Crisis averted — Apple backs off from "serialization" limits built into the OS and display. Ron Amadeo - 11/10/2021, 8:16 PM Enlarge / The "Unable to activate Face ID" message that appears after swapping displays. Apple says it will back off its plan to break Face ID on independently repaired iPhones. The company's often contentious relationship…
Q4 Earnings — Supply shortages led Apple to miss investors' and analysts' expectations. Samuel Axon - 10/28/2021, 10:56 PM Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook. In its quarterly call with investors today, Apple revealed that its revenue grew in all of its businesses and product categories, but the numbers weren't enough to impress investors, who…
The iPhone 13 Pro, making a splash. Andrew Hoyle/CNET The iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are among the best phones it's possible to buy in 2022 thanks to their great all-round performance and superb camera skills. But being the impatient, demanding tech addict that I am, I've already set my sights on the rumored iPhone…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
