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 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
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
Crowds came to the opening| Apple Must
Watch out, there’s a new generative AI superhero in town. This one is Chinese.| Computerworld
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
