Apple is pushing for huge rent cuts across its UK stores and the company seeks equal treatment with other retailers, who have had rents cut by landlords…
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UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple…
Apple reopening 32 UK Apple Retail Stores on June 15th
All Apple Retail Stores in England, and one in Northern Ireland, will reopen on Monday, June 15th in the UK with new coronavirus related hygiene…
Nearly 80 cell towers burned in UK over 5G conspiracy theories
Almost 80 cell towers have reportedly been burned down in the UK due to coronavirus conspiracy theories that blame the COVID-19 outbreak on 5G tech…
iPhone survives underwater for 2 months – and still works
Can an Apple iPhone survive underwater for 2 months? Yes, it can!While feeding the swans, Thayse Bussolo-Vieira’s brand new Apple iPhone fell…
Pound sterling surges as Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is projected to win UK election in landslide
The Conservative Party would win 368 seats if the poll proves accurate, granting a comfortable majority in Parliament. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course for the biggest Tory landslide since Margaret Thatcher…
Apple TV app hits Roku platform today ahead of Apple TV+ launch on November 1st
Roku announced the Apple TV app is available on the Roku® platform starting today. For the first time ever, Roku users can add the Apple TV app…
Apple launches Apple News+, an immersive magazine and news reading experience, in the UK and Australia
Apple News+, a new subscription service that brings together over 150 popular magazines and leading newspapers into a convenient and curated experience…
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…
Apple Watch saves UK man’s life after warning him of heart problems
A father received life saving surgery after his Apple Watch warned him he had a low heart rate…
Apple cancels contract for advanced iPhone camera sensor; would have been worth millions for British tech firm Nanoco
Apple’s about-face on an iPhone camera project caused UK tech firm Nanoco to lose three quarters of its value…
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…
Apple launches voluntary recall of certain AC wall plug adapters and Apple World Travel Adapter Kits
Apple today announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters designed for use primarily in…
Apple to extend iPhone NFC capabilities for EU Brexit app by end of 2019
Apple will expand the iPhone’s NFC chip reading capabilities before the end of 2019…
Apple expands presence in London by taking BuzzFeed space ahead of major relocation to Battersea Power Station
Apple has swooped to take on West End office space from BuzzFeed to ensure it has enough room…
Apple stealthily updates British and Australian Siri voices on HomePod
The British (Male and Female) and Australian (Male and Female) speaking voices for Siri…
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…
Brexit: UK government’s battle with Apple over EU citizens app
The UK government is preparing to launch a smartphone app to make it as easy as possible for EU citizens…
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…
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…
Apple Watch Series 4 ECG could take years to be approved in the UK
If you’re in the UK and were wondering how long it might take before Apple is allowed…
Apple has begun quietly making contingency plans in case Battersea HQ construction is delayed
Their fit-out is a big job…
Apple kills photo-hiding ‘calculator’ app amid police investigation
Apple has removed the popular app, Calculator%, from its iOS App Store, just days after officials…
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case
A businessman fighting for the ‘right to be forgotten’ has won a UK High Court action against Google…
Apple’s iPhone X is the UK’s most popular smartphone
Apple’s iPhone X is the most popular smartphone among UK shoppers, with the iPhone 8…
Facebook’s surveillance machine
Facebook’s business model involves having people go to the site for social interaction, only to be quietly subjected to an enormous level of surveillance…
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg AWOL from Facebook’s damage control session
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain…
U.S. FTC reportedly probing Facebook’s abuse of personal data as UK summons Zuckerberg for questioning
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users…
Apple slapped with patent suit over Siri’s natural language abilities
Non-practicing entity Portal Communications on Thursday filed suit against Apple for alleged infringement…
U.S. employment jumps more than expected in November, boosts U.S. stocks
A stronger-than-expected pickup in U.S. hiring boosted stocks Friday…
