Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites an upcoming EU law
Here's Why Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge : Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 chip Spencer Hart / Stuff : Apple won't include a charger with the new MacBook Pro M5, I think that's a big mis...
Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing “changes in the macroeconomic environment”
second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net : U.S. Xbox fans hit with another hardware price hike just four months after the last...
Trump says a 25%+ tariff “must be paid by Apple” on iPhones not made in the US, and he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US
will other tech companies face the heat? Here's what the US President said The Economic Times : Trump threatens 25% tariff on iPhones not made in US, targets India production Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, ...
President Trump says he told Tim Cook that “I don't want you building in India”, “India can take care of themselves”, and Apple will be “upping” US production
what Apple can to do to appease Trump Adrija Chatterjee / Moneycontrol : India's value for money makes it a natural pick for the likes of Apple, says govt official Shouvik Das / Livemint : No change t...
Apple is unlikely to move iPhone production to the US anytime soon due to a lack of facilities, skilled labor, and established supply chains like Asia's
President Trump's tariffs aim to bring manufacturing … Kara Sherrer / TechRepublic : iPhone Price Could Triple Due to Escalating US-China Tariff War Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post : Apple's supp...
Sources: Apple plans to send more iPhones to the US from India to offset the China tariffs, but the situation is too uncertain to upend supply chain investments
‘people are just rushing in worried’ Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple is racing to fly planes of iPhones into the US ahead of Trump's tariffs Daily Mail : How Tim Cook's business empire could beat Dona...
Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a support document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark
So even though we banned TikTok, ostensibly for security reasons, we end up creating an even bigger security problem when millions of people install some app that can read and modify all traffic. Dare...
Apple unveils iOS changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and the ability to delete certain system apps
https://spyglass.org/... Mark Gurman / @markgurman : I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but I'd venture to guess under 0.1% of customers in the EU are asking for any of this. This is going to create...
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Lloyd Coombes / iMore : Apple's biggest iOS 18 and macOS features, including Apple intelligence, won't come to the EU this year becaus...