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Struggling to spell ‘male chauvinist pig’? Apple’s grey list means your iPhone won’t help you

There are more than 100,000 words and phrases that the tech giant has restricted its predictive text from completing, research shows “Australia is a very bad place to question your sexuality on MDMA with NSA spies” might be a text you would wish to send to your friends, if you have had an extraordinarily complicated night out in Sydney. But your iPhone won’t help you spell any of it if you try to…

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    Struggling to spell ‘male chauvinist pig’? Apple’s grey list means your iPhone won’t help you (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    There are more than 100,000 words and phrases that the tech giant has restricted its predictive text from completing, research shows “Australia is a very bad place to question your sexuality on MDMA with NSA spies” might be a text you would wish to send to…

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