This probably isn’t the kind of thing you want happening among your suppliers. According to Bloomberg, Western Digital and Kioxia Corp. reduced production at two plants in Japan after contaminated materials were discovered, thereby ruining approximately 6.5 million terabytes of storage. The incident could lead to further price inflation and delays in consumer electronics. Western […]
Apple on Tuesday announced plans to incorporate a new “Tap to Pay on iPhone” feature that will allow compatible iPhones to accept payments via Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets, with no additional hardware required. At present, merchants which accept contactless payments via the iPhone must rely on accessories such […]
A recently published patent shows how Apple could be working to develop technology that could allow virtually invisible input areas that can display information to a user while replacing physical buttons or controls on its products. On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 11,237,655, covering a “concealable input region for an […]
On a day filled with copious software updates, Apple on Wednesday released both its iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15/3 software updates. The updates feature no user-facing features and instead focus on bug fixes and improvements. The new update addresses a Safari security vulnerability, likely the fingerprinting bug that allowed websites to track your browsing history through your […]
Last October, Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle an ongoing class action lawsuit that accused the company of violating various U.S. laws and regulations by providing customers with refurbished replacement devices instead of new devices when repairs were required under AppleCare. Administrators handling the case have updated the “Replacement Device Lawsuit” website with details as to […]