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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 | 48

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 | 41

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

Italian competition watchdog slaps Apple with €10m fine over allegedly misleading iPhone waterproofing claims

We said they were water-resistant, counters iGiant, as unhappy customers return from the beach

Personal Tech30 Nov 2020 | 72

Why did Apple hamstring camera repairs on standard iPhone 12 but leave Pro Max module swappable? asks engineering group

Bug? iFixit muses in teardown of Cupertino's top-tier mobe

Personal Tech23 Nov 2020 | 23

Honey, I shrunk the iPhone 12: Mini teardown reveals same components, only smaller

And with better repairability than its big brother too

Personal Tech16 Nov 2020 | 20

Apple braces for antitrust woes by letting users select and install third-party apps during setup of iOS 14.3

Controlling? Us? Never!

Software13 Nov 2020 | 23

Apple opens pre-orders of iPhone 12 Mini and Pro Max models, the cheapest and most expensive in the lineup

Smaller handset £699 going up to £1,099 for top-tier flavour

Personal Tech06 Nov 2020 | 18

Right to repair? At least you still have the right to despair: Camera modules cannot be swapped on the iPhone 12

Not without Apple's proprietary System Configuration app anyway

Personal Tech30 Oct 2020 | 42

iPhone sales shrink for 2nd year in a row as delay to next-gen mobile launch hits hard

An unsightly stain among otherwise solid Apple results – considering the sh*t show that is 2020

On-Prem30 Oct 2020 | 31

Honey, I shrunk the battery: Something's gotta give as iPhone 12's logic board swells to accommodate 5G chippery

Next-gen connectivity requires reshuffle beneath the surface

Personal Tech26 Oct 2020 | 33

Samsung aims boot at Apple's decision not to bundle a charger in with the iPhone 12, foot ends up in mouth

Come on Sammy, you've got form here so don't make the same mistakes again

Personal Tech16 Oct 2020 | 79

Seasonality goes out the window as Apple iPhone delays dent Broadcom's wireless chip sales in Q3

But CEO foresees 'significant upturn' as Jesus mobe release shifts to October

On-Prem04 Sep 2020 |

iPhone soon to be Hecho en Mexico? Taiwan's Foxconn, Pegatron mulling going south of the US border – report

Plus other gadget makers, too, we're told, amid China trade fears

Personal Tech26 Aug 2020 | 10

Apple faces further iPhone 12 supply chain woes, per famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

Taiwanese optics suppliers in the frame, reportedly

Personal Tech07 Aug 2020 | 4

Apple to hand out limited-edition iPhones among 1337 h4x0rs because it wants more bug-hunters

'Security Research Device' is for lab use only by those willing to help Cupertino find flaws

Personal Tech23 Jul 2020 | 20

Apple said to be removing charger, headphones from upcoming iPhone 12 series

Trying to reduce waste or funnelling punters into investing in AirPods?

Personal Tech29 Jun 2020 | 117

One year ago, Apple promised breakthrough features to help iPhone, iPad, Mac owners with disabilities. It failed them

WWDC Sure, you can make calls, for instance, but you can't end them

OSes25 Jun 2020 | 35

Apple's new WidgetKit: Windows Phone Live Tiles done right?

WWDC Separating widgets from App Icons is how Apple will avoid Microsoft's mistake

Software24 Jun 2020 | 14