• Apple secures supplier to replace physical buttons on iPhone

    Most expect Apple to replace the physical buttons on both sides of the iPhone with solid capacitive versions and use the additional Taptic Engines for haptic feedback to simulate button presses. This was used to great effect in earlier iPhones where the physical home button was replaced with a touchRead Entire Article

  • Apple's iPhone recycling is a security nightmare for e-waste partners

    Apple's recycling program has come under fire, with employee theft and the destruction of working iPhones named as big problems in an examination of the environmental effort. Daisy, Apple's iPhone recycling robot Apple has repeatedly promoted its green credentials when it comes to recycling old iPhones and other products handed over by customers via its trade-in program. By taking older customer devices off them, Apple is able to disassemble the hardware and potentially reuse some...

  • Microsoft brings OneNote to the Apple Vision Pro -- with a key limitation

    Word and Excel were available on the Apple Vision Pro at launch, but now Microsoft is expanding its apps with an earlier than expected release of its note-taking app, OneNote. Microsoft OneNote on Apple Vision Pro (Source: Microsoft) While Microsoft committed to all of its Microsoft 365 apps being available on the Apple Vision Pro, at launch it concentrated on its main applications, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams. Now the company has announced that Microsoft OneNote has joined the...

  • How Apple Car Key Works (and Why It Still Hasn’t Caught On)

    Similar to the way Apple Wallet can make it easier to go out without physical credit cards, Apple Car Key can theoretically make it possible to leave the house without your car keys, too. The feature was first introduced back in 2020, but adoption has been slow going, to say the least. Here's a quick overview of how it works and how to set it up.

  • Here are the cars that support Apple Wallet’s car key feature

    At WWDC in 2020, Apple announced a new car key feature that lets people use the Wallet app on the iPhone or Apple Watch to control their car. While adoption of this feature has been slow, head below to find the full list of cars that support Apple car key integration. more

  • Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak – Krebs on Security

    The U.S. government is warning that smart locks securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. The lock's maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it

  • Apple Working to Secure Streaming Rights to FIFA Club World Cup

    Apple is working to secure an exclusive TV deal with soccer governing organization FIFA, reports The New York Times. FIFA will launch a revamped version of Club World Cup in 2025, and Apple wants the TV rights. Club World Cup 2025 will feature 32 teams from each of the six confederations. An agreement between Apple and FIFA could be announced as soon as this month, and the first tournament will take place in the United States next summer. Apple could be paying around $1 billion, and The New...

  • Five Key Takeaways to Know From Apple Blossom, Lexington Stakes Weekend

    Tom Pedulla offers five takeaways from the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park, the $600,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland Race Course, and the $400,000 Read More

  • Apple close to securing $1B TV rights to new FIFA soccer tournament

    Apple's next addition to its sports coverage could involve more soccer, with Apple said to be close to signing a billion-dollar deal for a new tournament. Apple logo on a soccer pitch Apple already offers sports fans a lot of games and matches in a few major franchises to watch via their streaming devices. While the Major League Soccer's Season Pass has been successful and airs many matches to subscribers, Apple's next foray could provide even more. According to sources of the New...

  • Apple Shifts Terminology in Recent Security Alerts Amid Alleged Political Pressures

    Apple issued a statement saying that the company did not attribute these threat notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker.

  • Security Bite: Cybercriminals take advantage of Apple Store Online's third-party pickup

    At this year’s annual hacking conference, Black Hat Asia, a team of security researchers revealed how cybercriminals are sneakily using stolen credit cards and Apple Store Online’s ‘Someone else will pick it up’ option in a scheme that has stolen over $400,000 in just two years. 9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and...

  • Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads from App Store in China after demand by Beijing over security concerns

    The Chinese government ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp, Signal, Threads and Telegram from its App Store, according to a report.