Amid Apple’s and Google’s legal battles with Fortnite maker Epic Games over the future of how their app stores work, Arizona legislators advanced proposed rules Wednesday that could upend that debate and change how apps work on iPhones and Android-powered devices. The state bill, if passed and signed into law, would require app store operators …

Apple is fighting legal and PR battles on multiple fronts, including against Facebook, Spotify and Epic Games, maker of Fortnite. Though each battle is different, all of Apple’s rivals in these struggles object to how the iPhone maker wields power over its devices, adding to increasing complaints that the tech giant is running a monopoly. But Apple CEO Tim Cook isn’t worried. …

For years, Apple has touted the security built into its iPhones and iPads. More than a decade ago, it added ways to encrypt information on the iPhone. In 2010, it introduced encrypted messaging with iMessage. And in 2013, it introduced TouchID biometric sensors to help people unlock phones. Over the years, it’s been able to bring those technologies to the …

Apple’s iPhone sales surged to their highest point ever, as eager fans snatched up the company’s new iPhone 12 during the holiday shopping season, despite the continued spread of the coronavirus. The three months of Apple’s fiscal first quarter included the launch of its new series of phones, ranging from the $699 iPhone 12 Mini to the $1,099 iPhone 12 Pro Max. They weren’t …

Apple’s iPhone is already one of the most popular consumer products ever. And normally, it’s a safe bet that when Apple makes big changes to the phone’s design, as it did with the iPhone 12, sales go into overdrive. But this past year has been anything but normal. In February, Apple warned that sales and manufacturing for its products were …

I’ve relied on Apple laptops since 2004, when my older brother convinced me to give them a try. But in 2015, I stopped buying them all together. It’s not because I’m cheap, or that I’d switched away from Apple’s Mac software. I was participating in a not-so-silent protest against what I think was one of Apple’s biggest-ever design mistakes: Six …

Apple has teamed up with VolunteerMatch to help people find a new way to give back to their communities this Monday, which is a federal holiday to celebrate civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The new feature is built into Apple’s Maps program on its iPhones and iPads. Normally, when the map shows a city such as San Francisco, …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The fall was undoubtedly the time of desktop computers. Many gamers and the tech industry were obsessed with desktop-class chips, be they AMD’s newest Ryzen central processors, its latest Radeon RX graphics chips or rival Nvidia’s latest RTX series of chips. In …

The coronavirus pandemic significantly disrupted people’s lives last year. It forced many of us to restrict our movements, with many people working primarily from home. Those who didn’t had to take extra precautions, wearing masks and sometimes other extra protective gear as they potentially risked their health in service of their jobs. Despite being one of the most powerful CEOs …

Apple’s iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro models posted strong enough sales during the their Oct. 23 launch that they became the first and second best-selling 5G phone models worldwide, new data shows. The sales tallies, from Counterpoint Research, indicated that Apple’s initial two iPhone 12 models tallied an estimated 24% of all 5G phone sales for October. “There is …