Engineers’ work on cycling and public transit have transformed the app – but rural directions remain a sticking pointIn October 2022, New York City officials unveiled a new bike lane on Schermerhorn street, one of the most dangerous and heavily traf…
Lees meerPeople scoffed at the idea of electric vehicles for the masses. But now a Tesla hatchback has outsold the Toyota CorollaAn intriguing news item dropped into my inbox this week. It said that in the first quarter of this year, an electric vehicle (EV)…
Lees meerCEO Tim Cook says increased R&D spending is in part driven by work on generative artificial intelligenceApple boss Tim Cook announced the company was investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday as the company announced its third co…
Lees meerBluetooth noise cancellers are best-sounding Beats yet and packed with cross-platform featuresHot on the heels of some great new earbuds, Apple’s Beats brand is back with an update to the headphones that made it a hit all the way back in 2008, the …
Lees meerSotheby’s selling one of firm’s most obscure products, thought to have been custom-made for employeesOne lucky shopper with US men’s 10.5-size feet and $50,000 (£38,969) to spare will be able to buy one of Apple’s earliest and most obscure products …
Lees meerThe AI arms race heats up as Meta makes a deal with Microsoft while its Cupertino competitor toils away on ‘Apple GPT’. Plus, Twitter’s X-tinction•Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereThe AI summer is well an…
Lees meerThe rush into AI has given the flagging technology industry a share price lift, but some investors still remain cautiousUS tech companies started the year in the doldrums, beset by a cost overhang from excessively zealous pandemic hiring sprees and …
Lees meerGiving government oversight could endanger encrypted products like FaceTime and iMessage, Apple saysApple has warned that planned changes to UK surveillance laws could affect iPhone users’ privacy by forcing it to withdraw security features, which c…
Lees meerChanges to developers commission rate part of official response to watchdog’s consultation on a mandatory code of conduct for digital platformsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free …
Lees meerDevice launched by Steve Jobs in 2007 with promise to ‘reinvent the phone’ sells for 300 times original priceA 2007-era Apple iPhone has been sold for $190,372.80 (£145,416) at an auction – 300 times more than its original sale price.The 4GB model w…
Lees meerEU legislation will herald greener devices, with greater longevity for software and access to user-replaceable parts The current status quo of smartphone design, repair and longevity could finally be upended in favour of users – and the planet. Tha…
Lees meerShares of Apple, which is also the world’s most valuable listed company, were up 1.3% at $191.99 in morning tradingApple market capitalization on Friday breached the $3tn mark for the first time since January last year, as investors bet on the iPhon…
Lees meerA legal battle is brewing over how giant firms will be able to appeal against new unit’s decisionsBig tech is trying to use its vast coffers to neuter the powers of the UK’s new tech regulator, Rishi Sunak has been warned, as a fight over the courts…
Lees meerThe new product is far ahead of its competition; however, it is not clear that there is a pressing need for it or that most people can afford itAs people begin to report on their hands-on time with Apple’s Vision Pro VR headset, it’s becoming increa…
Lees meerThere’s a disconnect between the eye-watering price of Apple’s new ‘spatial computing’ gadget and the promise of it – but it has some genuinely novel features• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereYesterday, …
Lees meerThe $3,000 product could be the next Apple gamechanger – or just another cool toy for those who can afford it. Plus: Amazon walks back its big climate promiseDon’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereNext Monday will see Apple’s world…
Lees meerCompact Bluetooth earbuds get better sound, noise-cancelling and battery life – and a funky clear caseThe latest Beats earbuds from Apple improve the noise-cancelling and sound of their predecessors – and make them easier to use across almost all ph…
Lees meerThe CEO of the social media giant has spent billions on his virtual reality dream – and still no one understands the idea. Now the world’s richest firm could change the gameIn Meta’s quarterly earnings call in April, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg …
Lees meerExclusive: Slow response times and high cost of parts make program unviable, third-party repairers sayFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCompanies in App…
Lees meerFormer employee accused of stealing company’s self-driving car technology and fleeing to ChinaThe US has charged a former Apple engineer accused of stealing the company’s technology on autonomous systems, including self-driving cars, and then fleein…
Lees meerThe feature, rolled out to users in the US and UK last year, can send details including location without phone reception to trained specialistsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastApple has launched a new emergenc…
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