Smartphones

Apple ‘Infringes DMA’ With New EU Developer Terms

Apple plans for compliance with EU's Digital Markets Act show 'disdain' for regulators and 'should not be tolerated', argues legal…

9 months ago

Fortnite To Return To iPhones In European Union

Epic Games to bring Fortnite back to iPhones under new EU competition rules – but criticises new Apple 'junk fees'

9 months ago

UK CMA Opens Antitrust Investigation Of Vodafone, Three Merger

Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) begins Phase 1 investigation of Vodafone UK's merger with Three UK

9 months ago

Apple Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit Over UK Developer Fees

Apple argues developer lawsuit 'unsustainable', as it faces multiple UK cases targeting App Store fees, battery slowdown

10 months ago

Spotify Decries ‘Outrageous’ New Apple Developer Fees

Spotify calls new US App Store fees for external payments 'outrageous', calls on UK government to block similar move

10 months ago

Samsung Embeds Google’s AI Tech In S24 Smartphones

Samsung unveils its portfolio of S24 smartphones, and reveals they will include Google's generative AI technology

10 months ago

Apple To Drop Sensor From Some Watch Models – Report

Redesign plan to remove blood-oxygen sensor on certain Apple Watch models is dependent on an appeal court decision

10 months ago

US Supreme Court Snubs Apple App Store Appeal

Highest court in the United States declines to hear Apple appeal of lower court ruling in antitrust case from Epic…

10 months ago

Apple Becomes Top Smartphone Vendor By Volume For First Time

Apple has become the world's biggest smartphone maker by volume for the first time ever, dethroning Samsung after 12 years

10 months ago

Apple Offers iPhone Discounts In China Amidst Stiff Competition

Apple offers unusual iPhone discounts in China amidst lower sales, stiffer competition from Xiaomi, Huawei

10 months ago

Al Gore Steps Down From Apple Board, Due To Age

Former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, steps down from Apple board, because he is now 75 years…

10 months ago

Microsoft Briefly Overtakes Apple As Most Valuable Tech Company

Microsoft briefly overtook Apple as the most valuable tech company in the world, after share price pushed market cap to…

10 months ago

China Cracks Apple Encryption, Claims It Can Identify AirDrop Senders

Apple's encryption for AirDrop file-sharing has alleged being cracked, as Chinese authorities claim they can ID senders

10 months ago

Samsung ‘Sees Fourth-Quarter Chip Rebound’

Analysts expect Samsung to show lowest profit drop in six quarters in latest sign of semiconductor market recovery

10 months ago

Apple Begins Making Payments In iPhone Slowdown Case

Apple begins paying users under 2020 settlement that ended legal dispute over deliberately slowing older iPhone models

10 months ago

Apple Watch Credited With Saving Woman’s Life After Poisoning

Emergency SOS function on Apple Watch credited with saving the life of a woman and her cat after carbon monoxide…

10 months ago

T-Mobile US Confirms SpaceX Satellite ‘Direct to Cell’ Launch

SpaceX launches first satellites that will deliver a mobile service to customers of T-Mobile US outside of cell tower range

10 months ago

BT Misses Deadline For Huawei Equipment Removal From Core Network

Nearly there. Carrier fails to completely meet UK government's year-end deadline, for removal of Huawei equipment from core network

10 months ago

Apple Design VP To Join Jony Ive, Sam Altman For AI Device – Report

Apple’s iPhone design boss Tang Tan will leave Apple and join Sir Jony Ive's LoveFrom, to work on AI device…

10 months ago

US Commerce Dept To Review Semiconductor Supply Chain

National security move, as the US Commerce Dept says it will launch survey of US semiconductor supply chain

11 months ago

ARM Lays Off Workers In China – Report

ARM Holdings has laid off over 70 software engineers in China, but will relocate some of the roles outside of…

11 months ago

Google To Pay $700m To Consumers In US Antitrust Settlement

Google agrees to pay $700m to US consumers in antitrust settlement with users and states as Epic presses to 'open…

11 months ago

Apple Supplier Qorvo Sells China Plants To Luxshare

US chip maker Qorvo sells two Chinese advanced wireless chip plants to Luxshare amidst ongoing restructure of global supply chain

11 months ago

Apple To Overhaul ‘Confusing’ iPad Family – Report

New versions of iPad Pro and iPad Air reportedly on the way, as Apple seeks to make iPad portfolio less…

11 months ago

Ofcom Proposes Ban On ‘Inflation-Linked’ Mid-Contract Price Hikes

UK regulator Ofcom proposes new rules for consumers to protect against inflation-linked price rises during a contract

11 months ago

Apple May Open iPhone NFC Access To Competitors

Apple reportedly offers to open access to iPhone and iPad standardised NFC to competitors in bid to settle antitrust probe

11 months ago

Huawei Mate 60 Shows China ‘Progress’ In Replacing US Parts

Huawei Mate 60 Pro 5G-capable handset shows China making 'significant progress' in replacing US RF chips, 5G baseband processors, study…

11 months ago

Fortnite Maker Epic Wins Antitrust Case Against Google

Legal win against Google for Epic Games may force Android maker to allow more app stores and alternative payment methods

11 months ago

UK Mobile Giants ‘Overcharged Users’ £3.3bn, Lawsuit Claims

Class action lawsuit claims mobile companies' 'loyalty penalty' contracts have overcharged consumers billions since 2007

11 months ago

Apple ‘Asks For Rethink’ On India Universal Charger Rules

Apple reportedly asks Indian authorities for extension or for existing models to be exempted from EU-style universal charger rules

11 months ago