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Apple’s latest earnings offer a glimpse at how it’s faring
Apple’s second quarter is usually interesting. As has now become customary, the company delivered new records, generated billions in revenue, and grew its services segment once again — generally good news except for the embarrassment of having to open up its app store while delivering the Q2 results. Apple announced that iPhone shipments increased 13% despite a global slowdown across…
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Stripe already has a way for iOS developers to dodge Apple’s payment system
Payment processing platform Stripe just added a way for iOS developers to accept payments by linking outside their apps, dodging Apple’s commission fees. The move comes after a landmark ruling on Wednesday in the Epic v. Apple antitrust case. Apple can no longer charge developers 27 percent fees on purchases made outside apps, and it cannot dictate how developers point…
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Spotify already has an app ready to test Apple’s new rules
Spotify says it has submitted an update to its iOS app that would, among other things, let US customers use payment options that aren’t Apple’s, according to a blog post. The update submission follows Wednesday’s major Epic Games v. Apple ruling that forces Apple not to take a cut of payments on non-Apple payment systems and stops Apple from dictating…
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Apple’s Newest iPad Air Just Hit Its Lowest Price Ever
Apple iPad Air (M3) 2025’s iPad Air upgrade features an M3 chip, is compatible with a new keyboard folio case, and has support for Apple Intelligence. It’s almost identical to the previous model in terms of look and feel. Ever since Apple’s iPad range started using the company’s desktop-range M series of chips, it has become a good middle-ground option…
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Big trouble, big changes for Apple’s iPhone 17 – Computerworld
You’ll see Apple’s C-series 5G modems begin to proliferate across the iPhone range, potentially with a C2 variant with slightly wider 5G band support. Software improvements will include iOS 19, which is also being billed as a huge change in the system and the introduction (we hope) of contextually aware Apple Intelligence. Roll it all together and you have the biggest iPhone…
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Apple’s complicated plan to improve its AI while protecting privacy
Apple says it’s found a way to make its AI models better without training on its users’ data or even copying it from their iPhones and Macs. In a blog post first reported on by Bloomberg, the company outlined its plans to have devices compare a synthetic dataset to samples of recent emails or messages from users who have opted…
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Apple’s picked a very fitnessy way to mark a decade of smartwatches
April 24th will be the 10th anniversary of the day the first Apple Watch shipped to customers. A decade is a major milestone in the gadget world, but you won’t see a lot of anniversary-themed fanfare to mark the occasion. Instead, Apple is dubbing the 24th as Global Close Your Rings Day — and it has some research from its…
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Has Apple’s Siri learned there is no ‘I’ in team? – Computerworld
The power of teams There is one more thing. A few weeks ago, we learned of changes in leadership for Apple Intelligence. That news emerged subsequent to Apple’s top 100 leaders meeting, an annual event usually held in secrecy. As John Gruber noted at that time, the fact that this news emerged after that meeting means at least two of Apple’s…
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Apple’s Siri upgrade may arrive in fall
Apple may finally be ready to roll out its smarter, more personalized Siri features before the 2025 holiday season, according to The New York Times. The publication cited three sources with knowledge of Apple’s plan to release a virtual assistant “in the fall” that can edit and send photos to a friend on request — features that were supposed to…
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Apple’s Macs are powering the PC market’s recovery
Maybe the forced Windows upgrades are to blame. Perhaps it’s the bad karma created by the Crowdstrike debacle. Or possibly, computer users have finally become convinced by Apple. Whatever the reason, it’s Apple’s Macs that are driving — and winning — the PC sales rebound, according to the latest Canalys data. Coming as it does on top of news that 88% of US teenagers are using…
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