Apple is still working to get favorable tariff treatment from the Trump administration. Apple plans to start manufacturing the Mac mini in the United States later this year, the company announced today, as part of its $600 billion commitment to expand its domestic manufacturing operation. The Macs will be…
Apple has not confirmed whether you’ll be able to watch live, but Ars will bring you the news. It may be more tempting to take that aging Mac you’ve been coddling and put it out to pasture soon. Apple has announced an event for March 4, which in usual…
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts. Pressure is mounting on tech companies to shield users from unlawful government requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) online. Alleging that ICE officers are…
With Model Context Protocol (MCP), this works with more than Codex/Claude, too. Apple has announced a new version of Xcode, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE) for building software for its own platforms, like the iPhone and Mac. The key feature of 26.3 is support for…
Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products. Apple is working on a wearable device that will allow the user to take advantage of AI models, according to sources familiar with the product who spoke with tech publication The Information. The product is said to…
Apple’s platforms are also getting Retrocade, a library of classic arcade games. Civilization VII is coming to the iPhone and iPad, Apple and publisher 2K announced today. Formally titled Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Arcade Edition, it is developed by Behaviour Interactive with input from original developer Firaxis Games. The…
From Apple gifting a gold statue to the US taking a stake in Intel. As the first year of Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war winds down, the tech industry is stuck scratching its head, with no practical way to anticipate what twists and turns to expect in 2026. Tech…
Apple can’t force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says. Apple was hit with a $115 million fine Monday after Italy’s competition authority alleged the tech giant was abusing its dominant position to harm third-party developers in its App Store. In a press…
Government seeks “nudity-detection algorithms” in iOS and Android, report says. The UK government reportedly will “encourage” Apple and Google to prevent phones from displaying nude images except when users verify that they are adults. The forthcoming push for nudity-blocking systems was reported by the Financial Times today. The report…
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple. Back in April, District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers delivered a scathing judgment finding that Apple was in “willful violation” of her 2021 injunction intended to open up iOS App Store payments. That contempt of…
