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…
The next iPhone SE: 5G upgrade could be Apple’s first release of 2022
In 2020, after a four-year wait, Apple finally updated the iPhone SE to… the iPhone SE. Hanging on to the same name is a little confusing—Apple differentiates the new model when necessary by calling it the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, but most people either call it the iPhone SE (2020) or iPhone SE 2. Whatever you…
iPhone SE 3 rumors: Apple’s new budget-friendly iPhone could arrive in early 2022
The iPhone SE 2020 looks striking in red. At $399 it's the most affordable iPhone you can buy. John Kim/CNET Apple's next affordable iPhone could be on its way soon with a retro design, LCD display and 5G support. Contrary to earlier buzz saying it may be the iPhone SE Plus rather than the iPhone…
Apple says it will notify users whose iPhones were hacked by spyware
Apple says it will notify users whose iPhones and devices have been compromised by state-sponsored hacking efforts, according to a support document.The tech giant published its plans to inform the hacking victims last week after Apple sued the Israeli company NSO Group, claiming it broke U.S. law by selling spyware to hack into iPhones.When Apple…