Apple hasn’t detected unusual transmissions or other evidence servers were infiltrated with Chinese spy chips, the company’s VP of Information Security insisted in a letter to Congress on Sunday.

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When pitting the iPhone XS Max against Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 in a gaming death match last week, we noticed audio reproduction was noticeably better on Apple’s device. We take a closer listen in this video.

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The United States Department of Homeland Security has added to the growing chorus of voices siding with Apple and Amazon versus the blockbuster report that Apple’s iCloud and Siri security was violated by a China-planted spy chip.

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Many of iOS 12’s notification features are intended to remove distractions, but “critical alerts” are meant to do the opposite. Apple hasn’t said much about them — so what are they, and how do they work?

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On the heels of June’s Supreme Court ruling allowing states to collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers that do not have a physical presence in the state, B&H Photo, an Apple authorized reseller, will begin collecting sales tax in 15 additional states starting the week of Oct. 8.

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You may have heard some talk about the so-called and poorly-named “Beautygate,” where users are claiming Apple’s new iPhone XS and XS Max are applying overly-aggressive skin smoothing algorithms on photos taken with the selfie camera, resulting in fake-looking or doctored images. Let’s talk about what’s actually happening behind the scenes.

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You’ve got a new phone, now make it word hard for you. With every iPhone update there comes a flood of new iOS apps and upgrades. Some of them are essentials, some just show what the new iOS is capable of — and a very few are both. AppleInsider picks the ten most notable new or significantly updated apps.

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Apple reportedly launched a wide-reaching internal investigation into an explosive report claiming Chinese spies compromised the servers of nearly 30 tech companies in what boils down to a complex supply chain hack, but came up empty in its examination.

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In the wake of revelations that Apple plans to employ a special diagnostics tool that effectively blocks certain third-party MacBook Pro and iMac Pro repairs, DIY specialist iFixit evaluated the issue to find the new policy is not yet active.

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Performance improvements in the A12 Bionic chip used in the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max has put Apple’s in-house CPU designs on a par with processors used in notebooks and computers, one extensive deep dive declares, with the latest processor bringing the mobile chip line within striking distance of “the best desktop CPUs.”

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