Mobile Newsletter - Millions of Android devices are infected with malware before they leave the factory

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Welcome to this week's Mobile Development newsletter from CodeProject. Industry News Millions of Android devices are infected with malware before they leave the factory At Black Hat Asia, a team of Trend Micro security researchers claimed that millions of Android devices are infected with malware before they leave the factories. Read more betanews Windows 11's Phone Link for iOS reportedly being used to spy on iPhone owners Windows 11 has just introduced Phone Link support for iOS, which has now rolled out to everyone – but we're hearing a warning that iPhone owners could be spied upon by somebody leveraging a flaw allowing for misuse of the app. Read more TechRadar OpenAI launches free ChatGPT app for iOS OpenAI has launched an iOS app for ChatGPT, promising that an Android version is coming "soon." The app is free to use, syncs chat history with the web, and features voice input, supported by OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model Whisper. Read more The Verge Gboard might become easier to resize and reposition on Android Gboard is likely one of the, if not the best, software keyboards for Android out there, with Google having slowly turned it into a true juggernaut of productive and accurate typing. The company now appears to be working on making some customization options easier to find and use. You might soon be able to resize and reposition the keyboard on the fly, allowing you to adjust your preferred button size and position without having to head into the keyboard settings. Read more Android Police Researchers discover smartphone hack that doesn't require malware How phones are usually hacked is when the user downloads a piece of malware that then gives the hacker remote access to the device. This requires a bit of effort to convince the target to download said malware. But now it looks like there is a newly-discovered hack, called "GhostTouch", that will not need malware at all for it to work. Read more Phandroid Sent WhatsApp messages can now be edited Made a typo or mistake in a WhatsApp message you sent? We've all done that. The good news is that instead of deleting the message or sending a second message containing the right words or information, WhatsApp is finally allowing users to edit sent messages as long as it is done within a 15 minute window. Read more Phandroid How to remove scratches from your phone Whether it's from the car keys in your pocket or an accidental drop, our phones are bound to be victims of scratches and scuffs. The best (and safest!) way to fix your scratched and scuffed-up iPhone, Android phone, or other mobile device is to replace the screen! Read more Mashable New articles added General Programming Using Arm64EC with Windows 11   (0 votes) by Dawid Borycki (updated 2 days ago) This article demonstrates how to use Arm64EC in a C++ application. The application you will implement performs the multiplication of two pseudo-randomly generated square matrices. © 2023 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Mobile Development Newsletter click Unsubscribe. CodeProject 20 Bay Street, 11th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2N8 +1 (416) 849-8900 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use webmaster@codeproject.com