Activists pushing for changes to Apple’s repair policies may notch another win soon.  An internal Apple presentation from last year, leaked to Motherboard, details how the iPhone maker plans to allow outside technicians access to diagnostic apps and more parts for its devices. The result, according to the report, would be that Apple device owners …

Apple’s iPhone is already home to some of the most popular games ever. It’s got puzzlers like Candy Crush Saga and Words With Friends, the battle game Cash of Clans, and even the cultural phenom Fortnite. Now Apple is hoping to level up those games with Apple Arcade, a new service, announced Monday, that’s set to go live in the …

For years, we played video games in arcades. Then we huddled in front of specialized consoles hooked up to our living room televisions. The most dedicated of us built our own expensive PCs for the best experience. Google is hoping to push another big change in gaming. On Tuesday, Google announced Stadia, a service that lets you play games by way …

Forget reading tea leaves, let’s squint at a sign. Google showed off a massive squiggle above a space it constructed at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. Though the company didn’t respond to a request for comment about whether the big purplish “s” is indeed a logo (perhaps for the word “streaming”?) Variety says an employee confirmed …

There’s a lot not to like about Facebook these days. But when one of its core features, livestreaming video, is being used as a tool for terror, simple outrage just isn’t enough. The latest evidence that live video needs to change came Friday when, before entering a mosque and committing one of the deadliest mass murders in New Zealand history, the accused gunman …

When you think tech lawsuits, you might recall Apple suing Korean tech giant Samsung for allegedly copying its designs for the iPhone. Or maybe you think of Waymo suing Uber, accusing the ride-hailing giant of stealing trade secrets used to develop self-driving cars. This is not that type of lawsuit. Instead, Microsoft on Friday sued the Taiwan-based manufacturing behemoth Hon Hai Precision …

The long drawn-out death of 3D continues. This time, it comes from chipmaker Nvidia, which said Friday it plans to stop supporting its decade-old “3D Vision.” The technology, first announced in 2009, was meant to serve as a standard for PC and gaming communities. The company made the announcement on a support page on its website. The move is the …

Apple’s latest audit report for 2018 brought a lot of shine back to the company’s supply chain. The iPhone maker said it uncovered 27 “core violations” of labor rules, according to its 13th annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, or a little more than half the 44 it reported last year. The report included 24 cases of falsified working hours and …

Apple’s executives are often praised for sweating the details for a presentation or new product launch. But in Hollywood, they’re seen as annoying. That’s the message from a New York Post story Sunday, relaying complaints from unnamed Hollywood agents and producers who say the iPhone maker is “difficult” to work with. As Apple ramps up its streaming video ambitions, investing $1 …

When Facebook pitches its Oculus virtual reality headsets to the masses, it talks of their ability to make you feel as though you’re inside a game, visiting another planet or scuba diving next to massive blue whales, without ever leaving your couch. Its next act might be to take that other-worldliness to your work. Via a job posting, Oculus VR …