Multinational bank ING says it’s on the verge of supporting Apple Pay in Spain, which could foreshadow launches in other countries.

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Apple just doesn’t allow modern Nvidia GPUs on macOS Mojave, and this is a dramatic change from only six months ago. Given that a new Mac Pro is coming that could support Nvidia cards, and there are already eGPUs that should, it’s time that Apple did.

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An non-profit organization, noyb, has launched a complaint with the Austrian government against Apple, YouTube, and several other major tech companies, saying they’ve failed to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.

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Apparently impacted by Apple’s iPhone demand, some 50,000 seasonal workers have been dismissed from Foxconn since October, a report indicated on Friday.

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Google’s attempts to take on the Apple Watch in the wearable devices market with Wear OS may receive a boost, after the revelation the search giant will be paying watch maker Fossil $40 million to buy the company’s smartwatch-related intellectual property.

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This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Willian and Victor are back, catching up on overall themes of CES, iPhone rumors, the possibilities of a new iPad Pro, and the carry-over effects of smartphone brands cutting earning expectations.

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Responding to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s crusade for strict data privacy regulations in the U.S., Acxiom, a premiere data broker, said it supports a unified set of laws governing data sharing practices while at the same time denying it is part of a so-called “shadow economy.”

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An unconfirmed rumor shared on Chinese microblogging network Sina Weibo earlier this month claims Apple’s next iPhone will boast a few key component upgrades like a 3x telephoto lens and massively upgraded 4,000 mAh battery with 15-watt wireless fast charging.

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Nidec, a Japanese company that supplies vibratory motor parts for products like Apple’s iPhone, is revising down 2019 sales forecasts due to what its chairman characterizes as an “extraordinary” decline in Chinese demand.

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As promised, Apple on Friday kicked off sales of HomePod in China and Hong Kong, bringing the Siri-infused speaker to customers in the region nearly a year after the device launched in 2018.

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