‘Apple wants to replace key Broadcom chips with own designs’
Apple plans to replace third-party processors from Broadcom and Qualcomm with proprietary designs, Bloomberg reports based on insider sources.
According to Bloomberg, the tech giant plans to start phasing out Broadcom's wifi and bluetooth processors from 2025. Apple reportedly won't touch Broad... Read more
French regulator fines Apple over personalized ads
France's national data privacy agency (CNIL) has fined Apple a total of €8 million over allegations of inadequate user consent for personalized ads in the company's App Store.
The CNIL stated that the default setting for advertising targeting on iPhones was pre-enabled, despite not being neces... Read more
‘Apple may delay or cancel the iPhone SE4’
Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes a manufacturing delay or cancellation is "likely".
Apple was supposed to release the iPhone SE4 in 2023. According to Kuo's analysis, Apple may scrap the smartphone or delay manufacturing until 2024.
The iPhone SE, an entry-level variant of Apple's flag... Read more
Apple’s self-service repairs now cover Mac Studio and iMac desktops
Apple has expanded Self Service Repair to new countries and products. Earlier this month, the service was made accessible to eight European countries, including Belgium, France and Germany. More recently, customers in the United States gained access to manuals and components for new devices: Mac de... Read more
‘Apple prepares to comply with Digital Markets Act’
Apple is preparing to allow rival app stores on iPhones and iPads as part of a significant overhaul to meet rigorous European Union standards in 2024.
Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Apple's operations, software engineering and services staff are working hard to open up cruc... Read more
Ericsson and Apple end long-lasting patent dispute
Ericsson and Apple have agreed to conclude a long-lasting patent dispute. In addition to shaking hands, the organizations announced closer cooperation.
The now-resolved dispute started in 2015 and involved patents for 5G technology.
Years ago, Ericsson permitted Apple to use its 5G patents t... Read more
Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for iCloud data
Apple launched Advanced Data Protection, an optional end-to-end encryption feature preventing data from iCloud from being decrypted on an "untrusted" device.
Advanced Data Protection should keep an iCloud account's data private even in the unlikely event that Apple is hacked. The Wall Street Jou... Read more
Review: iPhone 14 and 14 Pro — the gap got bigger
In front of us are the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, two new models from Apple's 2022 lineup. Just last year, we concluded that it was best to skip a generation, but what about now? Are these two models worth their (sharply increased) price?
The first peculiarity is that Apple changed this year's... Read more
UK to investigate Apple’s and Google’s mobile dominance
Their market dominance may be impeding developers and businesses, the government said.
Britain's antitrust watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), announced a market investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers, specifically targeting dominant tech giants Apple and Google.
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‘Apple tracks personal information despite claiming it doesn’t’
Two iOS security researchers have discovered that Apple's claim of protecting iPhone users' privacy is far from true.
A Twitter post by Tommy Mysk and Tala Haj Bakry alleges that Apple tracks users via an identifier referred to as 'Direct Services Identifier' (DSID).
Apple requests analytica... Read more