Óscar Gutiérrez/CNET The US Department of Labor is investigating allegations from a former Apple employee that the company retaliated against her for raising concerns of unsafe working conditions and complaining of workplace harassment. The Labor Department confirmed it's conducting an investigation but declined to identify who lodged the complaint, which was earlier reported by The Financial…
Happy Cutmas, everyone! Yes, it’s that time of year again as Bloomberg (the outfit that ran the highly refuted story “The Big Hack”) is here to remind us to put some cookie cutters out for Father Cutmas. “Apple Tells Suppliers iPhone Demand Has Slowed as Holidays Near” Okay, well, surprise, we get these stories every…
In brief: If you really love voice assistants, and tend to use them for everything you possibly can in your life -- including playing your music -- you might be pleased to hear that Apple Music's Siri-only plan is available now as part of iOS 15.2. Dubbed the "Voice Plan," it comes at a significantly…
One of the key advantages Apple has over its rivals in the computing and mobile markets is near-total control over its ecosystem. Since it makes both the software and the hardware it runs on, Apple has the ability to integrate its products far better than competitors Microsoft or Google. One powerful demonstration of this is…
Apple has released a new app that enables Android users to determine whether someone may be tracking them using an AirTag or similar compatible trackers from other companies. Called Tracker Detect, the free app scans the user’s immediate area for signs of a compatible tracker that isn’t near its owner, potentially highlighting a personal safety…
Enlarge / The iPhone 13 Pro Max, photographed by the iPhone 13 Pro in low light.Samuel Axon As is customary, Apple has released new OS updates for virtually all of its devices in one giant volley today. The releases include iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1, watchOS 8.3, and tvOS 15.2 All of…
Apple rolled out the latest iOS 15 update to iPhone on Monday. Just days after seeding the iOS 15.2 Release Candidate to developers and public beta testers, the final version has arrived. iOS 15.2 is now available, and as long as you have a supported iPhone, you can download it. iOS 15.2 is a relatively…
Skip to content Apple With 2021 coming to a close, we’re looking ahead to what Apple has in store for 2022. And it could be a tremendous 12 months. The latest rumors say Apple is planning to update nearly every product it makes, with five new iPhone models, three Apple Watches, a redesigned MacBook Air…
IBM and Samsung claim they’ve made a breakthrough in semiconductor design. On day one of the IEDM conference in San Francisco, the two companies unveiled a new design for stacking transistors vertically on a chip. With current processors and SoCs, transistors lie flat on the surface of the silicon, and then electric current flows from…
You'll want to quickly update Microsoft Teams if you're an Android phone user. According to former XDA editor-in-chief Mishaal Rahman, Microsoft has fixed a Teams bug that led to failed 911 calls on devices using Android 10 or later. Reddit user KitchenPicture5849 discovered that having Teams installed, but not signed in, would prevent emergency calls…
