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Microsoft to snatch Visio app away from iOS users this summer

If you want to use the diagram tool for the long haul, it's going to take a subscription

Applications08 Mar 2023 | 37

Foxconn expands Vietnam factories, perhaps to help Apple diversify beyond China

Zhengzhou is lovely this time of year, Bac Giang could be nicer still

Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 5

Apple jacks up Mac, iPhone, iPad battery replacement fees

Prices blowing up makes a change from, well, you know

Systems03 Jan 2023 | 5

Apple should pay €6m to French data watchdog for tracking users without consent, says official

Recommendation from top CNIL advisor claims Cupertino broke EU privacy laws

Security13 Dec 2022 | 10

OK, we know iPhones are expensive but... $11 a month for Twitter Blue on iOS?

Comment Elon Musk's meeting with Tim Cook at Apple HQ went well, we see

Offbeat12 Dec 2022 | 79

Woman fakes pregnancy to smuggle hundreds of CPUs, iPhones into China

Now that's what we call Intel Inside

Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 41

Foxconn factory chaos means more iPhone delays over the holiday period

Protests in Zhangzhou may equate to 15-20 million fewer Pro models in Q4, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 5

Foxconn workers protest over pay and lockdowns at iPhone factory in China

Updated Contractor apologizes for 'technical error occurred during the onboarding process'

Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 28

Only iPhone 15 Pro models will have higher data transfer speeds on USB-C – analyst

Ming-Chi Kuo is prognosticating again

Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 35

Apple sued for collecting user data despite opt-outs

Doesn't matter what the data is, they thought they pushed the off switch, argues complaint

Legal14 Nov 2022 | 16

Foxconn fears Q4 flop due to COVID complications

Other than that, results are some of the least bad news about hardware sales we've read in weeks

Personal Tech08 Nov 2022 | 1

Apple warns of slow iPhone 14 Pro shipments as COVID hurts production in China

Buyers told of longer wait times for shiny new phones that don't do a lot more than last year’s model

Personal Tech07 Nov 2022 | 5

iPhone factory workers bussed home to avoid COVID, Foxconn urges them to stay

Don't the factory workers of China know that the season of huge shopping sprees starts next week?

Personal Tech02 Nov 2022 | 4

Apple exec confirms iPhones will switch to USB-C because 'we have no choice'

Sure you have a choice. You could abandon the European market

Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 136

Foxconn's largest iPhone factory back under COVID lockdown

Bad news for Apple maybe; bad news for China's tech sector definitely

Personal Tech26 Oct 2022 | 2

Global smartphone sales come tumbling down as reality bites

Inflation and energy prices force consumers to prioritize household bills over shiny electronic devices

Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 17

iPhone 14 car crash detection triggered by roller coasters

While you're having a blast, your mobe could be telling your family you're dead

Offbeat10 Oct 2022 | 58

iPhone 14 iFixit teardown shows Apple's learning on repairs

Video Or was forced into a rethink by legislation

Personal Tech19 Sep 2022 | 20

Elon Musk claims SpaceX was in talks with Apple on iPhone 14 satellite services

Apple went with Globalstar for Emergency SOS feature, but such comments suggest a direction of travel

Networks09 Sep 2022 | 49

Apple Silicon takes a back seat at iPhone-heavy launch event

We guess new chips are only for Pros

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 16

Apple debuts iPhone 14, Watch 8, other sparkly things

With Crash Detection (no, not that kind) and satellite-powered SOS when cell service is absent

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 42

No, Apple, you may not sell iPhones without chargers

Good for the environment? Bad for the customer, say Brazilian officials after fining iGiant, banning certain sales

Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 67

Apple plays the supply-chain card to explain Mac, iPad revenue shrink

Mom, what's an eye pad?

Personal Tech29 Jul 2022 | 6

Demand for smartphones is drying up

Canalys prelim Q2 data indicates economic headwinds and worries of 'inventory pile-up'

Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 49

Taiwan prosecutors claim Chinese biz swiped IP and R&D team from Apple supplier

Before you could say 'economic espionage', a factory in China was making bits of iThings

Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 10

Apple may have to cough up $1bn to Brits in latest iPhone Batterygate claim

Lawsuit took its time, just like your older iOS handset

Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 35

Apple to replace future iPhone Lightning port with USB-C next year, this guy claims

Please season with pinches of salt as necessary

Personal Tech12 May 2022 | 71

LIDAR in iPhones is not about better photos – it's about the future of low-cost augmented reality

Column The cost of kit to capture the real world is plummeting, thanks to Apple

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 35

Foxconn factories near Shanghai cease operations over COVID-19 cases

Factories were operating in 'closed loop,' now parts are being made in 'backup' facilities

On-Prem25 Apr 2022 | 8

114 billion transistors, one big meh. Apple's M1 Ultra wake-up call

Opinion What if we've built the future, but nobody wants to come?

Personal Tech14 Mar 2022 | 245

BlackBerry offloads its 'legacy' patents – some of the stuff that made its phones hum

$600M sale to new owner created and funded just to handle mobile, networking, and messaging IP

Software01 Feb 2022 | 17

Apple grabs smartphone crown as iPhone 13 wakes up the fanbois, leaves Chinese rivals eating dust

But smartphone shipments globally edge up just 1% for total market as demand outweighs supply

Personal Tech18 Jan 2022 | 15

Can you get excited about the iPhone 13? We've tried

Review It’s brilliant and lovely. But it doesn't quite meet the moment with a new experience that satisfies

Personal Tech26 Dec 2021 | 94

American diplomats' iPhones reportedly compromised by NSO Group intrusion software

Reuters claims nine State Department employees outside the US had their devices hacked

Security04 Dec 2021 | 51

Apple's anti-ad-tracking iPhone feature took a '$10bn' chunk out of social network revenues

What's that, the world's tiniest violin playing?

Personal Tech01 Nov 2021 | 27

The future: Windows streaming through notched Apple screens

Interview Choice is the word for Jamf's Dean Hager

Applications25 Oct 2021 | 17

Report: Apple short of 10 million iPhone 13s this year due to ongoing chip shortage

Broadcomm,Texas Instruments, and more buckling under supply crisis

Personal Tech13 Oct 2021 | 14

Apple patches 'actively exploited' iPhone zero-day with iOS 15.0.2 update

Tech breakdown and proof-of-concept code is already out there

Security12 Oct 2021 | 16

iFixit prises open the iPhone 13 Pro, claims 'any display replacement knocks out Face ID'

Updated Battery still swappable – rest fiddly

Personal Tech27 Sep 2021 | 25

Security bods boost Apple iPhone hardware attack research with iTimed toolkit

'The first complete infrastructure to enable general-purpose hardware security experiments on the Apple iPhone SoCs,' they claim

Security14 Sep 2021 |

Off yer bike: Apple warns motorcycles could shake iPhone cameras out of focus forever

Claims they're 'designed for durability' but users report kit dies in months – even on mountain bikes

Personal Tech13 Sep 2021 | 86

Rumors of satellite-comms-capable iPhone abound. The truth could be rather boring

Meanwhile, Amazon gripes about SpaceX's constellation plans

Personal Tech31 Aug 2021 | 49

Apple's iPhone computer vision has the potential to preserve privacy but also break it completely

Opinion Cupertino can see things you people wouldn't believe

Security16 Aug 2021 | 114

Calling all fanbois: If you can't wait to glimpse iOS 15, Apple is running a public beta now

Next version of iPhone software boasts plenty of changes, but experience will be buggy for now

OSes02 Jul 2021 | 9

Apple, it's OK. Seriously. You don't need to blind your iOS 15 engineers to prevent leaks

No one expects the Worldwide Loyalty Team!

Bootnotes10 Jun 2021 | 17

With incoming iOS 15, update refuseniks will be given choice to stay where they are while still receiving security patches

Departure from Apple's usual iron-fist approach to iPhone software

OSes08 Jun 2021 | 9

Apple settles with student after authorized repair workers leaked her naked pics to her Facebook page

Which pours cold water over Cupertino's insistence that third-party fixes violate privacy

Legal07 Jun 2021 | 116

Apple faces another suit over its allegedly misleading water resistance claims

Filing says most users' devices 'may experience limited water contact'

Legal26 Apr 2021 | 36

iPhone XR caught fire after getting trapped in airline passenger's seat

Sulphorous stench was self-immolating Apple product

Personal Tech20 Apr 2021 | 53

Last chance to grab an iPhone Mini as savvy analyst reckons Apple will scrap it next year

Incoming iPhone 13 could be final slimline version

Personal Tech15 Apr 2021 | 27

Got a need for speed? New report claims iPhone 12's 5G performance lags behind that of rival Android models

Baked-in mmWave support may improve figures with more deployments

Personal Tech16 Mar 2021 | 12

The iPhone 12 captured our attention and wallets, says new report from Gartner

Latest and greatest put Samsung in second, while Huawei risks irrelevancy

Personal Tech22 Feb 2021 | 6

Bothering to upgrade the iPhone 12 over older models has proven to be worth its weight in gold for Apple

Macs sell like hot cakes too thanks to M1 chip, everything up by double digits

On-Prem28 Jan 2021 | 27

Apple slapped with €60m lawsuit from Italian consumer rights org for slowing down CPUs in old iPhones

Third time's a charm? Suebell number three filed by Euroconsumers members

Personal Tech26 Jan 2021 | 41

Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron pegs damage from iPhone factory riot at $7m

Down from original estimate of $60m, and Apple is investigating if supplier guidelines were breached

Personal Tech15 Dec 2020 | 12

Users complain iOS 14.2 causes some older iPhones to overheat, rapidly lose charge

Plus: Fault-prone iPhone 11 display? Send it in, says Apple

Personal Tech07 Dec 2020 | 27