Apple should collaborate with existing carmakers, tapping their experience, instead of trying to build its own car single-handedly, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler said at this week’s Geneva International Motor Show.
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Apple chip supplier TSMC doubling 16nm chip production, hinting at ‘iPhone 7’ prep
Key Apple processor supplier TSMC plans to double its production capacity for 16-nanometer chips in March, reports said on Wednesday, hinting at preparation for future Apple devices.
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Apple files formal objection in San Bernardino case, submits New York decision as backup
Apple this week made a pair of moves designed to shore up its legal footing in the ongoing battle with the FBI, formally objecting to the Central District of California’s order to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone and bringing that court’s attention to the pro-Apple decision handed down in New York on Monday.
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DxO One iPhone camera drops to $499, updates with new app-based features
DxO on Tuesday announced an immediate price drop for its DxO One iPhone camera, along with an update to the hardware’s companion iPhone app, introducing several new features.
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Apple Pay dominates merchant mindshare for contactless payments, survey finds
A new poll of merchant processing partners has found that Apple Pay is by far the most desired tap-to-pay method, easily exceeding demand for rival services like Android Pay, PayPal and Samsung Pay.
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Video: new bird’s eye view of Apple Campus 2 Spaceship, March 2016
Speaking to shareholders at the company’s Annual Meeting on Friday, Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook joked that he kept himself up to date on the progress of his Campus 2 “Spaceship” project by watching drone videos posted on the Internet. For Cook and everyone else that’s interested, here’s the latest progress update on Apple’s new innovation center.
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US AG Lynch says FBI not asking Apple to break into iPhone, simply disable ‘password blocker’
In a follow-up interview to her appearance at Tuesday’s RSA security conference, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the FBI is not asking Apple to break into an iPhone linked to last year’s San Bernardino shootings, it only wants the company to disable built-in security safeguards.
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SleepHealth debuts as first ResearchKit app & study to support IBM Watson Health Cloud
Almost one year after IBM announced Watson Health Cloud, a cognitive computing platform built in partnership with Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, the computing giant on Tuesday debuted SleepHealth, an app and ResearchKit study investigating the connection between sleep habits and health.
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Apple’s lead attorney frames encryption debate as digital arms race, says only US asking for privileged access
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday meant to shed light on the contentious encryption debate, Apple’s legal chief Bruce Sewell toed the company line with privacy rights and slippery slope arguments. He added, however, that America is the only country asking Apple to break its encryption amidst a wider cold war between tech industry players and nefarious agents.
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Apple’s lease of old Sunnyvale Pepsi bottling plant hints at Project Titan expansion
Apple recently leased a 96,000-square-foot warehouse in Sunnyvale, Calif., last used by Pepsi as a bottling plant in a move that grows the company’s presence in an area previously tied to work on Project Titan, colloquially known as the “Apple Car.”
Source:: Apple Insider