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Supreme Court rules in favor of privacy concerns, requires warrant for tapping cell tower data

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of privacy-based concerns on Friday, states that a warrant is required to get cell phone tower location data from carriers. The 5-4 ruling was in a case called Carpenter v. United States, and is thought to be a core ruling that could have sweeping repercussions for decades to […]

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Apple officially acknowledges issues with butterfly keyboard design on current MacBook, MacBook Pro notebooks, offers four year warranty to address issue

After a fair amount of hemming and hawing, Apple has officially acknowledged that there are problems with its “butterfly” mechanism built into the keyboards of the recent MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks. The company is now offering an extended keyboard service program for computers affected by the issue. The extended warranty covers replacement of one […]

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TSMC looks to make $25 billion investment towards manufacturing A-series chips

Although both TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Samsung are vying to be the primary chip supplier to Apple, TSMC has reportedly invested $25 billion to produce the next A-series chips on a 5-nanometer process. No timeframe has been announced for the investment. TSMC has been the exclusive supplier of the A-series chips since 2009, […]

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Rumor: Apple’s AirPower Qi wireless charging pads to be released in September alongside next-gen iPhone models

The current rumor has it that Apple will release its AirPower charging padalongside the 2018 lineup of iPhones. According to sources close to the story, “technical hurdles” are the main reason why the AirPower Qi charging mat hasn’t been released yet. Apple engineers are also said to be dealing with bugs in firmware further holding […]

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ARKit 2 demo leaked, shows impressive results

Apple’s ARKit 2 may just be ready from the get go. Per developer Harley Turan, who released this quick clip, the language is currently able to detect live objects and assign data to them. Live image detection with iOS 12 & ARKit 2. Display digital information attached to physical objects. Feels like playing in the […]