just released watchOS 11.3 to the public.An Apple Watch Series 10Like the two previous watchOS releases, there weren't any significant new features in the watchOS 11.3 beta builds. This suggests Apple is concentrating quality-of-life updates, such as fixing bugs and enhancing the system's underlying stability and performance.This kind of update is crucial for maintaining the smooth operation of the devices and ensuring that new features introduced in previous versions operate at their best. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Since Apple Intelligence still isn't available on Apple Vision Pro, the visionOS 2.3 update that's now available is focused on bug fixes and doesn't contain new features.Apple Vision Pro is Apple's latest platformApple continues its slow pace of updating Apple Vision Pro with few, if any, changes. It's not just immersive video and native apps that arrive at a glacial pace, it's new operating system features too.visionOS 2.3 is a bug fix update that doesn't change anything of significance for users. All of the point three updates are meant to prepare the operating systems for new Apple Intelligence features, but since Apple Vision Pro doesn't have access to AI yet, the update is minimal. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums