Apple iOS update aims to calm spying concerns

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The cache used to store location information has been reduced

Apple has released an iOS update designed to allay concerns that it is storing the location of iPhone users. Last month, researchers reported that Apple was collating a dataset of Wi-Fi hotspots...

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