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Apple vows to close security hole used by law enforcement to unlock iOS devices

Apple, having long since vowed to create the iPhone as a device that only its owners can open and mired in controversies as to whether to allow law enforcement in, has stated that it is planning an iPhone software update that would effectively disable the phone’s charging and data port hour after the phone is […]

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Intel asks for two week delay in publishing Spectre-style vulnerability descriptions, further patches not due until July/August timeline

Intel’s forthcoming release of patches to fix Spectre-style flaws in its processors has apparently been delayed by two more weeks to late May, a new report suggesting that Intel wants to push the release back even further into July while it works to finalize the required updates. The new batch of flaws, unofficially named “Spectre […]

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Rumor: Apple to replace 3.5mm headphone jack with Lightning port, faster processor in next-gen iPhone SE

According to the rumor mille, Apple will release an updated iPhone SE in May. The rumors apparently surfaced from case makers who spoke with Japanese website Mac Otakara at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics trade show in Hong Kong last week. The case makers said the second-generation model will retain the same physical size as […]

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EEC filings hint at upcoming iPhone models for 2018

Sometimes it’s the regulatory filings that hint at the really nifty products en route to the market. Per French website Consomac, a new Russian-language regulatory filing discovered in the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database pointing towards several unreleased iPhone models that Apple could be launching relatively soon. The new iPhone model numbers running iOS 11 […]

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Rumor: Apple working on “at least three” updated Mac models with custom co-processors

Apple may in fact be en route to designing its own processors, which could replace Intel as the supplier of Mac CPUs. The company began in 2008 when Apple bought chip manufacturer P.A. Semi. The acquisition led to the design of the A4 processor, popularized in the original iPad released in 2010. The same year, […]