Pegatron facility (Source: Pegatron) Tata's iPhone factory in India has now been closed indefinitely after a fire, and Apple may have to turn back to China to avoid a shortfall in production. The fire at Tata's plant in Tamil Nadu, India — formerly owned by Pegatron — started on September 28, 2024, and has been…
Apple has launched four brand new classroom resources geared toward helping students embrace creativity just in time for World Teacher's Day. The new activities are part of Apple's "Everyone Can Create" program and are available for teachers via the Apple Education Community. Educators can find sharable templates for the following new activities: Drawing: Reveal a…
A U.S. labor board believes that Apple has violated employees' right to organize and forced them to adhere to overly strict standards and contracts. On Monday, the National Labor Relations Board launched a complaint against Apple, claiming that it required its employees to sign illegal confidentiality, non-compete, and non-disclosure agreements. The complaint also alleges that…
A pallet of iPhones being loaded onto a plane. (Source: SDI Logistics) Apple is again facing strong external pressures as it works to deliver a successful iPhone holiday season, but is being threatened by a factory fire, hurricane flooding hitting quartz supplies, ocean freight strikes, and also a worldwide economic decline. Apple has publicly committed…
The new Top Series category in Apple Podcasts Serialized podcasts are now highlighted in a new Top Series chart in Apple Podcasts on iPhone, which also adds a new Series category, and will celebrate one such show per month. Apple Podcasts has had chart playlists before, but now it intends to elevate what's perhaps the…
watchOS 11 introduces better cycle tracking, more customizable Activity Rings, and more personalization. Apple has released new third developer betas of watchOS 11.1, tvOS 18.1, and visionOS 2.1 for testing, but without betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, nor macOS Sequoia 15.1. A new round of betas are available, but they are taking an unusual…
As a long-time iPhone mini fan (insert your own “THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!” gif here, I’m too bitter to find one), I have sat out a number of new iPhone purchasing opportunities over the last few years. The rent it too high, the phones are too big. This year, however, knowing that I would…
Apple's branding for the A18 and A18 Pro chips. New microphotography of the A18 and A18 Pro chips reveal the inner workings of the iPhone 16 line's chips, as well as confirming Apple isn't using chip binning right now. Apple's chips in its products are impressive, giving other processor makers a run for their money…
There is a bunch of news from Microsoft, some of it bad but most of it relatively good. The news includes Windows update, Microsoft Recall and even some Copilot changes; we can't… Source