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Earlier this summer Apple announced a new round of battery recalls for MacBook Pro laptops. The recall covers some MacBook Pro computers sold between 2015 and 2017.…

9 to 5 Mac: According to The Information, Spotify and Apple are discussing a "plan" that would "let iPhone users tell Siri to play songs, playlists, and albums with voice commands." These conversations reportedly stem from new APIs in iOS 13 that make it…

Apple:In the coming school year, more than 100,000 college students will enjoy the ease and convenience of carrying their student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch. Students at Clemson University, Georgetown University, University of Tennessee, University of…

Billboard broke the news of Apple's effort to transition its streaming catalog on Apple Music to higher quality audio. Called Apple Digital Masters, the high-resolution lossless audio and similar to Mastered for iTunes for downloads. Reportedly, Apple has been…

Right to Repair continues to be a topic of contention between consumer advocates and corporations. Apple has been a focus because of the number of devices it sells and also how it controls services these devices. Apple tightly controls authorized repairs…

Apple announced its efforts of five-week-long Teacher Coding Academies with educators around the country. 70 educators participated in sessions held in Houston, Austin, Boise, Nashville and Columbus.The elementary, high school and college educators who…

iOS 13 has a not very publicized privacy change that seems will affect how apps like VoIP services run in the background. These apps typically will stay active so they can respond and launch for calls. By running in the background, however, they have privacy…

Variety:A few months after leaving Valve, Xbox co-creator Nat Brown has started a new position at Apple. Brown announced his new gig on Twitter Monday, writing: "I####m looking forward to continuing to work on my obsessions by focusing on all applications of…

Apple reported strong quarterly results this week, despite iPhone sales continue to recede. While iPhone sales were down 12-percent over last year, Apple emphasized this is better than the 17-percent drop the previous quarter. Apple's slowing, but still…

The Guardian:Although Apple does not explicitly disclose it in its consumer-facing privacy documentation, a small proportion of Siri recordings are passed on to contractors working for the company around the world. They are tasked with grading the responses on…

As rumored and long speculated, Apple and Intel announced a deal to transfer Intel's mobile phone modem business to Apple. Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel####s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200…

In September of 2017, Equifax announced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million people. The company has agreed to a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and…

A new report has Apple has the company with the largest capacity for self-generated solar power. The report looks at power capacity of both on-site and off-site solar installation.…

The Wall Street Journal:It would give Apple access to engineering work and talent behind Intel####s yearslong push to develop modem chips for the crucial next generation of wireless technology known as 5G, potentially saving years of development work. Apple…

In iOS 12.4, Apple introduced new ways to migrate to a new iPhone. 9 to 5 Mac has some details:As part of Quick Start, you can now Transfer Your Data directly, without requiring the use iCloud or an iTunes backup. The iPhone defaults to using local WiFi, but…

Apple has updated macOS to address issues in the recently revealed security concern with Zoom video conferencing software. Apple issues a background security fix to resolve the issue with Zoom and has since issued further updates for software affiliated with…

Bloomberg:Executives at the company have reached out to media companies and their representatives to discuss buying exclusive rights to podcasts, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the conversations are preliminary. Apple has yet…

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, watch as the executive producers of For All Mankind discuss the incredible human achievement of landing on the moon. For All Mankind, an Apple Original drama series, is coming this fall to…

Back when the App Store launched, Apple seeded the store with its own poker game. Poker was around the peak of its popularity in the mid-to-late 2000s and the app was a quality game everyone could download for free as developers ramped up new apps. While it…

Apple's annual back to school promotion is now live. Apple is offering its usual educational discount with a free giveaway for eligible purchases. This year, Apple is offering a free pair of Beats Studio3 headphones with a purchase of a Mac or iPad.…

Apple today updated MacBook Air, adding True Tone to its Retina display for a more natural viewing experience, and lowering the price to $1,099, with an even lower price of $999 for college students. In addition, the entry-level $1,299 13-inch MacBook Pro has…

This week s security research publicized an issue with the default behavior of Zoom video conferencing software. The software is configured to allow people to auto-join sessions with an active camera. Because of the way Zoom functions, someone could…

Bill Gates recounted Steve Jobs leadership style in an interview with CNN. Steve Jobs was a master at "casting spells" to keep Apple employees motivated and working long hours, said Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of technology giant Microsoft.…

A new Apple ad shows off both Face ID and its require attention feature. The ad shows texts coming in and a napping man checks the messages by open an eye and getting back to his nap.…

Apple's Senior VP of Internet Software and Services disclosed some updated Apple Music stats in an article with French-language site Numerama. The current total now exceeds 60 million paid subscribers. The 60 million count is up from 56 million from last fall.…