Apple Pay finally launches in India after years on the sidelines

Some of India’s largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.

Apple’s new CEO cuts managers to ship products faster, Bloomberg reports
Apple’s new CEO cuts managers to ship products faster, Bloomberg reports

Apple’s new chief executive, John Ternus, is reshaping the company to release products more often and cut layers of management, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Ternus, 51, took over on 1 September after Tim Cook’s 15 years in the job. Apple declined to …

Apple’s new CEO could change when it launches phones and laptops
Apple’s new CEO could change when it launches phones and laptops

John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO, wants Apple to launch products more often than its usual splashy moments in the fall and the spring, according to a Bloomberg report detailing some of Ternus’s initial plans for the company. Apple regularly holds iPhone launch events in September and often announces products later in the year and in […]

Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix

Apple says the bug was used to attack “specific targeted individuals” running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple customers are still using.

US jury orders Apple to pay Taction $5.7bn over iPhone haptics patents
US jury orders Apple to pay Taction $5.7bn over iPhone haptics patents

A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7bn to Taction Technology, a small haptics company, for infringing two of its patents. The verdict came on Friday, 25 September, and is the largest patent award in US history, according …

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC, “The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both involve vibration-based, tactile transducer technology that helps users feel a […]

These camera apps give you more control over the iPhone 18 Pro’s aperture
These camera apps give you more control over the iPhone 18 Pro’s aperture

One of the questionable limitations of the iPhone 18 Pro’s new main camera with a variable aperture is that you’re limited to just four settings in the native iOS’ camera app in manual mode: f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, and f/4. Those same limitations are also in place when the app is adjusting the iris itself in […]

Leaks reveal a new Apple HomePod mini, iPad mini, and Apple TV 4K
Leaks reveal a new Apple HomePod mini, iPad mini, and Apple TV 4K

Apple is expected to announce more hardware before the end of the year following the debut of the iPhone 18 Pro and folding iPhone Duo earlier this month. The updated products will include a new version of the HomePod mini, the iPad mini 8, and the Apple TV 4K, according to details and images discovered […]

Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test
Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test

A few years back, I was at a beachside Easter egg hunt, watching my kids dash through sand dunes searching for sweet treats. My phone buzzed in my pocket; I ignored it. A moment later, it buzzed again. I pulled it out, glanced down, and saw a “motion detected” notification from my security camera. “Just […]

Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out
Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out

Earlier this month, Apple announced that its new Apple Watches will have the ability to continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and create summaries of whatever’s going on around you. The privacy blowback was immediate and inevitable: Experts warned of the legal risks of using the features, especially in nonpublic spaces and states […]