On Saturday, we reported about a bug with a special date that will brick your iOS device.
Early Monday, Apple has said that the company is aware of the bug, and a fix will be included in the next operating system update.
Editor's Note: This article is for informational purposes only.  We do not take any responsibility for a device if someone is that stupid enough to do the below.
It seems that a little known bug has popped up on iOS devices. Â If a user resets the devices date to January 1, 1970 and reboots the device, it will basically disable (often know as bricking) the device.
The reason for this is simple. Â On that date, the Unix operating system was officially created on that date, and has been counting forward ever since. Â Putting that date in will basically make the operating system have a melt down.
Many of today's electronics use Linux as a main "brain", so this isn't only the iPhone that maybe effected.
Now, why would scrolling all the way back to January 1, 1970 (00:00:00 in Unix time) turn your iPhone into a brick? If your time zone isn't GMT, your iPhone might think you're in a time beforeJanuary 1, 1970 -- or before zero. Though Unix time can be negative, it's possible that something about that makes your iPhone go haywire.
iPhone and Apple Watch owners can now pay for their items at more than 2 million locations.
According to a report from Bloomberg, published by The Business Times, Apple's in-house payments initiative is developing as planned after the company blew past internal goals to roll out compatibility at 1.5 million retail outlets by the end of 2015.
Aside from currently existing deployments, big chains like Crate & Barrel, Chick-fil-A and Au Bon Pain have plans to integrate Apple Pay as a checkout option in the near future. Additionally, online merchants are flipping the switch on in-app payments, like Zappos.com did on Tuesday.
"We've been getting requests from customers to use Apple Pay for quite a while," said Zappos' mobile chief Aki Iida. "It makes the customer experience easier, why not try it?"
Not a highly touted feature, in-app payment integration is on the rise, Apple said. The company noted purchase volume more than doubled in the trailing half of 2015 compared to the first six months of the year, the report said.
Apple Pay is considered a young product in the payments space. As such, both merchants and consumers are reluctant to commit when traditional offerings remain widely available. The company is still investigating how best to boost adoption in the U.S., a culture that has not yet evolved past swipe credit card transactions.
Apple intends to expand Apple Pay into China as part of a partnership with card processor Union Pay, a region of massive growth potential both for payments and the company's hardware. Last month, touchless Apple Pay transactions were reportedly working in some areas ahead of an official launch.
The creator of AppleScoop.com has opened up a new web site dedicated to Swift programming.
In the coming weeks and months, this site will contain "Common Sense Help with Swift" from installation to basic and sample code that Dan has developed and wants to share with you.
For more information, please go to http://swiftprogramming.tips
