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The Wall Street Journal says Apple is qualifying CXMT DRAM for iPhones and MacBooks. Export rules bar the spec work Apple normally does with a supplier.
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The Wall Street Journal says Apple is qualifying CXMT DRAM for iPhones and MacBooks. Export rules bar the spec work Apple normally does with a supplier.

Microsoft's August 1 increase put the 1TB Series X at €799.99 and £669.99. The cheapest Series S rose 43%, and Microsoft says storage and memory now cost more than 2.5x.

On his final earnings call, Tim Cook said Apple will offer Siri AI upgrades through iCloud+ for heavy users. No price and no tier have been announced.

Samuel Tunick's Pixel erased itself during a CBP inspection at Atlanta's airport. Prosecutors call that destroying property to prevent its seizure.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is aiming for a WWDC 2027 reveal of its first smart glasses, with privacy features and even a camera-free build under discussion.

HBM stacks for AI accelerators outbid the DRAM in phones and laptops. Qualcomm, Roku and Google have all repriced, and IDC sees PC prices up 18.3% this year.

LibrePods reverse-engineers Apple's private AirPods protocol to bring ear detection, battery status, and noise control to Android and Linux.

Tim Cook told the WSJ that Apple price rises are unavoidable as an AI-driven memory crunch quadruples DRAM and NAND costs across every consumer device.

The Galaxy S26 line, Buds 4, One UI 8.5, and Quick Share talking to AirDrop. Here's what Samsung confirmed at Unpacked and what's still vapor.

Leaked case renders and design mockups put the foldable iPhone Ultra back on a September track, with a near-creaseless screen, dual rear cameras, and a possible white-only finish.

At WWDC 2026 Apple shipped Siri AI, rebuilt on a custom Google Gemini model running on its own servers. Here are the catches behind the demo.

Apple agreed to hand the Competition Commission of India its local financials by June 25, removing its last shield against a fine reported at up to $38 billion.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman published the first iOS 27 renders 11 days before WWDC, showing a rebuilt Siri, a pro Camera mode, and new Photos AI. Apple hasn't confirmed any of it.

Oura's Ring 5 is 40% smaller than the Ring 4, adds live workout tracking and an AI Advisor, and costs $50 more. Here's what's new and whether it's worth it.

Code seen by 9to5Mac points to an iPhone feature that auto-locks when the accelerometer detects a snatch, then clamps down like Stolen Device Protection.

Mark Gurman's Sunday Power On says iOS 27 will let users pick Google Cast or another protocol over AirPlay for system-level streaming, to satisfy the EU DMA.

Apple's SEAR team published formal verification proofs for corecrypto's ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations. 50,000 proof steps cover 2.5 billion active devices.

Trial production of Apple's foldable iPhone hit a wall on hinge durability. The crease problem is over; the rattle isn't.

Apple and Google began rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS on May 11. The MLS-based encryption rides on GSMA Universal Profile 3.0, but EFF says the rollout leaves real gaps.

Liberty Utilities serves 49,000 Tahoe customers. NV Energy supplies 75% of that power and is reclaiming it for Northern Nevada data center expansion.

Google's reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification will require a certified iOS or Android device to pass some captchas, even on desktop. GrapheneOS calls the pattern anti-competitive.

Which? is suing on behalf of 40 million UK consumers since 2018. The tribunal denied Apple 2-1 on excluding non-paying users, opening a 'forgone consumer surplus' theory.

Bloomberg reports Apple's infrared-camera AirPods have reached advanced testing. The earbuds feed visual context to Siri but can't take photos or video.

Bloomberg reports Apple will let users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground via a new Extensions framework this fall.

Apple agreed to a $250M class-action settlement over the personalized Siri features it advertised with the iPhone 16. iPhone 15 Pro and 16 owners get $25–$95 per device.

Bloomberg says Apple is in early-stage talks with Intel and Samsung Foundry to build base M-series chips in the US starting 2027. Intel closed at a record $543B market cap.

Mark Gurman's May 3 Power On reads Apple's quiet capital-allocation shift as cover for John Ternus to spend more on AI infrastructure and acquisitions, less on buybacks.

Apple quietly pulled the 256GB Mac mini from its store on May 1. Tim Cook had warned the day before that demand was outpacing supply for months.

Apple posted record Q2 revenue of $111.2B (up 17%). John Ternus joined his first earnings call as named CEO. Cook warned AI memory costs will hit Apple's June quarter.

MacRumors reports the 2027 iPhone will use a Samsung COE pol-less OLED with a crater-shaped diffusion layer. The panel curves on all four edges.

Anker's Thus chip embeds compute inside NOR flash, claims 150x more on-device AI for noise cancellation, and ships in Soundcore earbuds on May 21. Here's why it matters.

At Cloud Next 2026, Thomas Kurian named Apple as a customer and Gemini as the engine behind 'a more personalized Siri coming later this year.' Apple has stayed silent.

Firefox 150 shipped Monday with 271 security fixes from Anthropic's Project Glasswing. Mozilla CTO Bobby Holley says Mythos matches elite human researchers.

Framework opened pre-orders for the Laptop 13 Pro on April 21. Panther Lake or Ryzen AI 300, LPCAMM2, a 74Wh battery, and Framework's first touch display.

Apple confirmed John Ternus will become CEO on September 1, 2026. Tim Cook moves to executive chairman after 15 years running the company.

Article 11 of EU Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 kicks in February 18, 2027. Most flagship phones will dodge user-replaceable batteries through the Ecodesign exemption instead.

Axios reports the NSA is using Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model even though the Defense Department has blacklisted Anthropic. One government, two positions.

Leaked prototype images and screen protectors point to a smaller Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro. Only the flood illuminator moves beneath the OLED, not all of Face ID.

Mark Gurman's Sunday newsletter says Apple is testing at least four acetate frame styles for its N50 smart glasses, plus three colors and a vertical camera array.

Jon Prosser posted what he calls the final foldable iPhone design. Hours later, Nikkei reported Apple's hitting hinge and display snags that could push launch into 2027.

A report from The Information reveals Apple is retraining Siri staff on AI tools like Claude Code. With WWDC two months away, Apple's AI gap has never been more visible.

Amazon's Leo constellation just swallowed the satellite provider behind iPhone Emergency SOS. Apple signed a new deal on the same day keeping every satellite feature running.