05-08-25 -

Apple Is Planning Smart Glasses With and Without AR
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple has "made progress" on a chip for a product that could rival the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The company is also reportedly working on glasses that use augmented reality. The Verge reports: The...

05-08-25 -

Apple Asks Court To Halt App Store Rule Changes While It Appeals
Apple asked a judge to halt an order forcing it to give up control over App Store payments while it appeals the decision. From a report: In a filing on Wednesday, Apple says the order contains "extraordinary intrusions" that could result...

05-07-25 -

Apple's Eddy Cue: 'You May Not Need an iPhone 10 Years From Now'
Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of services, gave an ominous warning today that the iPhone could go the way of the iPod 10 years from now. From a report: Cue's remarks came during the Google Search antitrust remedies trial today while disc...

05-07-25 -

Apple Working To Move To AI Search in Browser Amid Google Fallout
Apple is "actively looking at" revamping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines, a seismic shift for the industry hastened by the potential end of a longtime partnership with Google. From a report: Ed...

05-06-25 -

New Bill Would Force Apple, Google To Open App Store Ecosystems
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) introduced the App Store Freedom Act [PDF] on Tuesday, legislation that would compel "large app store operators" with over 100 million US users to permit third-party app stores and allow them to be set as defaults...

05-06-25 -

iOS 18.5 Enables Carrier Satellite Service Like T-Mobile Starlink On Older iP...
With iOS 18.5, Apple is bringing carrier-based satellite connectivity to the entire iPhone 13 lineup, allowing users with compatible carrier plans (like T-Mobile's Starlink-powered service) to access satellite features in areas without traditional...

05-06-25 -

Amazon Adds Purchase Button To iOS Kindle App Following App Store Rule Changes
Amazon has updated its Kindle iOS app with a new "Get Book" button that redirects users to complete purchases through their mobile browser, taking advantage of recent App Store rule changes. The update follows Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Roger...

05-05-25 -

Apple Will Appeal Contempt Ruling in Epic Games Case Over App Store
Apple on Monday lodged an appeal to challenge a U.S. judge's ruling that ordered the tech company to immediately open its lucrative App Store to more competition. From a report: Apple in a court notice it will ask the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. ...

05-02-25 -

Apple, Anthropic Team Up To Build AI-Powered 'Vibe-Coding' Platform
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple is teaming up with startup Anthropic on a new "vibe-coding" software platform that will use AI to write, edit and test code on behalf of programmers. The system is a new version of Xcode, Appl...

05-02-25 -

Apple Updates App Store Guidelines To Allow Links To External Payments
Apple has updated its App Store Guidelines to comply with a court order from the Epic Games lawsuit, now allowing U.S. apps to include external payment links and buttons without needing special approval. "The App Review Guidelines have been u...

05-02-25 -

Spotify Moves To Bypass Apple Payments After Landmark Ruling
Spotify has submitted an iOS app update that would allow US customers to use payment options beyond Apple's system, the company said Thursday. The move follows Wednesday's Epic Games v. Apple ruling, which prohibits Apple from taking a cut of non-...

05-01-25 -

Apple Says Most of Its Devices Shipped Into US Will Be From India, Vietnam
Apple said a majority of its devices shipped into the U.S. in the June quarter will originate in India and Vietnam, a move to allay investor concerns about the impact of tariffs on its operations. From a report: The company was among the hardest-h...

05-01-25 -

Patreon Will Update Its iPhone App To Sidestep Apple's Payment System
Following a major court ruling limiting Apple's control over App Store payments, Patreon plans to update its iOS app to allow payments outside Apple's system, letting creators keep more of their earnings. Spotify and Proton are also preparing simi...

05-01-25 -

Epic Games Is Launching Webshops To Circumvent App Store Fees
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Epic Games is taking a victory lap. After notching a big win against Apple in a years-long legal dispute, Epic announced that its Epic Games Store will allow developers to open webshops, which c...

05-01-25 -

Apple Must Halt Non-App Store Sales Commissions, Judge Says
Apple violated a court order requiring it to open up the App Store to third-party payment options and must stop charging commissions on purchases outside its software marketplace, a federal judge said in a blistering ruling that referred the compa...

04-30-25 -

Apple Notifies New Victims of Spyware Attacks Across the World
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Apple sent notifications this week to several people who the company believes were targeted with government spyware, according to two of the alleged targets. In the past, Apple has sent similar ...

04-25-25 -

Apple Aims To Source All US iPhones From India in Pivot Away From China
Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India [alternative source] as soon as next year, according to Financial Times, which cites people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump's trade war forces the tech giant to ...

04-24-25 -

Apple To Strip Secret Robotics Unit From AI Chief Weeks After Moving Siri
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple will remove its secret robotics unit from the command of its artificial intelligence chief, the latest shake-up in response to the company's AI struggles. Apple plans to relocate the robotics team from Jo...

04-23-25 -

Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes
Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech. From a report: The E...

04-22-25 -

Apple Removes 'Available Now' Claim from Intelligence Page Following NAD Review
Apple has quietly removed the "available now" designation from its Apple Intelligence marketing page following a National Advertising Division review. The change came after the NAD recommended Apple "discontinue or modify" the ...

04-21-25 -

Teen Coder Shuts Down Open Source Mac App Whisky, Citing Harm To Paid Apps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Whisky, a gaming-focused front-end for Wine's Windows compatibility tools on macOS, is no longer receiving updates. As one of the most useful and well-regarded tools in a Mac gamer's toolkit, ...

04-18-25 -

Fresh Tools That Keep Vintage Macs Online and Weirdly Alive
With macOS now 24 years old and Apple officially designating all Intel-based Mac minis as "vintage" or "obsolete," The Register takes a look at new internet tools that help keep vintage Macs online and surprisingly relevant: Ca...

04-17-25 -

Meta Blocks Apple Intelligence in iOS Apps
Meta has disabled Apple Intelligence features across its iOS applications, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads, according to Brazilian tech blog Sorcererhat Tech. The block affects Writing Tools, which enable text creation and editing via Ap...

04-15-25 -

Apple Says All Mac Minis With Intel Are Now Vintage
Apple has officially designated all Intel-based Mac minis as "vintage" or "obsolete," marking the end of an era. This means Apple no longer guarantees parts or service for these devices, as they've surpassed the 5- to 7-year su...

04-14-25 -

Apple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster AI Technology
Apple will begin analyzing data on customers' devices in a bid to improve its AI platform, a move designed to safeguard user information while still helping it catch up with AI rivals. From a report: Today, Apple typically trains AI models using s...

04-14-25 -

Apple Preparing Major iPadOS 19 Overhaul with Mac-like Features
Apple is readying a substantial overhaul for iPadOS 19 that will transform the tablet experience to function more like macOS, according to Bloomberg. The update will focus on productivity features, multitasking capabilities, and app window managem...

04-10-25 -

Trump: Apple Building in China is 'Unsustainable,' Could Exempt Some Companie...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause some of the exorbitant tariffs that he put in place earlier today, he spoke to the press at the White House and provided some commentary that could be a...

04-07-25 -

Apple Rushes Shipments From India To Dodge Tariffs
Apple rushed five planeloads of iPhones from India to the U.S. in just three days to beat new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, Times of India reported Monday, citing sources. The urgent shipments during the final week of March aimed to...

04-07-25 -

UK Effort To Keep Apple Encryption Fight Secret Is Blocked
A court has blocked a British government attempt to keep secret a legal case over its demand to access Apple user data. From a report: The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a special court that handles cases related to government surveillance, sai...

04-04-25 -

Visa Bids $100 Million To Replace Mastercard As Apple's New Credit Card Partner
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Visa has offered Apple roughly $100 million to take over the tech giant's credit card partnership from Mastercard, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matt...

04-03-25 -

Windows 11 Tests Taskbar Icons That Scale Up and Down Like On a Mac
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 feature that resizes taskbar icons dynamically like on macOS, with options to shrink icons when the taskbar is full or keep them small at all times. The Verge reports: If you're on the beta, under Taskbar sett...

03-31-25 -

Apple Fined $162 Million for App Privacy System That Harms Developers
France's competition authority has fined Apple 150 million euros ($162 million) for abusing its market dominance through its App Tracking Transparency system, ruling the privacy initiative unfairly disadvantages app developers. The watchdog determ...

03-28-25 -

'Apple Needs a Snow Sequoia'
uninet writes: The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a massive upgrade to Mac OS X known as Leopard, sporting "300 New Features." Two years later, it did something almost unheard of: it released Snow Leopard, an upgrade al...

03-27-25 -

iPhone Users Can Now Set WhatsApp as Their Default Calling and Texting App
An anonymous reader shares a report: You can now choose WhatsApp as your iPhone's default app for calls and text messages, as noted by WABetaInfo. After updating WhatsApp to version 25.8.74, you'll see the app appear as an option in your Messaging...

03-26-25 -

Apple Barred From Google Antitrust Trial, $20 Billion Search Deal at Risk
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that Apple cannot participate in Google's upcoming antitrust trial, potentially jeopardizing a $20 billion annual deal between the tech giants. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that Apple waited too long to j...

03-25-25 -

DeepSeek-V3 Now Runs At 20 Tokens Per Second On Mac Studio
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly released a new large language model that's already sending ripples through the artificial intelligence industry -- not just for its capabilities, but for...

03-25-25 -

Apple Says It'll Use Apple Maps Look Around Photos To Train AI
An anonymous reader shares a report: Sometime earlier this month, Apple updated a section of its website that discloses how it collects and uses imagery for Apple Maps' Look Around feature, which is similar to Google Maps' Street View, as spotted ...

03-24-25 -

Software Engineer Runs Generative AI On 20-Year-Old PowerBook G4
A software engineer successfully ran Meta's Llama 2 generative AI model on a 20-year-old PowerBook G4, demonstrating how well-optimized code can push the limits of legacy hardware. MacRumors' Joe Rossignol reports: While hardware requirements for ...

03-21-25 -

Apple Sued For False Advertising Over Apple Intelligence
Apple has been hit with a federal lawsuit claiming that the company's promotion of now-delayed Apple Intelligence features constituted false advertising and unfair competition. From a report: The suit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San...

03-21-25 -

'Hey Siri, What Month Is It?'
DaringFireball: Whole Reddit thread examining this simple question: "What month is it?" and Siri's "I'm sorry, I don't understand" response (which I just reproduced on my iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 18.4b4). One guy changed the q...

03-20-25 -

Apple Shakes Up AI Executive Ranks in Bid to Turn Around Siri
Apple is undergoing a rare shake-up of its executive ranks, aiming to get its artificial intelligence efforts back on track after months of delays and stumbles, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the rep...

03-20-25 -

Pebble Founder Warns of Limited iPhone Compatibility for Revived Smartwatch
Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has warned that the company's revived smartwatch line will face significant functionality limitations when paired with iPhones, blaming Apple's restrictive policies that favor its own Apple Watch. "It's impossib...

03-19-25 -

EU Orders Apple To Open Ecosystem To Rivals
EU antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Wednesday to open its closed ecosystem to competitors, detailing how the company must comply with the bloc's Digital Markets Act or face potential fines. The European Commission's decision comes six months ...

03-18-25 -

Apple Loses German Antitrust Appeal, Opening Door for Greater Controls
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple lost an appeal on Tuesday against a regulatory assessment that opens the iPhone maker up to stricter controls in Germany, the Federal Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday, following years of debate over the ...

03-17-25 -

Apple To Launch Thinner iPhone 17 'Air' as Step Toward Port-Free Design
Apple will introduce a slimmer iPhone 17 "Air" this fall, marking a strategic shift toward potentially port-free devices in future product lines, according to a Bloomberg report. The new model will feature a 6.6-inch display with ProMo...

03-14-25 -

Leaked Apple Meeting Shows How Dire the Siri Situation Really Is
A leaked Apple meeting reveals significant internal struggles with Siri's development, as AI-powered features announced last June have been delayed and may not make it into iOS 19. The Verge reports: Bloomberg (paywalled) has the full scoop on wha...

03-14-25 -

Apple Plans AirPods Feature That Can Live-Translate Conversations
Apple is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to live-translate an in-person conversation into another language, Bloomberg reports, citing people with knowledge of the matter. From the report: The capability will be offered as pa...

03-13-25 -

'Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino'
Apple's announcement that "more personalized Siri" features of Apple Intelligence would be delayed until "the coming year" reveals a troubling departure from the company's hard-earned reputation for reliability, long-time comme...

03-13-25 -

UK Investigation Says Apple, Google Hampering Mobile Browser Competition
Britain's competition watchdog has concluded that Apple and Google are stifling competition in the UK mobile browser market, following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The inquiry found Apple's iOS policies particul...

03-12-25 -

Apple Set To Unveil Boldest Software Redesign In Years Across Entire Ecosystem
New submitter CInder123 shares a report from TechSpot: Apple is undertaking one of the most significant software overhauls in its history, aiming to revamp the user interface across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. This ambitious update, set for rel...