Yet another photo supposedly smuggled out from the Chinese supply chain purports to show a portion of Apple’s forthcoming “iPhone 7,” this time focusing on the redesigned antenna bands along the device’s rear.

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Ireland has yet to supply all the data asked for by the European Commission in its investigation of the country’s tax deals with Apple, a spokesman for the organization said on Wednesday.

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Apple chip manufacturer TSMC is reportedly partnering with chip design firm ARM on a new, 7-nanometer FinFET manufacturing process, likely to be used in producing iPhone and iPad processors within the next few years.

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The Kardia Band — built by Google+ founding father Vic Gundotra’s medical device startup AliveCor — is an Apple Watch band with an integrated ECG module that the company hopes will make it easier for heart patients to identify potential problems before it’s too late.

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While larger iPhones have driven sales among switchers, a new 4-inch iPhone is likely to drive upgrades among existing Apple users, to the tune of up to 15 million units per year, one analyst believes.

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In a move sure to complicate the ongoing Apple vs. FBI court case, Apple is reportedly developing stronger iCloud encryption methods that would prevent even it from accessing and extracting user data protected by a passcode.

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Photo sharing service Instagram on Tuesday announced plans to apply an optimization algorithm to user feeds that, much like the system used by parent company Facebook, reorders posts based on a variety of performance metrics.

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In Apple’s final response before a court hearing later set for next week in the ongoing San Bernardino iPhone encryption case, the company said the Department of Justice is asking making an unprecedented request that usurps due legal process, democratic policy and Constitutional rights.

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A Pennsylvania man on Tuesday was charged in the hacking of iCloud and Google cloud storage accounts belonging to more than 100 individuals — notably dozens of celebrities — and stealing personal, sometimes compromising pictures and video.

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Apple is “committed to Ireland,” whatever might happen in an European Commission investigation into Irish tax deals, the company’s VP of European operations said to a European Parliament panel on Tuesday.

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