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Despite all of the excitement about better-than-expected iPhone 17 sales, Apple Inc. ( NASDAQ: AAPL) still cannot get the foldable smartphone product right. The project is important because archrival Samsung already has its Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7. These are state-of-the-art smartphones, and Samsung has had a lead for almost a year. Rumors hint that Apple will launch a foldable phone with the iPhone 18 late next year.

Apple has abused its dominant position by charging app developers unfair commissions, a London tribunal has ruled, in a blow that could leave the United States tech company on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds in damages. On Thursday, the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled against Apple after a trial of the lawsuit, which was brought on behalf of millions of iPhone and iPad users in the United Kingdom.

Nomad's new Apple Watch band features a combination of grade 4 titanium for the links and FKM rubber between them for added flexibility. The presence of fluoroelastomer rubber also gives it an eye-catching, sporty look. The Nomad Stratos Band for Apple Watch comes in two metal color options: Silver and Carbide Titanium (black). On these, you get three FKM colors: Black, Volt, and Orange, so there are a total of six color combinations to choose from.

A spokesperson for Apple told Business Insider that both apps were removed for not meeting "requirements around content moderation and user privacy, in addition to receiving an excessive number of user complaints and negative reviews - including complaints of minors' personal information being posted in the apps." The spokesperson added that for Apple, the general approach after discovering a violation is to communicate with the app developer to bring the platform up to standard.

On Oct. 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod. An estimated 450 million iPod devices were sold before the line was discontinued in 2022. Also on this date: In 1915, an estimated 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of women's suffrage. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein (el ah-lah-MAYN') in Egypt, resulting in an Allied forces victory.

At this year's Design Miami.Paris, Apple and Design Miami introduce Designers of Tomorrow, a new initiative celebrating four emerging creative voices who are subverting expectations - and quelling fears - regarding man's place at the helm of making in the age of AI. The program, curated by Rodman Primack and juried by Apple's own design leaders, Alan Dye, Vice President of Human Interface Design, and Molly Anderson, Vice President of Industrial Design, spotlights how creativity flourishes when technology becomes an extension of the hand rather than its replacement.

Apple device management and security company Kandji has changed its name to Iru, reflecting a new approach to what it does while opening its offer up to Windows and Android. It means enterprises shifting to Apple tech can now manage all their legacy equipment using the same console - and benefit from Iru's AI-powered unified IT and security platform introduced on Wednesday.

I'll never forget the moment I went viral. I was working at my other part-time job, and my phone started ringing like crazy. I thought a family member had died. I peeked and saw a text from someone saying I'd gone viral on Reddit, and they sent me a link. It was 2012, and I had never heard of Reddit. I wasn't on social media, apart from LinkedIn, so I thought the link was a scam and ignored it.

I'm writing this review with an M5-powered Vision Pro on my head and my MacBook Pro on my lap. The MacBook's screen is projected in front of me in an ultrawide format large enough that it swallows the entirety of the living room area inside of Gizmodo's office. It's a magnificent, novel sight for all of about 30 minutes. I can feel the headset bearing down on my face.

As a longtime Linux user, I've grown accustomed to keyboard launchers that enable me to not only open apps, but also search for and open files, and do all sorts of other things. When I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Tahoe, I was excited to try the newly revamped Spotlight, which would now serve as a keyboard launcher like those I've used on Linux.

Apple has a reputation for keeping prices locked at full retail, especially on their latest releases. The company never discounts anything directly which makes finding deals on new Apple hardware feel like spotting a unicorn. That's why the current situation with the 2024 Mac Mini is worth your attention: Amazon just dropped the latest 256GB M4 model to $499, down from $599, and this is the lowest price we've seen on Apple's newest compact desktop.

In fact, the Cosmic Orange isn't the only color affected by the issue. Some owners report the same decolorization issue with their Deep Blue iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max as well. The issue seems to begin on the camera island, but eventually spreads across the entire aluminum body, leaving only the matte glass in the middle unaffected. Some users, suggest that the issue is caused by the UV light outside.

Interbrand has released its annual Best Global Brands ranking and there's very little movement at the top. The top five are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Samsung in that order, showing that Apple is still... well.... the Apple of many eyes.

It looks like Apple's team is on a hot streak of brand identity refreshing lately. A month ago, Apple removed the "Plus" iPhone from its portfolio and substituted it with an Air model. A few months prior to that, every major operating system with a numerical identifier was uniformly updated to version 26. The next in line for the branding is the company's streaming TV platform: Apple TV+ is no more, and is being replaced by Apple TV. Why did Apple make the move?

Starting next year, F1 will no longer be broadcast on ESPN-it's moving to Apple TV in a five-year, $750 million deal. Apple boss Tim Cook has been seen at F1 races in the past, and earlier this year, Apple released F1: The Movie, starring Brad Pitt as a 50-something racing driver who improbably gets a second bite at the cherry 30 years after a brutal crash seemingly ended his F1 career.

When Steve Jobs wanted to motivate his Mac team at Apple, he didn't give them corporate pep talks or send them to management retreats. Instead, he told them they were "pirates" fighting against the "navy." The message was clear: stay scrappy, stay rebellious, and don't let the corporate machine slow you down. That pirate mentality worked. The Mac team moved fast, took risks, and delivered something revolutionary.

Ke Yang, the Apple executive leading the iPhone-maker's efforts to build AI-driven web search, is heading to Meta, according to a Bloomberg report.