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Despite paying $900M in tariffs, Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t announcing price increases — yet

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Increased tariffs cost Apple $900 million last quarter, the company said when it announced solid first quarter results. While almost a $1 billion in extra fees paid to the government is nothing to sneeze at, Apple is so enormous that one analyst on the quarterly earnings call described the hit as surprisingly low. Apple reported […]

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Apple reportedly considered building the iPhone 17 Air without ports

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After reporting in January that Apple is adding an “Air” option to its iPhone lineup, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is offering more details about the upcoming slimmer iPhone. The iPhone 17 Air will launch this fall, Gurman says — and like the MacBook Air, it will be thinner than standard models, while combining high-end and low-end

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Apple’s Lockdown Mode is good for security — but its notifications are baffling

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As a paranoid journalist, I am an enthusiastic user of Apple’s opt-in “extreme protection” feature, Lockdown Mode.  Apple launched Lockdown Mode in 2022, and since then the security feature is considered a must-use for dissidents in corrupt countries, human-rights defenders in oppressive regimes, and journalists speaking truth to power.  Lockdown Mode is designed to switch

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Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users

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A little-known phone surveillance operation called Spyzie has compromised more than half a million Android devices and thousands of iPhones and iPads, according to data shared by a security researcher.  Most of the affected device owners, who are unknown, are likely unaware that their phone data has been compromised. The security researcher told TechCrunch that

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Apple’s $599 iPhone 16e adds AI, launches February 28

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As anticipated, Apple revealed the long-awaited iPhone SE refresh Tuesday. The fourth generation device arrives three years after the last major update to the budget-minded smartphone. This one arrives with a twist, however. The SE branding has been dropped to keep the device more in line with the company’s flagships. The new iPhone 16e starts

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Tim Cook teases Apple product news for February 19 — likely the iPhone SE

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Apple CEO Tim Cook took to X Thursday to tease “the newest member of the family,” set to arrive February 19. The safe money is on a fourth-generation iPhone SE. The budget-minded handset had previously been tipped for a potential release a week prior, but we got new Beats headphones instead. It’s been three years

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Apple fixes iPhone and iPad bug used in an ‘extremely sophisticated attack’

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On Monday, Apple released updates for its mobile operating systems for iOS and iPadOS, which fixed a flaw that the company said “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” In the release notes for iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, the company said the vulnerability allowed the disabling of USB

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