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Apple has fixed a bug that could cause parts of Signal notifications to remain stored on iPhones even after messages disappeared and the app was deleted. "Affected users concerned about push notifications can update their devices to stop what Apple characterized as 'notifications marked for deletion' that 'could be unexpectedly retained on the device,'" reports Ars Technica. "According to Apple, the push notifications should never have been stored, but a 'logging issue' failed to redact data." From the report: Vulnerable users hoping to evade law enforcement surveillance often use encrypted apps like Signal to communicate sensitive information. That's why users felt blindsided when 404 Media reported that Apple was unexpectedly storing push notifications displaying parts of encrypted messages for up to a month. This occurred even after the message was set to disappear and the app itself was deleted from the device. 404 Media flagged the issue after speaking to multiple people who attended a hearing where the FBI testified that it "was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device's push notification database." The shocking revelation came in a case that 404 Media noted was "the first time authorities charged people for alleged 'Antifa' activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a terrorist organization." "We're grateful to Apple for the quick action here, and for understanding and acting on the stakes of this kind of issue," Signal's post said. "It takes an ecosystem to preserve the fundamental human right to private communication." In their post, Signal confirmed that after users update their devices, "no action is needed for this fix to protect Signal users on iOS. Once you install the patch, all inadvertently-preserved notifications will be deleted and no forthcoming notifications will be preserved for deleted applications."

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Every bank knows it needs to modernise its payments infrastructure. The harder question is how to do it without downtime, without compliance gaps, and

The revelation that our Attorney General was part of a group of lawyers said to have hounded British soldiers on behalf of Iraqi hoodlums and thugs will surprise no one who served in Iraq.

The Prime Minister had already been accused of wrongly assuring MPs that full due process had been followed in the appointment of the Labour grandee as US Ambassador.

Ronaldo, 41, has been praised for his longevity as he continues to play football into the fifth decade of his life, with the veteran primed to lead the line for Portugal at the World Cup.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Adam Thomas has shared his regret over the way he reacted when Jimmy Bullard threatened his place in the jungle.

The King and Queen will travel to Washington on Monday for a four-day trip to mark the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence.

Ant and Dec have confirmed that the whole I'm A Celebrity cast will in fact be at the live final on Friday night after a drama-filled series.

The king of a self-styled 'African tribe' evicted from a Scottish wood has been deported, the Home Office has confirmed.

The Southampton star and Leah Keane have been together since 2019 and got engaged in 2024. They welcomed a daughter, Iris, in December 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders have approved Paramount Skydance's takeover bid, moving the massive Hollywood merger a step closer to completion. It's not a done deal quite yet, though, as it still faces regulatory scrutiny and fierce opposition from critics who warn it will further concentrate media power. The Associated Press reports: Per a preliminary vote count Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery said the overwhelming majority of its stakeholders voted in support of selling the entire business to Skydance-owned Paramount for $31 a share. Including debt, the deal is valued at nearly $111 billion based on Warner's current outstanding shares. That means Warner-owned HBO Max, cult-favorite titles like "Harry Potter" and even CNN could soon find themselves under the same roof with Paramount's CBS, "Top Gun" and the Paramount+ streaming service. David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, said in a statement that stockholder approval marks "another key milestone toward completing this historic transaction." Paramount added that it looks forward to closing in the coming months, and "realizing the creation of a next-generation media and entertainment company." [...] Meanwhile, Warner shareholders rejected a separate measure Thursday outlining post-merger payments for company executives.

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A person died after an active shooter opened fire inside a Louisiana mall around lunchtime on Thursday, police said. Nine others were injured.

The BBC has announced that the show will be axed after 52 years at the end of the season - amid long-running accusations that it has gone woke. The show has been a Saturday staple since 1974.

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Four teachers have been banned after a boarding school descended into anarchy over lockdown, when staff played cricket with a dead pheasant, hurled eggs and rocks at pupils, and called children 'donkey f*****s' and 'spastics'.

OpenAI released its new GPT-5.5 model today, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer." The Verge reports: OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 "excels" at tasks like writing and debugging code, doing research online, making spreadsheets and documents, and doing that work across different tools. "Instead of carefully managing every step, you can give GPT-5.5 a messy, multi-part task and trust it to plan, use tools, check its work, navigate through ambiguity, and keep going," according to OpenAI. The company also notes that GPT-5.5 will have its "strongest set of safeguards to date" and can use "significantly fewer" tokens to complete tasks in Codex. GPT-5.5 is rolling out on Thursday for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise ChatGPT tiers and Codex, with GPT-5.5 Pro coming to Pro, Business, and Enterprise users.

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Retail giant Nike has announced a fresh wave of job cuts, slashing around 1,400 roles on Thursday in a move set to send shockwaves through its workforce.

Shawna Fountain ballooned to 300lbs after having four children. But the Michigan native lost it all after using a simple hack.

On the hunt for a fitness tracker? Travel writer Erin Deborah Waks tests out the WHOOP wearable health monitor that can improve your health age in just a month.

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