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Apple sued for patent infringement by a Native American tribe seeking royalty payments from iPad sales

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:01 am24 Comments

The MEC lawsuit appears to be using Native American legal rights to avoid having the US Patent Office perform an “inter partes review” that…

17 autonomous vehicle engineers leave Apple for self-driving car startup Zoox

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:50 pmWednesday, August 30, 201717 Comments

A group of automotive engineers has left Apple Inc. for self-driving car startup Zoox Inc…

New Apple SUVs with humungous autonomous driving LIDAR system spotted

Saturday, August 26, 2017 10:27 am50 Comments

Apple has had several Lexus SUVs equipped with sensors and cameras out on the road to test its self-driving software platform…

Apple scales back its ambitions for a self-driving car

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:02 amWednesday, August 23, 201785 Comments

As new employees were brought into Apple’s secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago…

Apple working on displays with adjustable angles-of-views for privacy on iPhones, iPads, and Macs

Friday, August 4, 2017 9:27 am1 Comment

Apple is working on a way to allow users to control when they want a narrow field of view on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac…

CustomPlay sues Apple over Apple TV ‘What did he say?’ feature

Friday, July 28, 2017 8:45 amFriday, July 28, 20176 Comments

Florida company CustomPlay filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple today…

Apple’s future AirPods might feature automated audio passthrough feature

Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:15 pmThursday, July 20, 20175 Comments

Apple’s in-ear speaker hybrid audio transparency system…

Apple acquires BellSouth patent regarding home device automation and smart interaction

Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:01 pmThursday, July 20, 20178 Comments

The patent covers a smart home environment being controlled by a single handheld device that learns new functions over time…

Apple’s future iPhones, MacBooks could have mirror finishes or be polished with diamonds

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 3:50 pmTuesday, July 11, 20174 Comments

Apple has patented some super-strong, translucent finishes for housing electronic devices…

New Apple AirPod patent reveals biometric health-tracking capabilities

Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:28 pm3 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 43 newly granted patents for Apple…

Apple might have to make its own vehicles to succeed in autonomous driving

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 4:50 pm14 Comments

Apple has revealed that it’s working on self-driving car technology…

Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ remains as fuzzy as ever

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 12:55 pm5 Comments

We have known for a long time that Apple is working on an autonomous car project…

Tim Cook says Apple is focusing on an autonomous car system; does not rule out making own vehicles

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 9:58 amTuesday, June 13, 201726 Comments

After years toiling away in secret on its car project, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook…

Samsung to unveil new ‘stretchable display’ – a concept in which Apple has shown interest

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 9:25 amTuesday, May 23, 20173 Comments

Samsung Display will unveil its stretchable display for the first time…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been test-driving a device that tracks his blood sugar, connected to his Apple Watch

Thursday, May 18, 2017 4:06 pmThursday, May 18, 201714 Comments

Tim Cook has been spotted at the Apple campus test-driving a device that tracks blood sugar…

Apple patent applications reveal all-new Apple Watch with wrap-around display and possible Apple HDTV

Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:28 pmThursday, May 18, 20173 Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that delivers quite the punch…

Next-gen Apple Watch to include game-changing health features, interchangeable smart bands

Monday, May 15, 2017 5:30 pmMonday, May 15, 20179 Comments

There’s no doubt about it, the Apple Watch is a hit….

Apple isn’t working on a car, they’re working on something much bigger

Friday, May 12, 2017 10:00 amFriday, May 12, 201720 Comments

The automotive market is valued at anywhere from $5 trillion to $15 trillion…

CarKit: Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ really a ‘HomeKit for cars’ rather than an actual vehicle?

Thursday, May 11, 2017 5:01 pmThursday, May 11, 20174 Comments

Apple’s interest in cars dates back to at least 2008…

Apple invention reveals Siri deeply integrated into Messages

Thursday, May 11, 2017 3:03 pmThursday, May 11, 20172 Comments

Apple in a patent application published Thursday details a method of integrating an intelligent virtual assistant…

Apple’s next-gen iPhone to pack revolutionary wireless over-the-air charging at a distance?

Thursday, May 11, 2017 10:44 am10 Comments

Energous expects the first orders for significant quantities of its chipsets from one or more customers before the end of the second quarter…

Apple wants California DMV to shroud public reports about Apple’s autonomous vehicle tests

Friday, April 28, 2017 3:39 pm5 Comments

Apple has asked the California DMV to alter the rules that require it…

Check out the Lexus that Apple’s using to test their self-driving car tech

Friday, April 28, 2017 2:32 pmFriday, April 28, 20171 Comment

Almost two weeks after Apple Inc. secured permission to test its autonomous-car technology…

Apple patent application focuses on truly wireless charging via Wi-Fi

Thursday, April 27, 2017 2:00 pmThursday, April 27, 20176 Comments

Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…

Apple is hiring NASA engineers

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 11:25 amWednesday, April 26, 20174 Comments

Apple is hiring former NASA and Tesla employees as part of a self-driving car initiative…

Apple hires NASA Augmented Reality guru

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 11:31 amTuesday, April 25, 2017No Comments

Apple has hired Jeff Norris, a specialist in the new technology from NASA…

How Apple is training testers for self-driving Apple Car

Monday, April 24, 2017 3:55 pmMonday, April 24, 20173 Comments

Apple has outlined a plan to train operators of self-driving cars in documents submitted to…

Apple permit reveals self-driving car testers include NASA roboticists

Monday, April 24, 2017 11:27 amMonday, April 24, 20178 Comments

Apple Inc.’s plan for autonomous vehicles calls for putting more-senior engineers in all of its cars…

Apple’s self-driving car test program revealed in new document

Friday, April 21, 2017 4:55 pm5 Comments

Last week Apple was granted permission to publicly test self-driving car technology…

Leaked document details Apple employee eye injuries, hints at Apple AR glasses

Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:40 pm13 Comments

An incident report compiled by an Environment Health and Safety contractor working for Apple…

Is Apple getting their innovation groove back?

Thursday, April 20, 2017 12:01 pmThursday, April 20, 201719 Comments

Apple reportedly has begun testing a premium iPhone with a revamped display and body…

Apple to dismantle iconic glass cube entrance to Fifth Avenue Store in Manhattan

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 5:35 pmWednesday, April 19, 201722 Comments

Apple will soon dismantle and remove the iconic glass cube entrance…

Analyst: Apple ‘almost certainly’ exploring making a whole car but there’s a big challenge

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 10:58 amTuesday, April 18, 201717 Comments

Apple is ‘almost certainly’ exploring how to build an entire car but would likely need…

Right now, the ‘Apple Car’ is a 2015 Lexus RX 450h SUV

Monday, April 17, 2017 5:28 pmMonday, April 17, 201720 Comments

Apple is joining the fiercely competitive race to design self-driving cars…

Gene Munster on Apple Car: Exploration does not mean a product comes to market

Monday, April 17, 2017 4:25 pmMonday, April 17, 201711 Comments

Friday’s news of Apple’s permit to test self-driving cars in California should not have come as much…

Apple’s Project Titan: California makes it official

Monday, April 17, 2017 3:57 pmMonday, April 17, 20173 Comments

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has officially added Apple to its list of participants…

Why you should get your self-driving car from Apple

Monday, April 17, 2017 12:01 pmMonday, April 17, 201714 Comments

Right before Easter weekend Apple received a permit in California to turn three Lexus RX 450h hybrid SUVs…

Apple secures permit to test autonomous vehicles

Saturday, April 15, 2017 6:49 pm27 Comments

Apple Inc. on Friday secured a permit for autonomous-vehicle testing in California…

Apple’s famed audio director, inventor of Lucasfilm THX Sound System, invents next-gen audio system

Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:28 pmThursday, April 13, 201714 Comments

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a key patent application from Apple…

Could this be the future of the Mac?

Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:25 amThursday, March 30, 201735 Comments

Could Apple create a hybrid desktop product driven by some future version of…

Apple patent application reveals MacBook with iPad as display, MacBook with iPhone as touchpad

Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:31 amThursday, March 23, 20179 Comments

The patent also includes a design where the screen is replaced with an iPad…

Apple is working on several AR products, including glasses, but first in iPhone, sources say

Monday, March 20, 2017 9:59 amMonday, March 20, 201712 Comments

Investors impatient for Apple’s next breakthrough will be happy to know that Cook is very serious about A…

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