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UK’s MI5 chief wants ‘exceptional access’ to encryption
MI5’s director general Andrew Parker has called on technology companies to find a way to allow spy agencies “exceptional access” to encrypted messages…
UK network Three rolls out 5G service ahead of Apple’s first 5G iPhones
British network Three is rolling out a 5G service to major cities including London, Glasgow, and Birmingham, in preparation for Apple’s first 5G iPhones …
Disney+ launch moved up in UK, Western Europe to March 24
The Disney+ launch has been moved up a week. Those in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria…
Apple working on fix for iPhone XR connection issues on O2 network
The iPhone XR completely lost signal several times a day on the O2 network…
Apple takes second spot on list of best British employers
Rentokil Initial, a U.K.-headquartered global pest control business, has been crowned the best company to work for in Britain…
Apple leases 100,000 square feet in what will be London’s tallest building
The world’s first trillion-dollar company has agreed to lease about 100,000 sq ft at 22 Bishopsgate, a 62-storey skyscraper…
Amazon Music now available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD
Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD…
UK House of Commons Transport Committee: Hands-free phone ban for drivers ‘should be considered’
Drivers in the United Kingdom could be banned from using hands-free mobile phones…
Britain’s new leader Boris Johnson vows to get Brexit done
Boris Johnson, the ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by Halloween…
Why the Apple Card is better than a regular credit card
Apple Card completely rethinks everything about the credit card. It represents all the things Apple stands for. Like simplicity, transparency, security, and privacy…
Apple Card launch imminent as Apple trademark filings appear
With Apple’s new payment card appearing to be set for imminent launch in the U.S.A…
New plans from UK’s EE replace set-top-boxes with Apple TV 4K units
We’re giving customers the TV, film and sport they love in the best quality on Apple TV 4K…
Super Micro ditching ‘made-in-China’ parts despite no evidence of Bloomberg Businessweek’s spy chip claims
Super Micro Computer, the California-based server maker at the heart of spy chip allegations last autumn…
Tests of Super Micro equipment find no malicious chips in current or older-model motherboards
Computer hardware maker Super Micro Computer Inc told customers on Tuesday…
Bloomberg Businessweek should retract or unequivocally prove their Supermicro spy chip yarn
Apple, Amazon, the government, national security advisors, and independent technology experts alike have all said Bloomberg Businessweek is wrong…
Investigating implausible Bloomberg Businessweek’s Supermicro spy chip yarn
Bloomberg Businessweek needs to retract the story and investigate how this passed editorial muster and was published…
AWS CEO joins Tim Cook in urging Bloomberg Businessweek to retract its Chinese spy chip yarn
Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy has joined Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Super Micro to review hardware for malicious chips
Despite the lack of any proof that a malicious hardware chip exists, we are undertaking a complicated and time-consuming review…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Bloomberg Businessweek should do the right thing and retract its Chinese spy chip story
We turned the company upside down. This did not happen. There’s no truth to this…
Alleged hacker threatened to sell details of 319 million Apple iCloud users, demanded more than £133,000 in Bitcoin
An alleged hacker threatened to sell the personal details of 319 million Apple iCloud users…
NSA security adviser says ‘nobody’s found anything’ on Chinese chips
NSA senior adviser for cybersecurity Rob Joyce tells…
NSA Senior Cybersecurity Advisor questions Bloomberg Businessweek’s China iCloud spy chip claim
Rob Joyce, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Strategy at the NSA, is the latest official to question…
Before China iCloud spy chip allegations, Bloomberg published these five incorrect stories about Apple
Media personalities have been bending over backward to find a way to square the claims…
U.S. Senators Rubio and Blumenthal demand answers from Supermicro over spy chip allegations
A pair of senators have written to Supermicro requesting more information about events…
Apple still holds the fate of Imagination Technologies one year on
Imagination is continuing to lose staff to Apple…
Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Shanghai in possible PR move after Bloomberg Businessweek’s spy chip yarn
Apple CEO Tim Cook is currently visiting Shanghai…
One of Bloomberg’s sources told them Chinese spy chip story ‘didn’t make sense’
One of the named sources – a security researcher who seemingly backed the claims – has said that his comment was taken out of context…
Apple suppliers took an $18 billion stock hit after Bloomberg’s disputed China hacking report
Apple is a $1 trillion company, and its hardware supply chain amounts to another trillion…
UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack denials
Britain’s national cyber security agency said on Friday it had no reason to doubt the assessments made by Apple…
Her Majesty’s Treasury likely to confirm new taxes for Apple, other tech multinationals
Her Majesty’s Treasury is considering imposing an extra tax on tech giants like Apple…
Royal Society of Arts proposes raising taxes on Apple, Amazon, Facebook more for UK universal basic income
Britain could raise new taxes on Amazon, Facebook and Apple to give every citizen under the age of 55 as much as £10,000…
70 colleges and universities in Europe adopt Apple’s Everyone Can Code initiative
Apple today announced 70 colleges and universities in Europe have adopted Everyone Can Code…
A tiny Welsh chipmaker is up 314% on Apple speculation
The company is the second-best performer in the FTSE AIM 100 Index year-to-date…
Apple pulls plug on Apple Music Festival after 10 years
Apple will no longer be hosting the annual Apple Music Festival at London’s Roundhouse…
Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover
The troubled British microchip designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…
Trump administration lifts laptop ban on planes from certain Middle Eastern airports
The laptop ban is over…
UK’s Starling Bank adds Apple Pay support
Starling Bank customers can now add their Starling debit card to their Apple Wallet and make Apple Pay contactless payments…
Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep
Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…
Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute
When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…
Critics weigh in on Apple’s ‘Planet of the Apps’ show: ‘Tepid,’ ‘tedious,’ ‘boring and self-indulgent’
Apple first original reality show, Planet of the Apps has opened to terrible reviews from critics…
Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans
Imagination Technologies, the British-based technology firm that has long licensed the GPU tech…
