China supplies most rare earth magnets to electronics manufacturers, but curbed exports earlier this yearApple has signed a $500m deal with a US firm for rare earth magnets, essential for manufacturing electronics, after China curbed exports of the …
Lees meerOngoing surge in demand for AI technology fueled stratospheric rise of chipmaker’s value Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company in history to scale a $4tn market value on Wednesday as its stock price continues a years-long stratospheric ri…
Lees meeriPhone maker accuses European Commission of going ‘far beyond what the law requires’ in rulingBusiness live – latest updatesApple has launched an appeal against an “unprecedented” €500m (£430m) fine imposed by the EU on the company, in the latest cl…
Lees meerAs demand for audio content grows, companies are looking for faster – and cheaper – ways to make itGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen we think about what makes an audiobook memorable, it’s always the most human moments: a catch in the t…
Lees meerSheila Hayman says artificial intelligence can’t match the qualities that we have just by the virtue of being alive, and Graham Taylor shows how AI can summarise but not reasonGary Marcus is right to point out – as many of us have for years – that j…
Lees meerThe magnitude of Meta’s investment in Scale may seem like command of the AI race, but the company’s playing catchupMark Zuckerberg announced in April that the company would make huge capital expenditures in the coming year to keep up in the race to …
Lees meerSome of the world’s most powerful firms have quietly toed the line set by the administration to avoid the president’s wrathFrom vast protests and all-caps social media posts to acrimonious legislative hearings and pugnacious White House statements, …
Lees meerThere’s no need to buy new – unless your model’s ready for retirement. Our technology expert compares the top Apple smartwatches available right nowThe best Apple Watch may be the one already on your wrist.Each generation of Apple’s smartwatch is fa…
Lees meerThe tech world is reeling from a paper that shows the powers of a new generation of AI have been wildly oversoldA research paper by Apple has taken the tech world by storm, all but eviscerating the popular notion that large language models (LLMs, an…
Lees meerAI announcements at WWDC limited to incremental features and upgrades despite pressure to competeApple’s artificial intelligence features took a backseat on Monday at its latest annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The company announced a revampe…
Lees meer‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligenceApple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts abo…
Lees meerTech giant warns government not to follow EU in forcing platform to allow third-party payments and app downloadsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians could soon be able to download apps outside the Apple App Store an…
Lees meerMartin Wrigley, a Liberal Democrat member of the UK parliament's technology committee has accused Apple and Google of profiting from phone-snatching operations. Representatives from Apple and Google were addressing the committee, where Wrigley said:…
Lees meerFirms defend security features after police tell committee 80,000 phones were stolen in London in 2024MPs have accused Apple and Google of profiting from multimillion-pound phone-snatching operations that police say are masterminded by organised cri…
Lees meerSir Jony Ive indicates unease over impact of modern technology amid tie-up with ChatGPT developerThe designer of the iPhone has promised his next artificial intelligence-enabled device will be driven by a sense that “humanity deserves better”, after…
Lees meerPresident wipes about $70bn off Apple shares as he raises pressure on company to build smartphones in USBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on iPhones if they are not made in the United States, as he step…
Lees meerPresident raises pressure on Apple to build signature devices in USBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on iPhones if they are not made in the United States, as he stepped up the pressure on Apple to build…
Lees meerSam Altman and Jony Ive say mystery product created by their partnership will be the coolest thing everEverything over the last 30 years, according to Sir Jony Ive, has led to this moment: a partnership between the iPhone designer and the developer …
Lees meerThe untested hardware startup, called io, was founded by Apple design guru Jony IveOpenAI is buying an untested startup for $6.4bn, the ChatGPT maker’s biggest acquisition yet. The hardware startup, called io, was founded Apple design guru Jony Ive,…
Lees meerLegal dispute resolved over popular video game ousted from store in 2020 in dispute over commissionThe popular video game Fortnite has returned to the iPhone app store in the US, ending a prolonged exile that was triggered by a legal showdown over t…
Lees meerFeatures launching later this year to include live captions, braille reader improvements and accessibility ‘nutrition labels’ in the app storeApple has announced a broad range of new accessibility features for iOS focused on people with vision or he…
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