Europe hits Meta, Apple with €700M in fines for flouting DMA
Bad timing, claim industry watchers, who say rulings could seriously upset an already delicate US-EU relationship
Legal23 Apr 2025 | 20
Apple
Microsoft rated this bug as low exploitability. Miscreants weaponized it in just 8 days
It's now hitting govt, enterprise targets
CSO21 Apr 2025 | 23
Apple: Since you care about yOuR pRiVaCy, we'll train our AI on made-up emails
It's LLMs all the way down
AI + ML16 Apr 2025 | 32
Still browsing like it's 1999: Fresh tools that keep vintage Macs online and weirdly alive
You can't keep a good OS down
Software15 Apr 2025 | 31
Resellers may be sitting on costly pile of regret after US smartphone shopping spree
Q1 sector growth unlikely to survive current trade policy
Personal Tech14 Apr 2025 | 18
China reportedly admitted directing cyberattacks on US infrastructure
Asia In Brief PLUS: India's new electronics subsidies; Philippines unplugs a mobile carrier; Alibaba Cloud expands
Security14 Apr 2025 | 6
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Apple settles unfair labor charges brought by fired engineering manager
Whistleblower Ashley Gjøvik hails iWatershed iMoment for iStaff iRights
CxO10 Apr 2025 | 3
Trump thinks we can make iPhones in the US just like China. Yeah, right
World War Fee One's a world power with extensive cutting-edge electronics manufacturing empire, the other is America
Personal Tech09 Apr 2025 | 205
UK's attempt to keep details of Apple 'backdoor' case secret… denied
Last month's secret hearing comes to light
CSO07 Apr 2025 | 123
Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes
Cupertino already squashed 'em in more recent releases - which this week get a fresh round of fixes
Patches02 Apr 2025 | 10
China cracks down on personal information collection. No, seriously
Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia crimps social media, allows iPhones; India claims rocket boost; In-flight GenAI for Japan Airlines
Security31 Mar 2025 | 12
Schneider Electric pumps $700M into US ops as AI datacenter demand surges
Meanwhile, Apple is lining up '$1B' of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra kit
AI + ML26 Mar 2025 | 1
Apple hallucinated Siri's future AI features, lawsuit claims
Broken commitment to deliver hyped Intelligence upgrade branded false advertising
AI + ML21 Mar 2025 | 45
Asahi Linux loses another prominent dev as GPU guru calls it quits
Fedora Asahi Remix 42 still scheduled for release in about a month
OSes20 Mar 2025 | 50
EU says Google scroogles app makers, also gives Apple an antitrust must-do-list
Chrome colossus accused of tilting search results, blocking cheaper purchases, while iTitan told to open iOS
Personal Tech19 Mar 2025 | 9
M4 MacBook Air keeps ports modular, locks tight – still a headache to repair
Cupertino’s latest skips iPhone repair gains, iFixit says
Personal Tech17 Mar 2025 | 29
Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash
National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors
Security14 Mar 2025 | 82
India investigates whether Uber makes iPhone users pay more to ride
Rideshare companies said it isn’t happening. Lawmakers aren’t convinced
Public Sector14 Mar 2025 | 22
Apple has locked me in the same monopolistic cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users
Column Vendors just don't want machines to live double lives
Personal Tech12 Mar 2025 | 166
Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero-day fixes, or six critical flaws
Patch Tuesday Microsoft tackles 50-plus security blunders, Adobe splats 3D bugs, and Apple deals with a doozy
Patches12 Mar 2025 | 23
We call this kernel saunters: How Apple rearranged its XNU core with exclaves
iPhone giant compartmentalizes OS for the sake of security
Research08 Mar 2025 | 17
Essential FOSS tools to make macOS suck less
Friday FOSS fest Moved from Windows or Linux? Smooth some of the rough edges
Software07 Mar 2025 | 43
Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio? Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus
Desktop family gets chip boost as MacBook Air bags an M4 upgrade, more memory, price cut
Personal Tech05 Mar 2025 | 17
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Security05 Mar 2025 | 120
Hey, remember iPads? Those fondleslabs? Apple still does
Air to ship with M3 while base model gets the A16
Personal Tech04 Mar 2025 | 12
Apple dares users to fix 'budget' iPhone 16e themselves
But factor in the price increase, and it might be worth sitting this one out
Personal Tech04 Mar 2025 | 26
US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Phishing suspects used fishing gear as alibi; Apple's 'Find My' can track PCs and Androids; and more
Security03 Mar 2025 | 99
Wozniak: I didn't reduce chip count for manufacturing. I wanted to prove I was clever
Plus: Beware of a hotspot called 'spanky'
Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 22
Are you cooler than ex-Apple design guru Sir Jony Ive?
What is it with high-powered execs and their love for U2?
Offbeat25 Feb 2025 | 83
Apple promises to spend $500B, hire 20K over 4 years to swerve Trump import tariffs
Sorry, that should read: Boost US manufacturing and R&D, believe in the American people, etc etc
On-Prem24 Feb 2025 | 28
The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple's ADP won’t
No matter how deep you are in Apple's 'ecosystem,’ there are ways to stay encrypted in Blighty
Security24 Feb 2025 | 125
Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud encryption for UK peeps
Infosec in brief Plus: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more
Security24 Feb 2025 | 89
Want to play billionaire for a day? This app lets you rent your own armed goon squad
Black Escalade motorcade sold separately - of course
Offbeat19 Feb 2025 | 28
Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself
Germany's Federal Cartel Office voices concerns iPhone maker may be breaking competition law
Security14 Feb 2025 | 23
Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal
New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek
AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 2
US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor
Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down
Security13 Feb 2025 | 57
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be
Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic
CxO13 Feb 2025 | 291
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds
Updated Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 105
Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings
Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty
Security11 Feb 2025 | 23
UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order
Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim
Security07 Feb 2025 | 159
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
It's another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more
Research29 Jan 2025 | 15
Apple plugs security hole in its iThings that's already been exploited in iOS
Cupertino kicks off the year with a zero-day
Patches28 Jan 2025 | 15
The state of Right to Repair: Progress made, but key barriers remain
Schematics, repair manuals, part numbers still out of reach for many industries
Personal Tech24 Jan 2025 | 17
Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out?
Opinion As Microsoft, Apple, and Google switch the tech on by default, what happened to asking for permission first?
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 167
Brit competition watchdog takes aim at Google, Apple's mobile ecosystems
CMA flexes its new Strategic Market Status muscles
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 14
Beijing picking up some of the bill for iPhones sold in China
What? Why? Xi wants people spending, so has extended a subsidy scheme to phones, tabs, and smartwatches
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 7
Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands
Markets smartwatches as health helpers even as they expose some owners to PFAS
Personal Tech22 Jan 2025 | 22
Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3
Plus: Google stuffs Gemini into Workspace, with a hidden off switch?
AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 68
Donald Trump proposes US govt acquire half of TikTok, which thanks him and restores service
The same Florida Man who wanted to ban the app in the first place
Public Sector20 Jan 2025 | 124
Apple solves broken news alerts by turning off the AI
Summaries will return when Apple Intelligence has 'improved'
AI + ML17 Jan 2025 | 48
Apple's interoperability efforts aren't meeting spirit or letter of EU law, advocacy groups argue
Free Software Foundation Europe and others urge European Commission to double down on DMA
Software16 Jan 2025 | 27
Parallels brings back the magic that was waiting seven minutes for Windows to boot
In a preview of x86_64 VMs running on Apple silicon, so it’s excusable for now
Virtualization16 Jan 2025 | 32
British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees
Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant
Applications15 Jan 2025 | 10
Tim cooking up the dough as his Apple pay rises 18% to $74.6M
He could buy 49,766 and a half MacBook Pros with that
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 48
Is it really the plan to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal? It's been a weird week
Opinion Meanwhile, tech titans are falling over themselves to help Trump
Public Sector11 Jan 2025 | 335
Apple shrugs off BBC complaint with promise to 'further clarify' AI content
It's down to users to do the fact-checking themselves
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 47
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 73
Apple offers to settle 'snooping Siri' lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M
Even the sound of a zip could be enough to start the recordings, according to claims
Security02 Jan 2025 | 40
Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle
'Facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice'
AI + ML20 Dec 2024 | 156
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 for Apple Macs is out
New shiny if you run Linux on an M1 or M2
OSes20 Dec 2024 | 40
Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests
Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course
Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 35
Apple Intelligence summary botches a headline, causing jitters in BBC newsroom
Meanwhile, some iPhone users apathetic about introduction of AI features
Personal Tech17 Dec 2024 | 101
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