COVID-19

Apple Highlights Effort on World AIDS Day Through (RED) Partnership

Apple, marking World AIDS Day, has re-emphasized its enduring alliance with (RED), a partnership that has amassed over $250 million since 2006. The tech giant is promoting its (PRODUCT)RED items,…

Apple’s fourth-quarter 2022 iPhone shipments total 70 million

In 2022, the smartphone market faced challenges due to a range of factors, including the war in Ukraine, inflationary pressures, and economic uncertainty. These challenges had a significant impact on…

Return-to-office policy reportedly costs Apple its machine learning director

Reports indicate that Apple’s demand to employees to return to the office has prompted the head of machine learning at the Cupertino company, Ian Goodfellow, to leave his role. Tech…

Apple confirms it will hold WWDC online for third consecutive year

Apple has announced that the 2022 edition of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC22) will take place from June 6 to June 10. The annual event will be delivered in an…

Foxconn’s Shenzhen facility powers on, despite COVID-19 lockdown

Even with COVID-19 restrictions having been put in place locally, Foxconn’s Shenzhen facilities have resumed operations – to at least some degree – after reports a few days ago that…

UV phone sanitizers: a worthwhile investment or a waste of money?

Before we started living in a world in which sanitizing our hands seemingly every five minutes became the norm, you probably never gave much thought to the dirtiness of your…

Apple dropping mask requirement for both corporate and retail staff in the US

Just a week on from the news breaking that Apple was no longer requiring customers to wear a mask in many of its stores, it has now emerged that the…

Global smartphone sales bounced back with 6% growth during 2021

2021 may have been another turbulent year as major economies around the world negotiated a stop-start recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was at least some solace for smartphone…

Severance: Apple TV+’s new thriller didn’t have a smooth ride during production

Apple TV+’s new science fiction mystery series, Severance, has taken the world by storm since the release of the first episodes earlier this month. The Black Mirror-esque show depicts traditional…

Customers are no longer required to wear a mask in most Apple stores

Apple has dropped mask mandates in most of its retail stores across the United States, after reintroducing the requirement in December 2021 in an attempt to counter rising COVID-19 infections….

Four lesser-spotted Apple Watch ‘hacks’

Those of us who own an Apple Watch almost always tend to love it – but are you making the most of yours? The below not-often-talked-about hacks could help you…

Apple has released iOS 15.4 beta, and it includes ‘Face ID With a Mask’

A beta for iOS 15.4 was made available to developers on Thursday, and one of the features in the update supports using Face ID while wearing a mask. Those who…

Apple and (RED) celebrate 15 years of partnership

Apple has spent 15 years in partnership with (RED), a charity that raises funds with the goal of eliminating HIV/AIDS in several African countries. Profits from PRODUCT(RED) devices, such as…