China has banned central government officials from using iPhones at work as its relationship with the U.S. deteriorates. The Wall Street Journal reported the move, which could hurt Apple’s reputation in its second-largest market. According to the report, government employees are also asked not to bring foreign devices to work. …

The rumors were accurate again. September 12 is Apple’s next iPhone event. The company sent out invites for the event at Apple Park in Cupertino again. Spoilers: the invite has a Thanos snap-like graphic and “Wonderlust” [sic]. The big show will likely feature the iPhone 15. Given its big deal …

The most popular VTubers, online personalities who use motion-capture-powered manga- and anime-inspired avatars to interact with the world alongside games, over YouTube, and elsewhere, have hundreds of millions of hours of viewership per month, loyal fan bases, lucrative sponsorships, and demand for more. Big tech appears to be taking notice. …

Apple released its first “rapid security” patches on Monday to fix security vulnerabilities that are actively exploited or pose a significant risk to customers. Rapid Security Response updates “deliver important security improvements between software updates,” a notice states. Apple introduced Rapid Security Responses to update devices faster than usual. Some …

In order to address a vulnerability that hackers were actively using to compromise Apple devices, Apple on Monday released a new version of the operating systems for the iPhone and iPad. Apple stated that it “is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited” on the …

Apple has acknowledged that a two-week-old iPhone software update it provided addressed a zero-day security flaw that it now claims was being actively exploited. The update, known as iOS 16.1.2, was released on November 30 and included unnamed “critical security updates” for all compatible iPhones, including iPhone 8 and later. …

After initially debuting the iPhone 14 Emergency SOS satellite feature in the United States and Canada last month, Apple has now expanded it to France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Users can communicate with emergency services through messaging when not within range of cellular and Wi-Fi networks thanks to …

Tens of thousands of iPhones and Android devices, the most of whose owners are unaware that their data has been compromised, have had data taken by the little-known phone surveillance program Xnspy. Xnspy is one of many “stalkerware” apps that are marketed for spying on a spouse or domestic partner’s …

In advance of the enforcement of U.S. export curbs on one of China’s biggest NAND flash chipmakers, Apple will turn to Samsung for memory used in iPhones, according to DigiTimes. With the potential to potentially purchase up to 40% of the chips required for all iPhones, Apple originally intended to …

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will have a USB-C connector that supports at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3, which would give the devices a significant speed boost over current models. While Lightning supports USB 2.0 rates of up to …