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Apple must pay TOT Power Control, a Spanish patent owner, more than $110.7 million in damages for infringing a patent related to wireless communications technology, reports Reuters.  A Delaware federal jury said in a verdict that wireless chips in Apple’s...

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) have unveiled the August schedule for “Friday Night Baseball,” the weekly doubleheader streaming every Friday on Apple TV+ throughout the 2025 regular season.  Available in 60 countries and regions, fans can enjoy two marquee...

Apple claims one of its San Jose engineers stole trade secrets, then took them to rivals reports SiliconValley.com. Di Liu, a seven-year employee, told Apple he was resigning his position as a design engineer to spend more time with his family and look after his...

Rory Culkin (“Black Mirror,” Under the Banner of Heaven”) has been cast in Apple and A+E Studios‘ as-yet-untitled series based on the bestselling crime novels by Lars Kepler, reports Deadline.  He joins the previously announced series regular stars, Liev...

Apple has seeded the second developer betas of macOS 15.6, iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, tvOS 18.6, visionOS 2.6, and watchOS 11.6. Registered developers can download the betas via Apple’s developer portal. Or they can be downloaded over-the-air once the proper configuration...

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Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From the Wall Street Journal (a subscription is required to read the entire article): Apple will delay offering some planned new features to its products this year because EU...

The technical body of Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE has recommended a decision against Apple for what it called anti-competitive practices in the tech giant’s iOS ecosystem, reports Reuters. The move follows complaints filed in 2022 by firms including Latin...

Apple will have to face the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit accusing it of unlawfully dominating the U.S. smartphone market, reports Reuters. U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, denied Apple’s motion — filed in August 2024 — was to dismiss the...

Shipments of desktops and notebooks to the United States grew 15% year on year in the first quarter of 2025, hitting 16.9 million units, according to new data from Canalys. And it was great news for the Mac. According to Canalys, Apple sold 2.7 million Macs in the...

Another day, another lawsuit. Privacy-focused software provider Proton has sued Apple, alleging anticompetitive practices at Apple’s App Store. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California and joins an existing class-action...

Tom Gunter, one of Apple’s most senior large language model researchers, has left the company after eight years, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. He reportedly resigned last week. some colleagues see him as difficult to replace “given his unique skillset and the...

Apple shouldn’t have to change its App Store rules to meet a court order in its everlasting lawsuit with Epic Games as this would violate Apple’s First Amendment rights. This is the position of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), alongside...

Apple has updated Pixelmator Pro, the drawing and photo editing app it acquired last year, to version 3.7. As best I can tell, only the Mac version has been updated, not the iPadOS or iOS versions. In November 2024, Apple acquired Pixelmator, the company behind the...

As Apple Music marks its 10th anniversary this year, Apple has unveiled what it says is its most ambitious creative project to date: a brand-new state-of-the-art studio space in Los Angeles dedicated to artist-driven content, innovation in audio, and deeper fan...

Apple TV+ productions have received four nominations at the  annual Location Managers Guild International (LMGI). It bombed at the box office, but Apple TV+’s “Fly Me to the Moon” movie is nominated for “Outstanding Locations in a Period Film.” The streaming...

Apple Original Films‘ “F1” is roaring to a a US$140 million global opening, not only the best ever for an Apple Original Films‘ “F1” is roaring to a a US$140 million global opening, the best ever for an Apple streaming service production, but also a record start for a...

Apple has been granted a patent for an “enhanced virtual touchpad.” It would work with gaze and gesture input systems for a Mac. About the patent Obviously, many different types of user interface devices and methods are currently available such as a computer keyboard,...

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites. ° From 9to5Mac: As AI agents come closer to taking real actions on our behalf (messaging someone, buying something, toggling account settings, etc.), a new study co-authored by...

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of June 23-27. ° India’s Mac sales grew 73% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, according to new data from Canalys.  ° India’s iPad sales grew 73% year-over-year in the...

For its latest project, the French television channel CANAL+ set out to capture not just the speed but also the quieter moments that define a race weekend in Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP).  Filmed entirely with the new Blackmagic URSA Cine...

Apple has bought a South Bay office campus for US$350 million in a deal that means the tech titan has now spent well over a half-billion dollars on Santa Clara County (California) real estate this week, reports SiliconValley.com. The tech giant bought a two-building...

I didn’t see this coming, but Apple’s Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development.  This is done via an establishment of a dedicated Android Working Group within the Swift open-source project. In February Apple...

The crime drama “Smoke,” reuniting the creative team behind Apple TV+’s acclaimed hit limited drama “Black Bird,” debuts today on Apple TV+. It stars and is executive produced by Emmy Award nominee Taron Egerton. “Smoke” debuts today with the first two episodes,...

Germany’s data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection,  reports Reuters. Commissioner Meike Kamp said in a statement today that she had...

Apple has opened a new retail store at Forrest Place, a pedestrianized area in the heart of Perth, Australia. The tech giant previously had a retail store there. However, it’s been replaced with the new (and larger) one that opened today at 9 a.m. local time. With the...

Here are some of the latest accessory and hardware announcements of the week: ° MAGEASY has reintroduced its Magic Keyboard-compatible iPad case, CoverBuddy, with design upgrades and a limited-time back-to-school discount. ° Targus has announced the arrival...

Here are some of the latest software announcements of the week:  ° –Histoury Inc., a travel tech company, has launched its Portyl app that’s designed to “transform the heritage tourism experience with immersive augmented reality (AR).” The company says it...

Emmy, SAG, and Tony-nominated actor Bill Camp (“Presumed Innocent,” “The Queen’s Gambit)” joins the series regular cast of the Apple and A+E Studios upcoming series based on the bestselling crime novels by Lars Kepler, reports Deadine. He joins the...

Secureframe, a provider of security compliance automation, says it’s installed Fleet, the open-source platform for security and IT teams, as the default agent within Secureframe.  This collaboration integrates Fleet’s capabilities into Secureframe’s platform,...