Apple’s retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, will be leaving in April after five years at the tech giant. The move came as a surprise for many Apple watchers. Ahrendts has been the company’s highest-ranking and highest-profile female executive since she joined the company in 2014. Some considered her as a potential candidate to eventually succeed Tim Cook as …
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Jony Ive isn’t done with Apple yet. Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour on Monday asked Ive if he’s planning to stay at Apple for another 25 years or if he plans to go into politics or putter around on his boat. In a characteristically long-winded answer, Ive said he’s still learning a lot and has more to do. “I’m actually feeling …
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It’s a time-honored tradition — every time we’re invited to an Apple event, the invitation email always comes with a clever hint about what might unfold. This time, for the Sept. 12 event, it’s a giant golden ring and the words “Gather round.” What could that possibly mean? Here are a few ideas to start: The Apple invite is only a …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Four new Apple apps coming to MacOS Mojave later this year began their lives as iOS apps. And if Apple gets its way, that could be the beginning of a deluge of new software rejuvenating its personal computers. At the company’s Worldwide Developers …
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It’s go time for that legal battle that refuses to die: Apple v. Samsung. The two smartphone giants will meet in a San Jose, California, court for a week starting Monday to determine how much Samsung owes for illegally using three Apple design patents and two utility patents. The lawsuit, initially filed in 2011, made it all the way to …
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Apple’s is betting on a new, greener aluminum technology. The company has invested 13 million Canadian dollars (about $10 million) in Elysis, a joint venture created by aluminum giants Alcoa and Rio Tinto. Elysis has discovered what it calls a breakthrough in how aluminum is created and the most significant innovation in the aluminum industry in over a century. Aluminum smelting, …
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Apple and Samsung will face off for yet another damages retrial in May — but Tim Cook and Jony Ive won’t be there. The two companies on Monday filed their witness lists with the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose for their upcoming trial. The lists included industry experts and executives from both companies, …
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A year ago, Apple overhauled its high-end MacBook Pro laptops with something the computing industry had never seen before: a touch-sensitive strip with a programmable display called the Touch Bar. Its flexibility shows the function keys it replaces to be relics from computing’s dark ages — specifically 1971, when IBM added them to mainframe terminals, Apple said. “This is crazy, …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Oh, no it isn’t. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You must be quite tense. There’s less than a week to go before you must decide whether to part with $999 — or even $1,149 for the 256 GB version — in order to secure an iPhone …
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Apple‘s new Chicago store is practically invisible. Nestled on the Chicago River, it’s surrounded by 32-foot glass walls that provide an unobstructed view of the water. Neighboring buildings are reflected in its facade. Sunlight streams right in, a luxury on this chilly October day. It’s about as unobtrusive as a building in a busy downtown can get — almost like …
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