Image in Facebook app may show Meta’s upcoming Apple Watch rival
The Meta Watch watch is on — A Meta smart watch with at least one camera could be on the way. Scharon Harding - 10/29/2021, 4:27 PM Facebook just won't stay idle. After announcing on Thursday that Facebook's parent company will be changing its name to Meta, it seems the tech giant may be planning…
Apple delays controversial iPhone driver’s license feature
iPhone users will need to keep their driver’s license in their wallet or purse a little longer than expected, with Apple quietly confirming that its iOS 15 ID cards feature has been delayed. Announced as part of the newest iPhone and Apple Watch software, the feature will add a digital version of a driver’s license…
Apple turns to TSMC for in-house 5G iPhone modem
For years now, we’ve seen Apple attempt to move away from Qualcomm by producing its own computing components in-house. However, one component that still ties Apple to Qualcomm is a big one in the mobile world: modems. While Apple’s iPhones use the company’s own System-on-chip (SoC) (or as Apple calls them, “Chips”), Apple is still…
Apple sues spyware firm that infected and tracked iPhone users
After WhatsApp and Meta sued the Israeli-based NSO Group over its Pegasus spyware, Apple is now following suit. Today, the company announced a lawsuit against the NSO Group in an effort to “curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware.” Apple is seeking damages in the case (which weren’t revealed in today’s announcement) and is looking to…
Apple sues NSO Group for attacking iPhones with Pegasus spyware
Now Apple has followed WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in suing Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group. Along with promising new information about how NSO Group infected targeted iPhones via a zero-click exploit that researchers later dubbed ForcedEntry, Apple says it’s “seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using…
Apple’s iPhone 5G chip plans might’ve just leaked
A new report suggests that Apple-built iPhone 5G chips could appear in iPhones as soon as 2023. Apple has been designing its own chips since the introduction of the A4 in 2010. Years have passed since the iPhone 4’s debut, but the company continues to deliver new chipsets every year. Despite the success those chips…
Apple will start letting you fix your own iPhone
Apple said Wednesday that it will start letting customers repair their own iPhones, even offering instructions and selling parts and tools for people to work on their devices at home.It's a major shift for Apple, which has for years kept stringent rules on what customers are allowed to do to their phones. Customers who tried…
Apple will make fewer iPhones in response to weakening demand and supply
Supply and Demand — It will still make and sell a ton of iPhones—just not the 90 million it planned. Samuel Axon - 12/2/2021, 9:26 PM Enlarge / The back of the iPhone 13.Samuel Axon According to a new report in Bloomberg, Apple has told suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 line of smartphones…
Apple may have a problem with iPhone demand as well as supply
Apple is indicating to its iPhone 13 component suppliers that it may not order as many units as expected due to a drop in demand, according to a report in Bloomberg. While the company had already cut orders for the year to 80 million — down from a target of 90 million — it was…
Apple is still planning to release the iPhone SE 3 in early 2022
For eleven years running, Apple has announced a brand new series of iPhone models every fall. The iPhone 4S debuted in October 2011, and Apple has since stuck with a fall launch for its flagship device. But there is a notable exception. In 2016, Apple revealed the iPhone SE. It was the first time since…