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Ex-Apple VP Peter Stern to lead Ford Motor's new business services
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Ex-Apple VP Peter Stern to lead Ford Motor’s new business services

Automotive company, Ford Motor announced on Monday the appointment of a former Apple Inc executive, Peter Stern, as the president of its newly-established integrated services business. This division is primed with the critical mission of conceiving and promoting cutting-edge software solutions for Ford’s expansive array of vehicles. With a storied background encompassing leadership roles in […]

Apple, Samsung to invest in Softbank's chip firm Arm
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Apple, Samsung to invest in SoftBank’s chip firm Arm

Apple and Samsung Electronics have expressed their interest in investing in SoftBank Group-owned chip designer Arm at its upcoming initial public offering, which is expected in September, as reported by Japan’s Nikkei newspaper. Reuters previously reported that Arm was in discussions with several companies, including Apple, Samsung, and Intel, to secure anchor investors for its […]

Apple TV+ passes subscriber target thanks to Messi - CEO
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Apple TV+ passes subscriber target thanks to Messi – CEO

Apple CEO, Tom Cook has disclosed that the addition of star footballer Lionel Messi has helped the company grow its subscribers. Cook made this known in the quarterly earnings call held on Thursday where he disclosed that Apple TV+ had beaten its subscriber targets in the past three months ending July 1. He attributed some […]

Apple explores using 3D printers to create smartwatches
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Russia fines Apple for not removing ‘inaccurate information’

A Russian court has fined Apple 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for failing to remove “inaccurate” information regarding what Russia refers to as a “special military operation” in Ukraine. According to the TASS news agency, this was the first time Apple had received a fine for such an infraction. Long-running disagreements between Russia and Big […]

OpenAI is facing ongoing capacity challenges following the launch of its viral image generation feature last week, as a result, the company has temporarily disabled
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Apple releases public beta 2 of iOS 17, macOS, others

A week after seeding the fourth beta of iOS 17 to developers, Apple on Monday released the second public beta of this operating system, as well as of iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, macOS Sonoma, tvOS 17, and HomePod Software Version 17. With that, enrolled public beta testers can take advantage of the most recent updates, […]

Samsung launches foldable phones, challenges Apple's dominance
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Samsung launches foldable phones, challenges Apple’s dominance

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced release of the newest foldable cellphones. Samsung aims to challenge Apple’s hegemony in the high-end market. The leading smartphone manufacturer in the world created the market in 2019, anticipating that it would appeal to users seeking a larger screen to view content while maintaining a small total phone size. The […]

Apple explores using 3D printers to create smartwatches
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Apple uses AI chatbot internally – Report

Apple is utilising an internal chatbot to assist its staff in “prototyping future features, summarising text, and answering questions based on data it has been trained with” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in Power On. Although Apple is still unsure of its customer-facing plans for the Apple GPT chatbot project, Gurman’s article provided some insight […]

Apple's iOS 17 to introduce "Personal Voice" feature
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Apple’s iOS 17 to introduce “Personal Voice” feature

Apple’s upcoming major software update for the iPhone, iOS 17, will unveil a game-changing accessibility feature known as “personal voice.” This innovative tool is specifically designed to assist individuals who may face challenges in speaking, whether due to potential loss of speech ability or difficulties in articulation. The “personal voice” feature will reside within the […]

Unity's Apple Vision Pro game tool available in beta
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Unity’s Apple Vision Pro game tool available in beta

Unity has disclosed that the visionOS beta for its development platform had begun. The device will assist developers in converting and producing a 3D experience for Apple’s “spatial computing” platform, PolySpatial was introduced at WWDC along with the Vision Pro headset. The platform offers users who have previously created applications using the Unity Engine familiar […]

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Spain hits Apple, Amazon with €194m antitrust fine

The US digital behemoths Amazon and Apple were fined a combined sum of 194 million euros ($218 million) by Spain’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday for colluding in the selling of goods. The regulator stated in a statement that the two companies had agreed to prohibit the selling of Apple items on Amazon’s Spanish websites by […]

France approves Apple’s iPhone 12 update
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Russia bans govt officials from using iPhones

Russian authorities have started to ban government personnel from using Apple iPhones for official state purposes, according to the Financial Times. The country’s trade ministry will start banning iPhone use on Monday for all “work purposes” but they’re permitted to continue using those devices for personal purposes as long as they don’t access official correspondence […]