Russia Blocks Apple's FaceTime Amid Crackdown on Encrypted Apps
Juli Clover / macrumors - Russia has blocked Apple's FaceTime video calling app in an ongoing effort to eliminate private communication methods, reports Reuters. Russia claims FaceTime is being used for criminal activity, and that blocking the app is a legitimate law enforcement m…
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Apple cuts Night mode Portraits on iPhone 17 Pro as users look for answers
appleinsider - Apple removed Night mode Portraits from the iPhone 17 Pro, and while a vocal minority of users are frustrated, others never noticed the feature was gone.iPhone 17 ProCuriosity around the camera change has grown because the update landed without an explana…
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Apple Lights Up Battersea Power Station With iPad-Designed Christmas Trees
iclarified - Apple is brightening the London skyline this month with a set of iPad-created Christmas trees now being projected onto the facade of Battersea Power Station. The display marks the reveal of the 24 winners of Your Tree on Battersea, a public creativity com…
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Apple Announces 2025 App Store Award Winners, Including iPhone App of the Year
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today unveiled the winners of its 2025 App Store Awards, including task planning app Tiimo, which was named iPhone App of the Year.17 winning apps and games were selected by Apple's team of App Store editors, for showing exceptional innovation, user…
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Apple VP of Design Alan Dye Defects to Meta; Veteran Stephen Lemay Named Successor
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple's VP of Interface Design Alan Dye has defected to Meta to lead a new Creative Studio, marking the third major executive exit in Q4 2025.The post Apple VP of Design Alan Dye Defects to Meta; Veteran Stephen Lemay Named Successor appeared first on Win…
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Meta hires away Apple’s top design exec
Hunter Schwarz / fastcompany - Apple just lost a top design talent.Meta has hired Alan Dye, who was the head of Apple’s human interface design team. The company is filling his position with Stephen Lemay, who CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg “has played a key role in the design of every maj…
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Alan Dye Leaves Apple for Meta, Replaced by Longtime Designer Stephen Lemay
John Gruber / bloomberg - Mark Gurman, with blockbuster news at Bloomberg: Meta Platforms Inc. has poached Apple Inc.’s most prominent designexecutive in a major coup that underscores a push by the socialnetworking giant into AI-equipped consumer devices.The company is hiring Alan…
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Apple Releases watchOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2 and visionOS 26.2 Release Candidates
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today provided developers with the release candidate versions of upcoming watchOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, and visionOS 26.2 updates for testing purposes. The software comes two weeks after Apple seeded the third betas. The RCs are the final versions of the…
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After intense backlash, India pulls mandate to pre-install government app on smartphones
Jagmeet Singh / techcrunch - On Wednesday, the Indian telecom ministry said Sanchar Saathi, an anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app, would remain voluntary, and that smartphone makers would no longer be required to preload it on devices they sell.
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Apple's AI chief to step down as critics say the company is falling behind
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ChatGPT May Soon Sync With Apple Health Data
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - ChatGPT’s latest iPhone update hints at a new Apple Health connector that could let the AI tap into sleep and wellness data for personalized responses.The post ChatGPT May Soon Sync With Apple Health Data first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Apple Music Replay 2025 is here to highlight your unimpeachable music taste
Kris Holt / engadget - Music streaming services are starting to unleash their year-in-review features for 2025, and Apple Music’s version is out now. Apple Music Replay is here to lay bare your listening stats for the year — at least so far, because these tools go live with a w…
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Apple pushes back on India's iPhone security app install order
appleinsider - Apple is planning to tell the Indian government it won't comply with an order to preinstall a state-backed app on iPhones, as doing so would introduce big security and privacy issues.India wants a security app preinstalled on new iPhones - Image Credit: A…
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Apple's AI Chief Is Stepping Down And A Microsoft Executive Is Filling His Place
bgr - Apple announced that the company's AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position and being replaced by Microsoft's Amar Subramanya.
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John Giannandrea is Leaving Apple
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Widely blamed for the problems Apple had adding AI to Siri, AI executive John Giannandrea is leaving the company.The post John Giannandrea is Leaving Apple appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips
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EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Apple has told the EU that Apple Maps and Ads do not qualify for the gatekeeper designation.Read more: EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title
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Apple’s New Holiday Ad Misses the Mark, and Fans Aren’t Impressed
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Apple has released its annual holiday ad, and it’s not as good as the videos from the past. The new spot, called “A Critter Carol,” features a group of handmade woodland puppets who find a lost iPhone 17 Pro, film themselves singing a friendship song, and…
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Apple set to reclaim leadership position in global smartphone shipments
@MarketWatch / x - Apple set to reclaim leadership position in global smartphone shipments trib.al/YUeFTtS— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) Nov 26, 2025
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Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore's police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harm…
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