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Mossberg: Can Apple win the next tech war?

Walt Mossberg May 25, 2016 09:00 am12 hours ago

Fifteen years ago, when the time became ripe for post-PC devices that put a premium on integrating software and hardware, Apple was the best-positioned company to lead the charge — and it did. The...

Apple could have a very hard time in the AI war that's dawning

Apple is reportedly building a Siri speaker to rival Amazon’s Echo

Nick Statt May 24, 2016 04:49 pm05.24.2016 253

Apple is working on its own competitor to the Amazon Echo to give consumers a Siri-powered speaker for the home, according to a report from The Information today. Not only that, but Apple is also...

Apple could open Siri to third-party apps very soon

Eric Schmidt tells room full of iPhone users: 'So much for the Android monopoly in Europe'

James Vincent May 25, 2016 05:17 am16 hours ago 46

For a man who makes more than his fair share of verbal gaffes, Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt can still come up with the odd zinger when he needs to. Schmidt was speaking to a packed house at...

Encryption expert returns to Apple in wake of San Bernardino standoff

Russell Brandom May 24, 2016 04:27 pm05.24.2016 6

One of the cryptography world's biggest names has returned to Apple. According to a Reuters report, former Silent Circle CTO Jon Callas is employed by Apple as of this month, working in an undisclosed...

The man behind FileVault

Adonit improved its best stylus and made it even cheaper

Jacob Kastrenakes May 24, 2016 10:30 am05.24.2016 6

Adonit is doing away with its top-of-the-line stylus and replacing it with a slightly better model that'll sell at a lower price. The new stylus is called the Pixel, and its introduction is definitely a...

Also, it comes in cooler colors

OtterBox made a modular case that lets you add and remove accessories

Jacob Kastrenakes May 24, 2016 09:00 am05.24.2016 4

When you put a case on your phone, you usually give up the ability to add on more accessories — be it a new camera lens, a card reader, or extra storage. So OtterBox is trying to change that. It's...

With accessories from Square, Olloclip, and SanDisk

Major MacBook Pro revamp could replace function keys with OLED touch bar

Sam Byford May 23, 2016 11:33 pm05.23.2016 107

Apple is preparing a serious overhaul of the MacBook Pro line for later this year, according to a research note from well-connected KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo reported on by MacRumors. The laptops...

Touch ID also on the way?

MacBook 2016 review: all of the possibilities, all of the realities

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Apple’s rules for video games are still causing problems in the App Store

Nick Statt May 23, 2016 03:05 pm05.23.2016 44

Apple, which last week rejected a mobile game called Liyla and The Shadows of War for its political undertones, has decided to approve it after all. The monochrome platformer, which tells the story of a...

Apple backtracks on Palestinian game

Apple and Google are playing catch-up — and that's a good thing

Vlad Savov May 23, 2016 01:04 pm05.23.2016 133

One of the complaints I'm hearing with increasingly regularity in the wake of an Apple or Google launch event is that the company in question is "playing catch-up." Hey Apple, nice job with that Surface...

We need to stop interpreting progress through an adversarial lens

Display manufacturing supplier gives more evidence for OLED iPhone in 2017

Jordan Golson May 23, 2016 12:39 pm05.23.2016 25

Applied Materials, a firm that makes equipment to build screens for smartphones, is reporting a huge leap in orders, reports Bloomberg. The four-fold increase adds credence to a series of reports claiming...

Heavy investments in OLED manufacturing

Apple pulls latest iOS update for 9.7-inch iPad Pro over 'Error 56' issue

Kwame Opam May 21, 2016 06:00 pm05.21.2016 42

After weeks of complaints from users, Apple decided to pull the most recent version of iOS, 9.3.2, for 9.7-inch iPad Pros this week. The release has reportedly been causing "Error 56" issues for some,...

Apple is working on a fix

Apple might let you unlock your Mac with an iPhone and Touch ID

Nick Statt May 19, 2016 06:24 pm05.19.2016 39

Apple is working on an OS X feature that would allow Mac computers to be unlocked using an iPhone's fingerprint reader and Touch ID, according to a report from MacRumors. This auto-unlock feature may be...

Bringing the iPhone's security to the Mac
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