Month: March 2021

Lawyers for Epic Games and Apple today participated in a management conference with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez to hammer out the details of an upcoming bench trial, which is set to take place on May 3. Apple was aiming to get the trial delayed until a later date, but the judge denied the request and said…

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Thanks to the hard work of @Pwn20wnd and Sam Binger, the first iOS 14 – iOS 14.3 jailbreak for all iPhones and iPad, including the iPhone 12, iPhone 11, and older iPhones was released over the weekend. Since this is the first release of the tool, there are a lot of lingering bugs. So there’s…

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Apple faces a new class-action lawsuit that accuses it of deliberately releasing iOS updates that slowly reduce the performance of an iPhone, forcing customers to upgrade their devices. The lawsuit comes from the Portuguese Consumer Protection Agency, Deco Proteste (via Marketeer), which in a statement says that it will proceed with a case against the…

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Woot is back with a solid discount on Apple’s AirPods Pro, which are available for $189.99, down from $249.00. This is one of the lowest ongoing prices that we have tracked for the AirPods Pro, and they’re beating Amazon’s current sale by $10. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Woot. When you click a…

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The U.S. Supreme Court will today hear arguments about whether the systems used by technology companies, including Apple and Google, to invalidate patents and see off litigation are unconstitutional (via Bloomberg). The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), set up by Congress in 2011, has invalidated more than 2,000 patents. Apple is the single biggest…

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Here’s how to make your Apple Watch apps show up when you want, hide them when you don’t, and how to get quicker access to the ones you use the most.Apps on Apple WatchYour Apple Watch is replete with apps you don’t use, and may not even have realised you were installing. It makes for…

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On the latest HomeKit Insider podcast, your hosts discuss the new HomeKit product updates from Wemo, Belkin, Brilliant, Eve, and Sensibo, updates to ongoing projects from Andrew and Stephen, and answer nearly a dozen listener questions.HomeKit Insider: A new AppleInsider podcastIn product news, Sensibo Air has added HomeKit support. This device allows you to control…

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Some owners of the Apple Card will benefit from higher levels of Daily Cash in March, with Apple raising the percentage to 3% for any Apple Card with Apple Pay transactions.Apple Card’s Daily Cash benefit offers cashback for purchases when using the Apple Card, with the amount varying depending on how it is used. For…

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AMD will be expanding its Radeon RX 6000 graphics card line on March 3, with the launch thought to introduce lower-priced options that could eventually be used with the Mac Pro or eGPU solutions.The first Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs were introduced on October 28, with the RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT…

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Apple Silicon maker TSMC plans to raise over half a billion dollars in bonds as it attempts to expand its operations to Arizona while facing a worldwide chip shortage.TSMC plans on using a bond sale to fund expansion, including an Arizona plantTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reportedly plans on offering around NT$16 billion (US$565.25 million)…

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Apple has a secure mobile ecosystem because of choices in hardware and software that it has made, but the same systems and policies that keep most hackers out could be dramatically helping those few who can beat it.Apple locks down its devices to prevent malware, but it’s impossible to prevent everythingApple not only publicly champions…

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Owners of the Beats Powerbeats Pro will soon have an easier time recovering the wireless earbuds, as Apple has included support for the personal audio accessories in the Find My app in the iOS 14.5 beta.Apple’s AirPods are, so far, the only personal audio devices capable of being tracked down in the Find My app,…

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