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By Aditya Deshbandhu The desktop has been the hallowed ground for PC gamers since times immemorial. Well, if you wish to be precise, the last three decades. With every iteration of new silicon design that companies have cast in their foundries, the performance gap with laptops has only widened as components have gotten bigger and […]
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Hyderabad: He began wooing the blue bird with a purchase of about 74 million shares. And then, in just three months, Elon Musk’s courtship with Twitter appears to be heading towards a sour end. So, what is making Musk look the other way? One of the reasons the Tesla boss is backing out, according to […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has seeded the first public beta versions of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 8, and tvOS 16 to members of its software testing programme. The first public beta versions of the new software updates should be essentially identical to their revised third developer beta counterparts. Interested users can sign up […]
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San Francisco: Apple is planning to launch an “extreme sports” version of the Apple Watch this year with a larger screen, media report says. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the upcoming Apple Watch is expected to have the tech giant’s largest smartwatch display to date, along with a bigger battery and rugged metal casing, reports TechCrunch. […]
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New Delhi: As state-sponsored cyber attacks with government spyware like Pegasus grow, Apple has previewed an extreme level of security that offers specialised additional protection to high-profile users who may be at risk of highly targeted attacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware. Called Lockdown Mode and coming this fall with iOS 16, iPadOS […]
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Artificial intelligence, when used by human intelligence, can have some interesting spin-offs, like what is being done using Apple’s latest location tracker device, AirTag, and what China’s ruling party is doing with AI-powered facial scans. The AirTag controversy saw Irish actor and author Hannah Rose May claiming that she was tracked by an AirTag, after […]
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New Delhi: Health-centric Apple Watch Series 8 will reportedly come with a body temperature sensor that will let the user know if he or she is running a fever. The upcoming Apple Watch should be able to detect a spike in body temperature, and then ask you to use a thermometer, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. “The […]
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Beijing: Apple captured half of smartphones sold in China during the 6.18 online shopping festival, at the expense of Chinese brands Xiaomi and Honor. According to new research from Strategy Analytics, 14 million units of smartphones were sold during the festival, down 25 per cent (on-year). “Apple outperformed the market selling nearly 7 million iPhone units, […]
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San Francisco: The demand for tech giant Apple’s much anticipated and upcoming iPhone 14 series is expected to be higher than iPhone 13 series in China. A survey carried out by reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that suppliers and retailers are pre-paying significantly higher deposits for the first expected iPhone 14 units, reports GizmoChina. […]
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San Francisco: Gene Levoff, a top corporate secretary and director of corporate law at Apple, has admitted engaging in an insider trading scheme that spanned five years. California-based Levoff pleaded guilty by videoconference before US District Judge William J. Martini to six counts of an indictment charging him with securities fraud, said Vikas Khanna, an […]
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San Francisco: The Supreme Court in the US has declined Apple’s bid for a hearing over two patents by chip-maker Qualcomm that alleged infringement of its technologies by the iPhone maker. Qualcomm and Apple in 2019 announced an agreement to dismiss all ongoing litigations, including with Apple’s contract manufacturers, between the two companies worldwide. The […]
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New Delhi: Apple is set to launch several new devices, starting from iPhone 14 series, new iPads, three Watches, refreshed AirPods Pro, new HomePod, several upgraded Macs, along with an AR/MR headset powered by its flagship M2 processor. In fact, the M2 chip will power most of new Apple products, including M2 Mac mini, M2 […]
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New Delhi: In the hybrid learning times, Apple’s annual education offer went live on its India Store Online, where those buying an eligible Mac or iPad for the college or university will get an AirPods for free along with six-months free of Apple Music. The ‘Back to School’ offer is available for current and newly accepted […]
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San Francisco: Four Democratic lawmakers have called on the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate tech giants Apple and Google over selling personal data. According to The Wall Street Journal, the lawmakers alleged the companies engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by enabling the collection and sale of mobile-phone users’ personal information. Apple and Google […]
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New Delhi: Apple will release its augmented reality (AR)-mixed reality (MR) headset in January next year, as the buzz around metaverse gains steam. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the vast potential demand in the Chinese market and “Apple AR/MR, which will likely release in January 2023, will also favour the continued rapid growth of […]
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New Delhi: Apple is further cracking down on SMS-based junk messages and has revamped message filtering in the iOS 16 Beta for developers. The new update allows developers of filter extensions to classify non-personal messages into 12 subcategories within “Transactions” and “Promotions.” The Transactions category includes finance, reminders, orders, health, public services, weather, carrier, rewards and […]
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New Delhi: Apple may launch the second-generation model of AirTag that let users keep track of personal items like keys, wallet, purse, backpack, luggage and more through the Find My app. According to famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities, the tech giant can launch the next general model of AirTag if the shipments […]
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San Francisco: At least 73 per cent of the representatives said that tech giant Apple gained the most switchers while only 16 per cent goes to Samsung in the US, says a report. According to new data from US carrier channels, at least 43 per cent of the representatives said that they would switch from […]
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London: Apple is set to face another class-action lawsuit seeking damages worth $935 million in the UK over intentionally slowing down the performance of older iPhones to encourage customers to buy newer models. Consumer rights campaigner Justin Gutmann is filing the lawsuit in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London, on behalf of up to 25 […]
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San Francisco: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including Indian-origin Joseph Ravichandran, have identified a new hardware vulnerability in Apple’s in-house silicon M1 chip that powers Macs. The threat, dubbed ‘PACMAN’ by PhD student Ravichandran, enables attackers to stop the M1 chip from detecting software bug attacks. The M1 chip uses a feature […]
