Last year, a former Apple contractor made waves by raising concerns about how the tech giant handled Siri voice assistant recordings, ultimately leading the tech giant to cease listening to them without your permission. Now the whistleblower is back, having sent a letter to European regulators asking them to investigate and potentially punish the company. …

Virtual reality got a little more real Thursday, with news that Apple bought the VR streaming sports company NextVR. The California startup is mostly known for partnerships with the NBA and Wimbledon to stream live sports from specialized cameras set up courtside to people’s headsets at home. The effect is meant to make people feel as though they’re sitting in premium seats, …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Companies around Silicon Valley are reconsidering their work-from-home strategies amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling employees they can work remotely after the crisis subsides. Apple is reportedly taking a different tack, sharing plans to potentially bring employees back to its offices by the summer. …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple is beginning to open its retail stores around the globe, another sign that the weeks-long stay-at-home orders we’ve all been under to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus are starting to come to an end. The tech giant closed its stores in …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. When Apple warned in mid-February that the coronavirus would take a toll on the company’s sales and iPhone supply, it was a surprise. The virus had hit China and some of Europe, but it hadn’t yet severely disrupted life in the US. Two months later, …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple and Google moved a step closer to releasing a coronavirus tracking technology Monday, showing off what an app may look like on phones and also sharing sample pieces of code for local governments. The contact tracing technology, which the two companies have …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC 2020, one of its biggest events of the year, is shifting online and will be held on June 22, amid concerns about the novel coronavirus and social distancing measures that continue to be extended throughout Silicon Valley. Apple also said that WWDC will …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple was one of the first major tech manufacturers to warn investors that the coronavirus pandemic would impact its business. What resulted was a mixed bag, with its growing services business helping to offset its struggling hardware operations. The iPhone maker on Thursday …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing technology they’ve developed to help inform people when they may have been exposed to the virus. The contact tracing technology, which the …

There’s little debate that, as tech pushes further into our lives, we’ll soon be using augmented reality glasses that overlay computer images on the real world. While we still don’t know when that’ll happen, or what companies we’ll be buying them from, investors are making their bets — including a $159 million bet with a small contact lens startup called …