EU denies pausing action against Apple and others ahead of new US presidency

The European Union has denied a report that it has paused action against Apple and other US tech giants in the light of anticipated pressure from the incoming US president.

The report claims that the EU is “reassessing” antitrust investigations of Apple, Meta , and Google and that all decisions and fines will be paused until this process is complete …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is said to have called the president-elect on Friday to complain about antitrust and privacy violation fines levied against them.

The cites unnamed EU sources for its report


Waterfield launches new travel case tailor made for your M4 Mac Mini

Waterfield Designs, one of my favorite leather goods and bespoke accessories companies, has just released its Shield Case for the M4 Mac Mini. I wrote an article last month about how I turned my Mac Mini into a portable computer , and although I could do that successfully , this new Mac Mini case takes it to a whole new level. This case was made purely for the M4 Mac Mini with protection and accessories in mind. Here is everything you need to know.

From the moment the M4 Mac Mini

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Security vulnerability in iPhone’s USB-C port, and a gotcha with iMessage scams

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the USB-C port controller fitted to the iPhone 15 and 16 . However, exploiting it would be so complex that both Apple and the security researcher who discovered it concluded that it is not a real-world threat.

However, a security concern that does pose a threat to iPhone users is a tactic scammers are using to bypass one of Apple’s built-in protections …

Security researcher Thomas Roth discovered a vulnerability in the USB-C controller chip first introduced into


Apple Silicon

First US plant to make Apple chips almost ready for mass production – Nikkei

The first US plant to make A-series chips for Apple devices is expected to begin mass production as early as this quarter, says a new report.

It implies that test production by TSMC has already begun, with Apple said to be in the final stage of verifying the chips produced in Arizona …

Apple first announced its plan for ‘Made in America’ chips back in 2022, with the news hailed as one of the success stories of the US CHIPS Act. This is a government subsidy program intended


Apple @ Work Podcast: Mac mini M4 comes to the data center

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, I talk with from about their recent addition of the to


Meta is already working on adding Community Notes to Threads

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in which he announced a series of changes coming to the company’s platform policies such as Instagram and Threads. Among them, the executive revealed that it will switch from fact-checking to a Community Notes model – and it seems that this is already being implemented in the Threads app.

As noted by developer and researcher , the Community Note feature is already hidden in the . With this option, users can write a note about any post on Threads. The interface reinforces that the “note is


Chinese social networking app tops US App Store ranking amid potential TikTok ban

TikTok risks being banned from the US in the coming days as a bill signed by President Biden requires its parent company ByteDance to divest from the app. Amid the risk of a potential ban, users are already looking for alternatives – and another Chinese social network has just topped the US App Store rankings.

(known as RedNote in English) is a Chinese social network created in 2013 to compete with Pinterest and Instagram. The platform was primarily focused on letting users and influencers share product reviews with an integrated e

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Open Source LLM

Meta accused of training its AI using pirated content from torrents

A new day, a new controversy around artificial intelligence. This time, Meta has been accused of using pirated content from torrents to train its large language model (LLM) Llama, which powers Meta AI. The case was one of the first copyright lawsuits filed against a tech company for training AI.

As reported by , Meta was hit with a lawsuit in 2023 for allegedly training Llama, the company’s LLM, with pirated content. The case became known as “Kadrey et al. v.

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Apple is launching 20+ new products this year, here’s what’s coming

Apple has a huge lineup of products coming in 2025, including three new Home products , six devices getting rare updates , five new iPhones , and more. Based on the reporting of and especially, here’s a full lineup of what’s coming.

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Illinois launching Apple Wallet IDs support this year

Another state has committed to supporting digital IDs in Apple Wallet by the end of the year. Illinois says it will launch “the best mobile ID program in the nation” by the end of 2025…

New legislation went into effect in Illinois on January 1 that allows the Secretary of State’s office to issue digital ID cards and driver’s licenses for the first time. As part of that program, the state is also collaborating with Apple to support IDs in Apple Wallet.

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