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Critical iPhone Boot Code Allegedly Published on Github [Update]
Apple is well known for keeping a notoriously tight grip on the code powering its iPhones, only rarely revealing the inner workings to the public. But in a move that some Mac and iOS experts are calling the “the biggest leak in history,” an unknown source appears to have laid bare parts of the iPhone’s … Continued
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Apple Music Was Always Going to Win
Everybody knows that Apple is rich and powerful. So few will be surprised to learn that, despite showing up to the party late, the Cupertino company now appears to be winning some key battles in the streaming music wars. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple Music is about to overtake Spotify as the most … Continued
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iPhone X Users Blame Bug for Missed Calls
While Apple continues to address the fallout of performance throttling on iPhones with older batteries, the company now has another issue to worry about, this time in regards to its pricey iPhone X. According to a number of comments and complaints on Apple’s official forums, some users say an unresponsive touchscreen is causing them to … Continued
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Chinese National, Three Others Plead Guilty in Apple Counterfeiting Scheme
A Chinese national who was living in the U.S. on a student visa pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of trafficking in counterfeit goods and conspiracy over a plot to sell Chinese-made Apple knockoffs to U.S. customers. According to a Department of Justice press release, 43-year-old Jianhua “Jeff” Li’s company Dream Digitals conspired with at … Continued
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iPhone X Damage Report: Two Months Later
Steve Jobs was a notorious case-hater. He once looked at Wired’s Steven Levy with disgust when the journalist pulled out an iPod with a case on it. “I think stainless steel looks beautiful when it wears,” Jobs said. For my own reasons, I’ve never used a case on my iPhone. The glass on my $1,200 … Continued
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Apple Sells iPhones? [Update: It Sells Watches, Too]
Apple, a company best known for its affiliation with U2 and James Corden, had a big announcement today. It’s earnings week, when giant multibillion dollar companies announce how many millions they made during the holiday season. Apple, which sells watches, set-top boxes, and, soon, speakers, revealed that it made a shit ton of money selling…telephones? … Continued
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Porn, Scams, and Terrorists: Which ‘Inappropriate Content’ Got Telegram Kicked Off Apple’s App Store? (Updated)
Telegram, the encrypted chat app that’s been known as the communication tool of choice for peaceful protestors and jihadists alike, mysteriously disappeared from the iOS app store on Wednesday. According to its founder, Apple claims that the removal was due to “inappropriate content” being made available to users. The people at Telegram were celebrating the … Continued
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Apple: We Would Never!
Following news that the Department of Justice has allegedly opened an investigation into Apple’s practice of throttling iPhones with aging batteries, the company is speaking out. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into the possibility that Apple violated securities laws after it issued software updates that … Continued
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Trump Brags He Got Apple to Invest $350 Billion in the US (Hint: He Didn’t and They Aren’t)
During his first State of the Union on Tuesday, in between cloying pleas for Democrats to help build his dumb wall and confused references to “beautiful clean coal,” President Donald Trump once again promised the country that tech giant Apple would be investing a badly needed $350 billion in the U.S. The SOTU is one … Continued
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iOS 11 Is So Broken That Apple Is Reportedly Delaying Features in iOS 12
It looks like iOS 12 won’t be as flashy or fun as Apple originally wanted it to be. Following months of embarrassing bugs and performance issues, the company is reportedly pushing some features originally slated for this year’s iOS 12 update back to 2019. Engineers will be focusing on quality and reliability instead. In tandem … Continued
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Face ID Is Unstoppable
It sucks when a new technology comes along and creeps everybody out. It sucks even more when that technology is so good, so life-changing that even the most discerning consumer sets that anxiety aside and says, “Who cares if Apple owns detailed biometric data about my face?” That’s what Face ID has done to me … Continued
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Qualcomm Slapped With $1.2 Billion Fine for Buying Its Way Into iPhones
Qualcomm’s legal troubles are only getting worse. Already embroiled in several lawsuits with Apple, Qualcomm was fined $1.2 billion (997 million euros) today by the European Union for violating antitrust regulations. From 2011 to 2016, Qualcomm had a deal with Apple to reward the iPhone maker significant rebates if the company exclusively bought LTE modems … Continued
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Apple Might Finally—FINALLY—Kill the MacBook Air
Just in time for its tenth anniversary, Apple might finally be killing the MacBook Air, according to a new report from Digitimes. If this is true, it’d be the first axing of a laptop line from Apple since the iBook and Powerbook were axed back in 2006. It would also be about damn time. Apple … Continued
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Apple’s HomePod Will Finally Be Available on Feb 9th
When unexplained delays pushed Apple’s smart speaker back from a 2017 debut, Apple said it needed “a little more time before it’s ready” and promised an “early 2018″ release. Now it seems Apple is making good on its revised launch window, as the HomePod will officially go on sale on February 9th. Initially, the $350 … Continued
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South Korean Prosecutors Are Investigating Apple Over the iPhone Throttling Controversy
Prosecutors in South Korea’s capital of Seoul said on Friday that they plan to investigate allegations tech giant Apple deliberately slowed down older models of iPhone to push customers towards purchasing pricier newer versions, the Korea Herald reported. According to the Herald’s report, Seoul-based Citizens United for Consumer Sovereignty filed a complaint against Apple CEO … Continued
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Apple Successfully Avoids $50 Billion in American Taxes
Apple, the world’s most valuable company, has always proudly trumpeted its California roots. But the most American of all tech companies has never been a fan of paying back into the system that facilitated its success. On Wednesday, it announced that now that the US government has sufficiently capitulated on corporate tax rates, it will … Continued
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Tim Cook Promises to Let iPhone Users Turn Off Throttling Soon
It only took a scandal blowing up in its face and getting hit with more than 20 different lawsuits, but it seems at long last, Apple will finally give people the option to disable the performance throttling that was slowing down older iPhones. This news was revealed in an interview between Apple CEO Tim Cook … Continued
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Apple, Google Reroute Employee Buses After Series of Alleged Attacks Near San Francisco
Apple and Google have rerouted shuttle buses which carry employees from San Francisco to their out-of-town headquarters after a series of possible attacks broke the vehicles’ windows in the past week. Per Mashable, sources at Apple believe an unknown party assaulted the buses in transit with rocks, BB guns, rubber bullets, or something else—though no … Continued
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Maybe There’s Hope for Apple’s Hollywood Dreams After All
It looks like Kristin Wiig will soon star in a half-hour comedy series. Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s company and inspired by the upcoming Curtis Sittenfeld short story collection You Think It, I’ll Say It, the new project actually sounds like it might be kind of great. And guess what: it’s an Apple series. Apple, like … Continued
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Now the Senate Wants Answers About Apple’s iPhone Throttling Controversy
The fallout over Apple’s decision to throttle the performance of older models of iPhone with degraded batteries has continued to mount despite the company’s apologies, with Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee chair Sen. John Thune asking the company to give Congress more information. Per Reuters, Thune sent a letter on January 9th asking Apple … Continued
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