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When Apple released iOS 17.4 on March 5, the tech giant brought new features and bug fixes to your iPhone, like new emojis and virtual card numbers for your Apple Cash. The update also gave you more control over your iPhone’s security by adding more Stolen Device Protection settings.

Stolen Device Protection was introduced in iOS 17.3, and as CNET’s David Lumb reported, it puts an extra layer of security on some of your sensitive data. If you’re not in a known location, like your home, this feature requires you to enter your biometric information once, wait one hour, and then enter your information a second time to access it. Then you have to change some information (like changing your Apple ID password or turning Stolen Device Protection off).

If you frequent a coffee shop or live in an apartment building and you lose your iPhone at one of these places, your data could still be at risk. Your iPhone might recognize these places as familiar locations and allow another person to bypass this security feature. With iOS 17.4, you can set your iPhone to always require a one-hour security delay, no matter where you are.

Here’s how to make Stolen Device Protection always on.

Read more: You Should Really Download iOS 17.4.1 Right Now

How to always require a one-hour security delay

1. Open Settings
2. Tap Face ID & Passcode
3. Scroll down and tap Stolen Device Protection
4. Tap the toggle next to Stolen Device Protection if it’s not already enabled. If it’s already enabled go to the next step
5. Tap Always under Require Security Delay

Whether or not you’re in a familiar location like your home, your device will always require a one-hour security delay if you or someone else tries to access or change certain settings on your iPhone.

Stolen Device Protection only protects a handful of settings, so you still have to take steps to protect your other information. For example, Apple notes you can still use your iPhone’s passcode to make purchases with Apple Pay, so Stolen Device Protection won’t totally protect your finances.

Apple still recommends everyone turn Stolen Device Protection on, even if you don’t always require the one-hour security delay.

For more on Apple, here is what new features could be coming to your iPhone with iOS 17.5 and everything included in iOS 17.4. You can also check out our iOS 17 cheat sheet.

While Apple is beta testing iOS 17.5, meaning it should be released soon, you should download iOS 17.4.1 now to patch some zero-day vulnerabilities. A zero-day vulnerability is a security flaw that can be used to access vulnerable systems in software or hardware, according to IBM.

To download the update, go to Settings > General > Software Update, tap Update Now and follow the onscreen prompts.

“This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users,” Apple wrote in the update’s description.

Read more: All the Features iOS 17.4 Brought to Your iPhone

Apple wrote in the update’s CVE entry — which stands for common vulnerabilities and exposures — that iOS 17.4.1 addresses two issues that could lead to arbitrary code execution. According to the IT services company Okta, arbitrary code execution could allow a third party to steal your data or hack your device for other nefarious purposes. Apple didn’t say these issues were actively exploited, but these issues could be exploited without this update.

According to Apple, both issues were uncovered by Google’s Project Zero, a team of security analysts who research and report zero-day vulnerabilities in hardware and software.

Apple released iOS 17.4.1 on March 21, more than two weeks after the tech giant released iOS 17.4. That update brought new features to your iPhone, like new Stolen Device Protection options and transcripts in Podcasts.

For more on iOS 17, here are some features your iPhone could get with iOS 17.5 and all the features you may have missed iOS 17.3. You can also check out our iOS 17 cheat sheet.

Travelling is one of the best things in the world, but it’s also expensive. Whether it’s for a vacation or a work trip, being able to save money on flights, hotels and basically anything else you can, is a huge win.

OneAir is a special app that can help you find the best deals for wherever you’re going, and you can grab a lifetime subscription to OneAir’s Elite plan today for just $80 on StackSocial. Given that the service usually costs $79 annually, you’ll be paying the same price to get lifetime access without recurring fees. That means more money for travel essentials or just splurging on nice restaurants wherever you end up.

The OneAir Elite plan can save you up to $2,000 on every trip, giving you early access to deals on everything from airfares to hire cars. You’ll receive unpublished flight deals as well as secret hotel pricing you wouldn’t otherwise learn about. The catch? You’ll need to act soon — this deal is only going to run for a few more days.

This subscription is a lifetime offer with no recurring fees, meaning you can book your dream vacation whenever you like and explore the world at a budget to suit you, not the airlines. There are other benefits as well, including personal one-on-one business- and first-class flight planning support and much more. All you have to do is get your lifetime membership ordered before the deal expires in a few days.

If your budget is a little tighter but you still want some of the perks, StackSocial is also offering the OneAir Premium Plan for $40, which is just $11 more than the usual annual price for that plan. The primary difference between the two is that with Elite you have access to economy, business and first-class flight deals, whereas with the Premium it’s access to economy flights only.

In the market for more vacation savings? We’ve rounded up several great travel deals to help you reduce the cost of your next trip by as much as possible.

Would you be more likely to buy a phone if you knew that you’d be able to repair it at home if you smashed the screen? Finland-based phone maker HMD is hoping you will, as it unveils its first own-brand phone series designed around the concept of repairability.

HMD is best known for making Nokia phones — both the smart and dumb varieties — but now its branching out by making phones with its own name stamped on the back. On Wednesday it unveiled its first three own-brand devices, the HMD Pulse, Pulse Pro and Pulse Plus. The Pulse, priced at $124 ( 100), and the Pulse Plus, priced at $162 ( 130) are available to purchase immediately, whereas the Pulse Pro is currently listed as “coming soon.”

The most exciting of the three devices is the HMD Pulse Pro, which has 50-megapixel cameras on both the back and front, meaning that your selfies will be the same quality as the photos you take with the main camera. The three phones also share many features and attributes, including a Unisoc T606 processor and a focus on affordability and repairability. With all three devices, you can replace a damaged display, bent charging port, or a depleted battery in just a few minutes using simple tools.

The ability to repair your own device at home is an increasingly desirable feature in new tech hitting the market. Extending the life of products means you need to shell out less frequently to replace tech that otherwise would be discarded, which in turns reduces e-waste and causes less harm to the environment. It’s a win-win for consumers and for the planet.

Some tech companies, including Apple and Samsung, run their own repairs programs, but there’s a growing movement to allow people to repair their own devices. Online community, advocacy group and parts retailer iFixit has been a staunch advocate of the right to repair movement, and over the past few years has started partnering with tech companies, including HMD, to allow people to buy affordable repair kits specific to their tech.

“HMD’s ongoing commitment to designing phones with repairability in mind is an encouraging shift in our throwaway culture, proving that HMD has the innovative culture needed to drive advances in repairability,” said iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens in a statement. “We’re keen to collaborate as they work towards making repairable phones the norm, not the exception.”

In 2023, one in every four phones HMD sold was repairable. This year, the company is aiming to make that three in every four. For the HMD Pulse, Pulse Pro and Pulse Plus, owners will be able to buy a self-repair kit and spare parts from iFixit starting at $22 ( 18). It’s a continuation of the partnership between the two companies that’s also seen repair kits available for HMD’s Nokia smartphones.

The big difference between HMD’s own-brand phones and its Nokia devices seems to be in the design. The Pulse phones are more angular and feature a more pronounced camera module. They also come in a range of fun but muted colors, including “Twilight Purple.”

“There is an audience who would buy whatever phone just because it’s repairable,” HMD’s CMO Lars Silberbauer told me in February this year when I spoke to him at MWC in Barcelona and the company first announced it would be making its own phones. “But if you want to reach the masses, then you need to have something that’s also desirable.”

The Pulse series is HMD’s first attempt at creating a desirable and repairable phone that will attract an emerging, Gen Z audience as it begins its journey as a fledgling phone brand. It’s a crowded market, but being a step ahead where it comes to repairability might just give HMD a competitive edge.