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  Apple has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that its Apple Silicon iPhone and Mac chips infringe on patents owned by non-practicing entity Future Link Systems, LLC. The complaint, lodged Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleges that Apple A-series and M-series chips directly infringe on claims in four patents focused on "improvements in electronic circuitry." That includes the M1 and A14 Bionic. According to the lawsuit, Future Link Systems penned a letter...

  At an investor conference, Samsung Co-CEO Koh Dong-jin said that Samsung is streamlining its smartphone lineup, and a casualty of the ongoing chip supply pinch may be the 2021 Galaxy Note lineup. "Theres a serious imbalance in supply and demand of chips in the IT sector globally," said Koh. "Despite the difficult environment, our business leaders are meeting partners overseas to solve these problems. Its hard to say the shortage issue has been solved 100%." Samsung is not just dealing with s...

  Audiophiles connected to the Apple ecosystem loved the original $350 HomePod for its best-in-class sound, but casual consumers passed on the pricey speaker, ultimately leading Apple to discontinue the hardware. Thats probably a bad sign for the $550 AirPods Max — heres why. Apple officially announced last Friday evening East coast time that it was discontinuing the original HomePod, and will instead focus on the HomePod mini. The timing of that announcement was no coincidence — late o...

  Apple TV has added Anthony Boyle to co-star in the upcoming mini-series "Masters of the Air," a sequel to HBOs award-winning "Band of Brothers." Boyle will reportedly play the lead role of Major Crosby. The actor previously appeared in HBOs "Plot Against America," the biopic "Tolkien," and the Apple TV+ series "Tetris." Based on Donald L. Millers nonfiction title "Masters of the Air: Americas Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany", the limited-run series will follow the tr...

  Malware developers ramped up the creation of malicious software targeting the Mac in 2020 compared to previous years, new data suggests. Security researchers at AV-TEST GmbH logged 674,273 new samples of macOS malware in 2020, according to an AtlasVPN investigation. The researchers found 56,556 samples in 2019 and 92,570 in 2018. Although the data only proves that more unique malware samples were identified, it does suggest that malware authors are continuing to turn their attention toward t...

  After crossing the expected invitation window, Jon Prosser has announced that the Apple event will be in April, not March. Multiple accurate sources have claimed that there will be an event or announcement on March 23. As we drew closer to the supposed date it seemed clear that Apple was set to announce "AirPods 3" and "AirTags," until it wasnt. On Wednesday, Jon Prosser said that the event would be in April with no further explanation. He is the first to announce a different date. The event...

  Apple TV+ has inked a first-look deal with production company MountainA, recently formed by Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas. Under the terms of the agreement, Apple TV+ will get the first pick of television projects developed and produced by Portman and Mas. It marks the first producing deal for the pair, Portman and Mas are currently working with Apple Studios on an upcoming series named "Lady in the Lake." The show, set in 1960s Baltimore, centers on an unsolved murder that pushes a housew...

  A currently unreleased iMac running on what appears to be an Apple Silicon chip has leaked through a report file in Xcodes Crash Reporter feature. As Apple shifts its Mac lineup over to first-party chips, reports and rumors indicate that one of the next devices in line will be the iMac. Apple is reportedly working on two all-in-one Macs with ARM processors to replace the 21.5-inch iMac and the 27-inch iMac. Amid those rumors, an iMac device with an ARM chip has surfaced through the Xcode Cr...

"AirPods Pro turn the world into a playground. Now its time to join in the fun. Just grab your rope, move to the music, and transform your rope into something playful," Apple says of the campaign. Apple first debuted its TikTok account in April 2020. For most the year, it remained dormant, but the company launched a campaign similar to the current AirPods Pro project in November to promote the iPhone 12 mini. The companys TikTok account has grown since then and now has more than 602,000 followe...

  Intel has cast former "Im a Mac" actor Justin Long in a series of new ads, as the chip-maker faces the threat of Apple Silicon Macs. Long stars in a series of five new commercials that are now streaming on Intels YouTube channel. Each ad plays with expectations from Apples iconic 2000s-era "Get a Mac" ad campaign that starred Long as a Mac alongside John Hodgmans PC. Intels ads open with the former "Mac" actor standing in front of a familiar all-white background, stating, "Hello, Im a — ...