Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Thursday, April 11th,

2024, I'm Brian McCullough. Today, Apple is notifying people

their iPhones may have been compromised.

Spotify wants you to mix up your music.

Adobe is paying handsomely for videos and the biggest new gadget review event in a long time.

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Apple is sending out threat notifications to iPhone users around the world, quoting Tech

Crunch. The company said it sent the alerts to individuals in 92 nations at 12 p.m.

Pacific Time Wednesday. The notification which Tech Crunch has seen did not disclose

the attacker's identities or the countries where users receive notifications.

Quote, Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware

attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated

with your Apple ID, it wrote in the warning to affected customers.

This attack is likely targeting you specifically because of who you are or what you do.

Although it's never possible to achieve absolute certainty when detecting such attacks Apple has high confidence in this

warning.

Please take it seriously, Apple added in the text.

The spyware alerts arrive at a time when many nations are preparing for elections.

In recent months, many tech firms have cautioned about the

rising state-sponsored efforts to sway certain electoral outcomes. Apple's alert, however, did not remark

on their timing. We are unable to provide more information about what caused us to

send you this notification as that may help mercenary spyware attackers adapt their behavior

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