Why you should update your iPhone right now. And no, it's not just for the emoji.

With everyone's mind currently elsewhere, it'd be easy to overlook the little prompt on your iPhone telling you it's time to update. That would be a mistake. 

On Nov. 5, Apple introduced the latest series of updates to iOS. And included along with the 117 new emoji are some very important security patches. Specifically, the fixes included in iOS 14.2 address real security vulnerabilities being actively exploited right now. That means someone is currently using them against iPhone owners. 

We know this because Ben Hawkes, the technical lead of Google's Project Zero bug hunting group, was kind enough to let the world know.  Read more...