The US told Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips. It has no rule that stops it
The US told Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips. It has no rule that stops it

The commerce secretary made the comments to The Wall Street Journal on 14 August, in a piece by Rolfe Winkler, Raffaele Huang and Amrith Ramkumar. “The Trump administration is not in favor of that,” Lutnick said. There have to be “other solutions to th…

A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping
A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping

If you’re a student looking for an affordable laptop, I have bad news and I have good news. The bad news is that computer prices are out of whack due to the ongoing RAM and storage crunch, making some a little pricier than they used to be and others wildly more expensive. The good news? […]

Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps.

Apple wants to pay publishers per use, not per year, to give Siri the news
Apple wants to pay publishers per use, not per year, to give Siri the news

Alexandra Bruell reported the talks for the Wall Street Journal on 12 August, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple has approached publishers over recent months. The content would give Siri AI access to current news and information, the kind th…

Meta removed 756,000 Australian accounts. Its real ask is that Apple does the checking
Meta removed 756,000 Australian accounts. Its real ask is that Apple does the checking

Representatives of Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap give evidence to an Australian parliamentary inquiry on Friday, Reuters reported. Regulators and government officials appear too. Meta went first, and it went alone. On Wednesday it published its enforce…

Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba

Apple has reportedly trained a custom AI model for the China market alongside domestic tech giant Alibaba, a rare cross-border partnership that cuts across growing tensions between Beijing and Washington. The China-focused large language model was developed in partnership with Alibaba and trained with the company’s support, Reuters reports, citing three unnamed people familiar with […]

Apple trained its own AI model for China, and handed the brain to Alibaba
Apple trained its own AI model for China, and handed the brain to Alibaba

Apple has trained its own large language model for the Chinese market with Alibaba’s support, a striking break from the company’s usual habit of leaning on other people’s models. According to a Reuters report, Apple is the first foreign firm Beijing ha…

Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don’t use the company’s in-app purchase system. Epic has already responded, saying that Apple’s request is “far outside of the bounds” of the […]

Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report

The tech giant has considered a nine-figure budget for the payments, according to the WSJ.

It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year
It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year

According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPhone 18 Pro series phones will launch this fall, but the base iPhone 18 won’t arrive until the first quarter of next year. The more affordable iPhone 18e and a new iPhone Air […]