Thursday afternoon’s quarterly earnings report from Apple will be the first indication the company has given as to the performance of the iPhone 8 since it debuted in late September, though any concrete indication of the performance of the iPhone X will likely remain mum until the conclusion of the holiday period.
A series of privacy advocates are taking issue with Apple allowing developers to use the TrueDepth camera central to the Face ID system under limited circumstances — and with serious restrictions applied by Apple to what coders can use the data for.
Exclusive deals are rolling in this week with bonus coupon savings on Apple’s current 15-inch MacBook Pro. Pick up the standard model for $2,149 ($250 off) or save $300 on the upgraded Radeon 560 config with a 2.9GHz processor and 512GB of storage. The popular OWC 13 Port Thunderbolt 3 dock is also $20 off with no sales tax outside NY and NJ.
Despite analyst guesses to the contrary, Apple will likely retain the all-plastic lens stack implemented in iPhone X as a basis for its 2018 iPhone product line, according to well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Apple’s iPhone X introduces the next decade of iOS. It pairs an advanced, full-face display with a strikingly beautiful glass and steel design. It invents new multitouch alternatives to the Home button and introduces an advanced TrueDepth 3D camera system, fast Face ID authentication and futuristic augmented reality effects from Portrait Lighting selfies to Animoji, further expanding its role in defining affordable luxury in mobile devices.
Apple Music has scored exclusive streaming rights to “Danny Brown: Live at the Majestic,” a documentary chronicling the Detroit rapper’s return to his home town for a first-ever gig at the Majestic Theater.
With Apple’s iPhone X due to launch on Friday, developers, including Apple itself, are rolling out updates to take advantage of the device’s larger Super Retina OLED display and unique features like Face ID authentication.
Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with NBC News’ Lester Holt on Wednesday to talk about issues affecting the modern tech industry landscape, from tax reform to concerns that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election through a wide-reaching social media campaign.
Apple is among a list of high-power technology companies to file briefs in support of a legal effort to halt President Donald Trump’s plan to end protections for undocumented immigrants brought into America as children.
Apple’s iPhone 7 security was bypassed by a trio of hackers at the Mobile Pwn2Own event, with a wi-fi exploit, a system service bug, and two Safari bugs used to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code on the device.