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Most people who are updating their existing iPhones to iOS 16.0 will be busy customizing their new Lock Screens and exploring all the nifty features of the new operating system.…

Apple is rolling out a setup fix for iPhone 14 buyers

When Apple debuted “the notch” with iPhone X, it got harsh reactions from plenty of people, but the company stood by it and even embraced it. Now with the iPhone…

Dynamic Island might push phonemakers to better use status bar

It’s become increasingly difficult to estimate how much money Apple’s App Store business makes, as it’s lumped in with other services on Apple’s balance sheet — and because Apple has…

Apple’s in-app purchase prices jumped 40% year over year, likely tied to privacy changes

Apple has released another round of security updates to address vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that is being actively exploited by attackers. The zero-day flaw, tracked…

Apple releases iOS and macOS fixes to patch a new zero-day under attack

Bad news for Dark Sky users: The popular weather app Apple acquired in March 2020 now has an official shutdown date. According to a notification appearing on the app’s home…

As Apple’s WeatherKit launches, Dark Sky for iOS to wind down operations by year-end

As promised earlier this year at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company today confirmed it’s broadening access to its Apple Fitness+ service to users beyond Apple Watch owners. At…

Apple’s Fitness+ subscription is coming to iPhone with iOS 16

Brazil said on Tuesday it is banning the sales of iPhones that don’t ship with a charging brick. This decision comes two years after Apple stopped including charging bricks and…

Brazil bans sales of iPhones shipped without chargers, Apple is appealing

A new report examing the impact of Apple’s privacy feature, App Tracking Transparency, indicates Apple’s ads business appears to have financially benefitted as a result of the feature’s launch. Now…

One year later, Apple’s privacy changes helped boost its own ads business, report finds

Apple’s highly anticipated mixed reality headset may now have a name, according to a Bloomberg report earlier this week. The outlet spotted trademarks in the U.S. and global markets related…

Apple may have given us a hint at its AR/VR headset’s name

An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show a request to dismiss the suit earlier this summer.…

Apple settles lawsuit with developer over App Store rejections and scams

As the mechanical keyboard hobby exploded during the early days of the pandemic, a lot of companies raced to launch new products. Drop, however, which maybe did more than anybody…

Drop launches the Sense75, its first new in-house keyboard since 2020

Today, NBC launched a new channel subscription on Apple Podcasts called “Dateline Premium,” an ad-free plan that includes a seven-day free trial and costs $2.99 per month or $29.99 per…

‘Dateline NBC’ Apple Podcasts subscription channel gives true crime fans ad-free episodes

The U.S. Department of Justice is in the early stages of drafting an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, according to sources cited by Politico in a report released just ahead of…

Justice Department in early stages of filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, says report

Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the keycaps on their keyboards. Chances are, they are white with black text or black with white text and that’s…

Drop’s DCX keycaps give your old keyboard a new lease on life

The spelling puzzle app phenomenon Wordle is making its debut on The New York Times Crossword application, The Times announced today. After tons of doppelgangers and wannabes of the infamous app,…

Wordle is now integrated in The New York Times Crossword app

Apple rolled out the seventh, and probably final, iOS 16 developer beta on Tuesday. While there weren’t any notable feature additions, the beta’s code suggested that the company might allow…

Code suggests iOS 16.1 will let users delete the Apple Wallet app

A case concerning Apple’s driving trade secrets which started in 2018 has come to a close. Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing confidential information…

Ex-Apple engineer admits stealing automotive trade secrets

Apple is introducing a handful of new ways to support U.S. National Parks. The company announced today it’s continuing its annual National Park donation initiative that allows Apple customers to…

Apple kicks off fundraising effort to support US National Parks via Apple Pay donations

Apple released surprise software updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs on Wednesday that fix two security vulnerabilities known by Apple to be actively exploited by attackers. The two vulnerabilities were…

Apple releases iOS, iPadOS and macOS security fixes for two zero-days under active attack

The popular iOS and iPadOS app GarageBand will now include new remix sessions featuring songs from Katy Perry and the Korean boy band SEVENTEEN. Users will be able to download the…

Apple’s GarageBand update adds new remixes with Katy Perry and SEVENTEEN

A new report from Bloomberg indicates Apple may be expanding its advertising business beyond the App Store and other first-party apps like News and Stocks. This plan could see Apple…

Report: Apple explored ads in Apple Maps as it weighs broader ads push

Netflix’s app on iOS now has a sign-up button that will redirect you to its site so you can subscribe to one of its plans with the company paying no…

Netflix’s iOS app now has a sign-up button that takes you to its website

Apple is introducing a new perk for Apple Music subscribers, Apple Music Sessions, which gives listeners access to exclusive releases in spatial audio that have been recorded in Apple’s music…

Apple Music Sessions launches with country stars Carrie Underwood and Tenille Townes

It’s pretty annoying to go through CAPTCHA verification where you have to identify weird squiggly letters or click on images of the boat till there are none left — just…

Apple is introducing new tech in iOS 16 to let you skip CAPTCHAs

As several Apple stores across the country fight to unionize, workers in Towson, Maryland became the first to win formal recognition. Out of 110 eligible employees, the union received 65…

An Apple store in Maryland makes history by forming the company’s first recognized union

A new startup called Grace is launching to make it easier for parents to monitor and manage their kids’ screen time and app usage on iOS devices. Although Apple offers…

Grace debuts privacy-focused parental controls for iOS devices built with Apple’s Screen Time API

Rune Labs, a precision neurology company in San Francisco, announced that its StrivePD software ecosystem for Parkinson’s disease has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

Brain data startup Rune Labs gets FDA clearance for Apple Watch-based Parkinson’s tracker

A class action style lawsuit is being launched against Apple in the UK seeking damages worth a total of £768 million (circa $935M). The representative action is being filed by…

UK market abuse suit seeks up to $935M from Apple for ‘secretly throttling’ iPhones

Out of all features Apple announced at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) last week, a new addition to Apple’s Visual Lookup system — a feature where you can “pick up”…

Apple’s image cutout feature in iOS 16 is the most fun thing to come out of WWDC 2022

A major privacy feature Apple launched last year, called App Tracking Transparency (ATT) — which requires third-party apps to request permission from iOS users to track their digital activity for…

Germany’s antitrust watchdog latest to probe Apple’s app privacy framework