Apple said it will soon let you repair your iPhone at home. Advocates have pushed for companies like Apple to ease restrictions around letting consumers repair their own devices. In July, the Federal Trade Commission agreed on new rules that prevent companies from limiting customers from repairing their own products or having repairs done at …
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Cher Scarlett is a senior-level software engineer who initially learned programming by reading the code in websites she liked. Scarlett was hired to work for Apple about a year and a half ago, but she’s been doing a lot more than coding the past few months. She’s attempted to organize an internal employee compensation survey, publicized worker complaints and helped …
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The late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs would have turned 66 on Wednesday, and company CEO Tim Cook marked the day with a tweet. Cook took the role after Jobs stepped down in August 2011. “Celebrating Steve on what would have been his 66th birthday,” he wrote. “Especially in a year where so much kept us apart, technology brought us together …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iOS 14 is official. Apple on Monday, at its first-ever digital Worldwide Developers Conference, unveiled the newest software that will power its iPhones — both the new devices expected later this year and the phones we already have in our hands. The updated …
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Apple’s latest iPhone software, iOS 13, is already available — but on Tuesday, you’ll already be able to download its first big update, iOS 13.1. And you’ll be able to revitalize your iPad with the launch of Apple’s new iPadOS software created exclusively for its tablets. Both iOS 13.1 and iPadOS were originally scheduled to be released on Sept. 30, but …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual September event this morning, Apple showed off the next major release of its wearable OS, WatchOS 6. At the event, held at the Steve Jobs Theater at its campus in Cupertino, California, Apple also rolled out new iPhones, iPads, Apple Arcade, the Apple …
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he’s in favor of breaking up big tech companies, including Apple, Facebook and Google. These tech companies are using their power in one market to subsume other markets, he told Bloomberg Wednesday. “I am really against monopoly powers being used in unfair antitrust manners … and I think that’s happened a lot in big tech …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday revealed Voice Control, new voice commands for its iPhones and computers that allow people with physical motor limitations to browse and operate their devices by speaking. The new commands, unveiled at Apple’s WWDC 2019 confab for developers, let users do things like request …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Later this year you’ll be able to get more of your favorite iPad apps on your Mac. Announced at Apple’s developer conference, WWDC 2019, Project Catalyst will help developers bring iOS app experiences to the next version of MacOS, Catalina. At the end …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Lost your phone and your friend? Some might say that’s a tad careless of you, but we’re not here to judge. The good news is there’s now one single Apple app to help you find them. Apple announced on Monday at its WWDC …
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