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Police in Texas used the cellular location tracking feature of the Apple Watch to find a woman who had been kidnapped.

The European Parliament has asked for Apple CEO Tim Cook to join other major tech CEOs to a hearing on February 1, with lawmakers aiming to discuss changes that could curtail the power of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook on the continent.

The majority of streaming service customers subscribe to Netflix but only 14% can say the same for Apple TV+, according to a new J.D. Power survey.

Microsoft's latest attempt to promote its Surface tablet lineup has it comparing the Surface Pro 7 against Apple's MacBook Pro, despite the iPad Air potentially being a closer rival device.

  Morgan Stanley has raised its Apple price target to $152 on expectations of a strong December quarter across its product and services portfolio. In a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, analyst Katy Huberty says that recent checks indicated that 5G adoption, the switch to remote education and work, and sustained App Store engagement all drove Apple to a potential blockbuster of a December quarter. "Our recent conversations suggest investors expect Apple to release solid, but not great, ...

Reportedly facing design and development issues, "Apple Glass" may now be preceded by a separate Apple VR headset that will be an expensive rival to Oculus.

  New research shows Apple is investigating how HomePod, or other devices, can use audio to estimate the distance to a speaking user, and also to identify the sounds around it. Apples HomePod is already very good at hearing your voice, even when it is playing music loudly. Two separate new patent applications show that Apple wants to improve this, and to take the ability for devices to listen, to a new level. One of them, "Learning-Based Distance Estimation," is concerned with using audio not ...

  Apple is researching ways to eliminate lens distortion using multiple cameras in the flexible housing of a device such as an Apple Watch strap. You cant bend a lens without wrecking its optical properties. But you can have a series of camera lenses across a flexible surface, and by bending that housing, get a combined panoramic, or 3D, image. "Camera Systems for Bendable Electronic Devices," is a newly-revealed patent application, which is concerned with taking images with such a series of ...

  Linux now works on the Mac mini with M1 processor — but Apple did not make it easy for the team to port the OS with its custom firmware and unique data paths. Heres how Corellium got it done. Now that Linux is fully usable on Macs with M1 processors the team at Corellium has detailed their process for porting the OS. In Thursdays post, Corellium says that they have been studying Apples custom processors since the iPhone 6 released in 2014. The company used some exploits and the previous ...

Whether it's to say you're home safe, or that you're on your way, you can get your iPhone to tell someone exactly where you are. Here's what you have to do.