FTC warns Apple it must not weaken data encryption at behest of rogue governments
No longer available in Surveillance Britain| Apple Must
No longer available in Surveillance Britain| Apple Must
Shifting manufacturing of US-bound iPhones away from China may help Apple avoid steep tariffs. But the move to India hasn't happened overnight; it has been a long-term effort.| Computerworld
Local reports claim Apple in India is already generating millions at its stores.| Apple Must
Apple’s manufacturing investments in India are translating into significant additional investments elsewhere across India’s manufacturing economy and wider transport ecosystem.| Apple Must
Apple VP Eddy Cue told the US courts that Apple is “actively looking” at putting AI search tools inside Safari, even as he confirmed that Safari searches declined in April.| Apple Must
The analysts at IDC tell us India’s smartphone market saw 70 million smartphones shipped in the first half of the year, particularly in the second quarter which saw 7.7% growth year on year.| Apple Must
The company has reportedly promised to commit $500 million in US rare earth supplies for iPhones, iPads, Macs — and everything else.| Computerworld
MP’s Mountain Pass site in California| Apple Must
It may not be about the iPhone but be in no doubt that there will be plenty of interest groups that would just love to know more about TSMC’s forthcoming 2nm processor technology.| Apple Must
Experimental street dancer Jin Lee Baobei, wearing the new Pride Edition Sport Loop band for Apple Watch, shot on iPhone 13 Pro by Collier Schorr. “Pride is an essence that affirms: however you decide to change, grow, and show up is enough,” Baobei says.| Apple Must
It doesn’t really matter that someone has leaked info concerning Apple’s Mac release plans into 2026, as it’s not those plans that matter -it’s the company’s commitment and achievement in meeting its processor design road map that is really important.| Apple Must
Five years ago, this week Apple announced plans to transition the Mac to Apple Silicon. In November 2020, the first Apple Silicon Macs finally appeared, unleashing performance gains that transformed the platform. The company made the shift because, following a rose-tinted beginning in 2006, it had become frustrated with Intel’s approach to chip design.| Apple Must
The latest PC Market data is beginning to ship, and the information once again confirms the extent of Apple’s huge Apple Silicon Mac turnaround with the Mac experiencing the strongest year-on-year growth in global PC shipments in Q2 2025.| Apple Must
Apple’s traditional core market of creative users is probably among those most likely to be impacted by AI, so should they poison the well? The people behind Nightshade think so.| Computerworld
Apple might use Alibaba's Qwen instead of ChatGPT to roll out Apple Intelligence in China.| Computerworld
We're feeding a greedy beast. So where are the benefits?| Computerworld
Apple's former designer is teaming up with OpenAI on smart hardware.| Computerworld
Apple's generative AI development attempts get a huge resource push as Apple shelves its project to build a semi-autonomous vehicle, though the company will reap benefits from that attempt for a decade.| Computerworld
The perception that Apple was somehow “late” to get into AI is destined to echo for some time yet, but this may not be entirely the case, and we may one day find the company’s deliberate approach to deployment is more justified than not.| Apple Must
An upcoming update to the Near Field Communications standard should allow devices to connect more swiftly when doing contactless payments and will add support the Digital Product Passport specification.| Computerworld
Thanks to the UK government, Apple can no longer offer new users in the UK the ability to enable Advanced Data Protection.| Computerworld
It's within the ReALM of possibilities that Apple's not-always-great Siri could soon be getting a boost to make it much more contextually aware.| Computerworld
Crowds came to the opening| Apple Must
Watch out, there’s a new generative AI superhero in town. This one is Chinese.| Computerworld
In 2022, Tim Cook, Laurene Powell Jobs and Jony Ive joined Kara Swisher to talk about Steve Jobs| Apple Must
Hardware is Apple’s moat, and while it’s easy to forget it, those billions of Apple devices will be hard to replace on any metric, including manufacturing. That means that when it comes to personal devices Apple has water around its castle, which means it has time to get things right on AI.| Apple Must
Has Apple really run out of surprises? Image c/o: Jacinta Iluch Valero/Flickr| Apple Must
There’s probably a law somewhere that describes the speed at which complex manufacturing systems can be reconfigured and repositioned.| Apple Must
Europe will from June demand smartphones and tablets ship with a new labelling system to show battery life and repairability. On first glance, these rules seem good, but on the second look they once again seem to have been designed by a bunch of people who have an axe to grind against US tech. Perhaps it was developed by former Nokia staffers? I don’t know.| Apple Must
Apple now runs the world’s most extensive network of AI| Apple Must
Yet another delay has reportedly struck Apple's generative AI efforts.| Computerworld
Apple’s decision to revamp its Apple Intelligence team is a sign of how important the company sees the technology, and how serious it is about getting it right.| Computerworld
In order to sort Siri out, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has parachuted in a crack team led by Vision Pro creator, Mike Rockwell, who takes the place of AI head, John Giannandrea in the task. Cook has apparently lost confidence in Giannandrea to execute on product development, a Bloomberg report explains. Vision Pro hardware engineer Paul Meade will be succeeding Rockwell as the head of Apple’s spatial computing efforts, reporting to software engineering chief, Craig Federighi.| Apple Must
The reported delays in contextual AI development at the company could dilute the Apple brand.| Computerworld
Apple is about to put artificial intelligence inside Vision Pro devices, and while the significance of this may not be immediately obvious it will transform these things when it does.| Apple Must
Here's what Apple Intelligence is, what tools exist (and when they'll arrive) — and a look at the history of AI at Apple.| Computerworld
The kind of human-computer brain interface imagined by original Macintosh inventor, Jef Raskin just took a big step toward reality thanks to a company called Synchron, a brain implant, the simplicity of vision OS and an Apple Vision Pro.| Apple Must
Have I told you not to underestimate the importance of Apple’s business in India? I have – and have been doing so for years. Now at least one iPhone is being developed there, devices made there are being exported at an ever increasing rate, and the Apple iPhone is gobbling up more of India’s growing smartphone market. Three stories that are big in themselves but put them together and the difference to Apple’s long term business will be profound.| Apple Must
iPhone 16 range goes on sale at Apple Mumbai – were these made in India?| Apple Must
Apple may be preparing to blow everybody’s mind with a next edition Vision Pro device that will put artificial intelligence on your head, making your entire reality an actionable space.| Apple Must
iPhone manufacturing is about to begin, with tens of thousands of newly recruited employees arriving for work at Foxconn’s factories in China. Meanwhile, the company is allegedly getting involved in yet another huge industrial investment in India.| Apple Must
India is buoyant with ideas: Muralist and illustrator Sadhna Prasad is using Procreate and Procreate Dreams on iPad Pro to create a large-scale mural called I’ll Be Back (போயிடு வரேன்).| Apple Must
Apple is preparing to manufacture iPads and Pro model iPhones in India for the first time as it continues to increase its manufacturing capacity there.| Apple Must
Local reports claim Apple in India is already generating millions at its stores.| Apple Must
We don’t know when all the features will ship and there will inevitably be challenges ahead for GenAI, but analysts of all stripes appear to be going nuts over Apple Intelligence. Loop Capital, BofA, Wedbush, and other analysts raising their price target on the stock – but this biggest hike comes from Morgan Stanley, which has raised Apple to the top stock pick.| Apple Must
Apple appears to be going from strength to strength as the PC industry recovers, with its rate of growth exceeding the industry average, reports Canalys. It will be interesting to experience the extent to which the company benefits from the move to AI PCs as the industry coalesces around the tech for its next growth wave.| Apple Must
Crowds came to the opening of Apple’s first retail store in India| Apple Must
