To promote January 28, Data Privacy Day, Apple has released a heavily illustrated report on just how a typical user’s privacy can be used by advertisers — and how Apple works to stop this.
Apple has released “A Day in the Life of your Data,” an illustrated and “easy-to-understand” report that details how companies track […]
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Facebook is reportedly preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple over App Store policies and an upcoming iOS 14 privacy feature, though plans to file it aren’t set in stone.
The social media giant has been working with outside legal counsel on the complaint, which would allege that Apple “abused its power in the smartphone market […]
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Apple overtook Huawei to reclaim its spot as the second-bestselling smartphone manufacturer in the world in 2020, according to new research reports from Counterpoint Research and Canalys. Samsung was still the leading seller in terms of number of smartphones shipped, while Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo took the next three spots, according to Counterpoint. It was […]
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Apple’s iOS 14 operating system includes a new security sandbox system designed to protect Messages users from potentially malicious code, according to new research shared on Thursday.
Discovered by Samuel Groß, a member of Google’s Project Zero team, the new sandbox is named BlastDoor and is restricted to the Messages level of iOS, reports […]
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We may earn a commission if you make a purchase from the links on this page. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 has dropped and, to everyone’s surprise, it’s cheaper than last year’s Galaxy S20! That’s right, the Galaxy S21 will set you back $800, which is still a respectable lump of cash, but still a lot better […]
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Apple is investigating how to make the battery in an Apple Watch move in order to provide haptic feedback to the wearer.
Apple is continuing its efforts to make Apple Watch thinner, this time by looking to remove the need for a standalone Taptic engine. Instead of space being taken up by that engine, Apple […]
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Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, has launched his strongest attack on Facebook yet, as the two companies face off over Apple’s plans for new privacy features that would severely limit online advertising. Speaking to the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference on “Data Privacy Dayâ€�, Cook defended Apple’s decision to introduce the features, called App […]
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A new petition is calling on Apple to remove Robinhood from the App Store after the service froze trades of GameStop and other stocks backed by Redditors.
In January 2021, users on the WallStreetBets subreddit drove a handful of stocks, which were shorted by hedge funds, to unusually high prices. Amid the chaos, Robinhood and […]
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On Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on an international Data Privacy Day panel to tout Apple’s latest privacy features and assail social media companies like Facebook over privacy flaws. Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook used an appearance on a virtual International Data Privacy Day panel Thursday to attack Facebook in a series of thinly […]
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“Over the last several years, a small number of people in our community have done everything possible to hurt our facility and the many good people who work there. Never letting facts stand in their way, they have failed at every turn. So, this week the same group is back again with a new letter […]
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