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  Apple Pay transactions surface in Matt Gaetz investigation, more Apple evidence against accused January 6 rioters, and cops Apple Watch is damaged. The latest in an occasional AppleInsider feature, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Apple Pay transactions are part of Matt Gaetz probe Congressman Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, is reportedly under investigation by the Justice Department. According to The New York Times, evidence in the investigation has included Gaetzs Ap...

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Ida Antoniolli Clair, 56, of Elk Grove, has been appointed State Architect at the Department of General Services, Division of the State Architect, where she has served as Acting State Architect since 2019 and Principal Architect since 2016. Clair was Senior Architect at the Department of General Services from 2013 to 2016. She was Project Manager at Cynthia Easton Architects from 1999 to 2013. Clair was Project A...

  Apple Pay could automatically select specific credentials depending on the location, with a future version potentially able to take advantage of an iPhones ultra-wideband technology to make sure the right card is used. Apple has made the iPhone an almost indispensable item for everyday life, especially where payments are concerned. Users frequently perform Apple Pay transactions via their devices, registering multiple bank and credit cards for use in mobile payments. The Wallet within iOS ...

  Code strings discovered in the latest tvOS 14.5 beta release suggest an expected next-generation Apple TV device will support 120Hz video output. Current Apple TV models do not incorporate hardware capable of streaming 120Hz 4K content. Aside from internal silicon and operating system limitations, the set-top boxs reliance on HDMI 2.0 restricts 4K refresh rates to 60Hz (85Hz at a 16:9 ratio). According to code uncovered by 9to5Mac, however, Apple appears to be preparing tvOS software for a ...

  Foxconn parent company Hon Hai earned $47 billion in the first quarter of 2021, up 44% from last year, reportedly on demand from home workers buying iPhone 12 models. Following its January sales record based on demand for the iPhone 12 range, Foxconns parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry, has seen 44% growth since the same time last year. According to Bloomberg, the growth described in the Taiwanese manufacturers latest earnings report, is down to demand for Apples 5G devices, and work...

  Apple plans to have your iPhone predict far in advance if youre going to run out of charge today, and warn you in time to do something about it. Just as every iPhone runs out of battery power, so every iPhone has always had the ability to warn when that power is getting low. Its more complicated than the little icon and notifications would make it seem, but still it is a familiar experience of using an iPhone. And Apple wants to improve it. "Smart advice to charge notification," is a newly-g...

  Rather than just spotting whole mistyped words, Apple wants iOS to figure out which letters are wrong, delete those on the fly with little user intervention, and keep the right ones. Its 15 years now since Apple designer Ken Kocienda invented what would become the iPhones on-screen keyboard. Apple has since refined it with features such as Slide to Type, and it has been filing patent after patent on autocorrection ideas. Now its been granted yet another patent, and this one is about speeding...

Happy birthday, Apple! Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent a memo to Apple employees to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Apple’s founding (which is today), as noted by the French site MacGeneration. “As Apple celebrates 45 years today, I”m reminded of Steve’s words from many years ago: ‘It’s been an ama

After one year of silence the Hawaii Tourism Authority will be answering questions on an upcoming World Tourism Network Zoom call on April 7. The public is invited to participate and ask questions. How did Hawaii bring so many visitors back quietly? Tourism in Waikiki is booming again. The Easter Holidays this year saw Waikiki packed with visitors. With record domestic tourist arrivals, hotels and airlines are keeping this success for the Hawaii Visitors Industry a State secret. The balance of...

  Apple TV+ hit "Ted Lasso" continues to add awards, with star and co-writer Jason Sudeikis now picking up the Screen Actors Guilds comedy series acting trophy. Adding to its slew of awards to date — including Critics Choice and Writers Guild wins — "Ted Lasso" has now added a further acting award for star and co-writer Jason Sudeikis at the SAG Awards 2021. Sudeikis won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, beating Nicholas Hoult for "The Great," Ramy Youssef f...