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Apple fixes iOS 15.4 battery-drain issue with software update

Enlarge / The front of the 2022 iPhone SE. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple released a small iPhone software update Thursday to address an issue iPhone users have struggled with since iOS 15.4 reached devices. Users took to forums, Reddit, social media platforms, and Apple support channels to complain that their iPhones’ batteries were draining unusually […]

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Apple fixes iOS 15.4 battery-drain issue with software update

Enlarge / The front of the 2022 iPhone SE. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple released a small iPhone software update Thursday to address an issue iPhone users have struggled with since iOS 15.4 reached devices. Users took to forums, Reddit, social media platforms, and Apple support channels to complain that their iPhones’ batteries were draining unusually […]

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Apple plans to build its own financial infrastructure for payments and lending

Enlarge / The featureless, very Apple-like physical Apple Card. (credit: Apple) Apple plans to build its own in-house technology and infrastructure for financial services, according to a new Bloomberg report citing people with knowledge of the matter. The initiative is internally codenamed “Breakout” as an allusion to the idea of users breaking free from the […]

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Apple plans to build its own financial infrastructure for payments and lending

Enlarge / The featureless, very Apple-like physical Apple Card. (credit: Apple) Apple plans to build its own in-house technology and infrastructure for financial services, according to a new Bloomberg report citing people with knowledge of the matter. The initiative is internally codenamed “Breakout” as an allusion to the idea of users breaking free from the […]

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Antitrust bill in Senate would help rein in Big Tech platforms, DOJ says

Enlarge (credit: James Leynse/Corbis) The Department of Justice is throwing its weight behind an antitrust bill working its way through the Senate, with the department saying that it needs new tools to help police markets dominated by platforms such as Amazon, Meta (formerly Facebook), Apple, and Google. “The Department views the rise of dominant platforms […]

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Data-harvesting code in mobile apps sends user data to “Russia’s Google”

Enlarge / Photo taken on October 12, 2021 in Moscow shows Russia’s internet search engine Yandex’s logo on a laptop screen. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) (credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev | Getty Images) Russia’s biggest Internet company has embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that allows […]

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iFixit’s Mac Studio teardown reveals monster cooling system

iFixit removes the Mac Studio’s SSD. [credit: iFixit ] iFixit’s teardown of the Mac Studio found a monstrous thermal management system attached to a relatively small computer, among other things. The teardown video depicted a somewhat complicated but not insurmountable process for getting inside that little metal rectangle, and there weren’t too many surprises. The […]

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Mac Mini + iPad Mini = touchscreen Mac

Enlarge / The device has a touchscreen instead of an integrated keyboard and touchpad. (credit: Scott Yu-Jan/YouTube) Measuring 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches and weighing 2.6 pounds, the Mac Mini is more portable than most desktops. But in order to use it at, for example, a café, you also need to carry some sort […]

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Apple could soon turn the iPhone into a recurring subscription service

Enlarge / The back of the iPhone 13. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple is working on a way for users to acquire iPhones as part of a subscrption service, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The service could launch as soon as this year, but it could also arrive in early 2023. The new offering would fit […]