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Tim Cook defends Apple’s HKmap.live app takedown

CEO Tim Cook defended the decision to remove the HKmap.live app from the App Store in an email to Apple employees Thursday morning. The email from Cook was published by the developers of the app, and confirmed by Apple. The decision was “not easy,” Cook said in the email, adding that “technology can be used for …

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Apple’s AR headset might be a sidekick for your iPhone

Apple’s rumored augmented reality headset might end up being a sidekick for your iPhone. A Wednesday report from Ming-chi Kuo, an Apple analyst at TF International Securities, said the company’s AR headset will enter mass production as soon as the fourth quarter of this year to meet an early 2020 launch, according to MacRumors. CNET reported last year that Apple …

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Tim Cook gives a hard no on Apple cryptocurrency

Apple CEO Tim Cook says his company isn’t interested in launching a cryptocurrency. In an interview with French publication Les Echos published on Friday, Cook said he believes deeply that money must remain in the hands of states. “I am not comfortable with the idea that a private group creates a competing currency,” Cook told Les Echos, according to a translation of …

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Apple now lets everyone watch their own TV shows without making things messy

Apple released TVOS 13 at the end of September, bringing a host of new features to fourth- and fifth-generation Apple TVs, including a revamped Apple Music, the new Apple Arcade gaming subscription service and the ability to set up multiple profiles for different household members or guests. If your Apple TV, however, hasn’t received the new OS, you’re not taking …

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Apple’s Mac Pro didn’t escape all of Trump’s China tariffs

Apple last month said it would continue to manufacture its Mac Pro in the US, a decision made possible following tariff waivers on some “necessary components.” However, Apple reportedly wasn’t able to dodge all tariffs on parts needed for its upcoming premium computer.  Apple won’t be exempt from 25% tariffs on five Chinese-made components for the new Mac Pro, according to …

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Apple’s Mac Pro manufacturing will stay in US, thanks in part to tariff reprieve

Apple’s powerful, premium Mac Pro will follow its predecessor and continue to be manufactured in the United States, Apple announced Monday. The company says the decision to keep manufacturing in the US was “made possible following a federal product exclusion Apple is receiving for certain necessary components.”  Apple CEO Tim Cook has been in conversation with the Trump administration over …

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iOS 13: Top 5 new security and privacy features for your iPhone

Over the years, Apple has spent a lot of time and energy driving home the message that Apple cares about your privacy. The company has posted billboard ads about privacy and created a section of its website detailing its privacy practices, and CEO Tim Cook called on Congress to change privacy laws. Now, Apple is adding new privacy features to iOS 13 and iPadOS.  iOS …

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iPhone 11 and 11 Pro launch: Apple fanatics line up around the globe

Sure, you could order your iPhone online and have it delivered to you, or reserve it for an in-store pickup at a time of your choosing. But for devoted Apple fans, tradition is tradition. September means iPhone launch, and iPhone launch means lining up outside an Apple Store to get a device just as soon as possible. This year Friday, …

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Apple reopens flashy, redesigned Fifth Avenue NYC store

Apple on Friday will take the wraps off its latest and biggest store redesign: its Fifth Avenue location in New York. CNET got a sneak peek at the revamp on Thursday.  The new store, which is in the same location right off of Central Park on 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, is double the size of the old one. New …

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iPhone 11’s best feature is its $699 price tag

At its big launch event Tuesday, Apple spent nearly 30 minutes on the flashy iPhone 11 Pro, lavishing praise upon its three camera lenses and touting its bigger battery. And then there was that new green color. (It wasn’t the most mind-blowing reveal.) The company spent just seconds on what was the most impressive change to its lineup: a price …

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