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As Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature nears in iOS 14, some ad firms may be resorting to "server-to-server fingerprinting" to get around the privacy restrictions.

Microsoft has acquired speech recognition systems company Nuance in an all-cash deal valued at $19.7 billion, giving it control over the firm that helped Apple process Siri queries.

  The Biden Administration views the current chip shortages plaguing the global economy as a "national security issue" ahead of a White House Summit focused on addressing the problem. Back in February, President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at mitigating problems with the semiconductor supply chain. Part of the initiative to address the ongoing issues include a White House Summit on Monday. When asked about whether the Biden Administration sees the chip shortage as a national secu...

In a short video posted to Twitter, an iOS engineer has shown that it's possible to play "Flappy Bird" directly within a macOS push notification.

Analysts are weighing in on the latest smartphone shipment data out of China, which suggests solid demand for iPhone models but casts doubt on a "super cycle."

  Apple made changes to its A12, A13, and S5 system-on-chips to alter the Secure Enclave in Fall 2020, to include a second-generation model of the Secure Enclave. Whenever Apple introduces new features to its chips, it typically does so as part of a number of other updates included in a new chip release. While unlikely to occur on pre-existing chips normally, it appears that Apple has adjusted some of the designs of its earlier SoCs to make them more secure. MacRumors, a PDF version of the g...

  An iPhone accidentally dropped into a lake in Taiwan has been recovered one year later, after the biggest drought for over 50 years receded the water line enough to spot it. In March 2020, a man identified on the Bao Fei 1 Commune Facebook Group as "Chen" lost his iPhone 11 Pro Max while paddling in Sun Moon Lake, in Taiwan. The man wore the iPhone in a plastic waterproof pouch around his neck but lost it after falling into the water multiple times. At the time, Taiwan Newsreports a frien...

Nuance Communications is allegedly in discussions with Microsoft over a potential acquisition of the voice recognition company, one that could value a technology provider behind voice analysis for Apple's Siri at approximately $16 billion.

Sony wants to expand its mobile gaming efforts, with job advertisements indicating it intends to adapt many PlayStation franchises to be playable on iPhone and iPad in the future.

  An alleged "misprint" iPhone 11 Pro that was apparently sold for $2,700 has surfaced in a tweet, with images showing the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone wasnt positioned correctly. Posted to Twitter on Friday by "Internal Archive," the images depict the back of an iPhone 11 Pro from two viewpoints, with one angled upwards from the base while the other is a flat top-down view. The second image is shown alongside an edited version to highlight the "misprint." The defect is in the positi...