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Google, Amazon, eBay and others drop Apple Watch support for some of their apps

It’s been a quiet trend, but it’s still worth noting. Over the last few months, a number of companies, including Google, Amazon and eBay have pulled some of their Apple Watch apps from the App Store. The programs, namely Google Maps, Amazon and eBay, were all early supporters of the Apple Watch and released apps […]

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Rumor: Apple could be exploring space-based broadband Internet options via ex-Google hires, discussions with Boeing

Apple may be getting involved in orbital communications satellites. A recent report has stated that Apple poached two Google satellite executives to form a new hardware team within the company. The new hires, John Fenwick and Michael Trela, headed up Google’s spacecraft operations and satellite engineering, respectively. The report noted that both Fenwick and Trela […]

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California DMV grants Apple permit to test self-driving cars on public streets

Apple’s self-driving car project is another step closer to completion. The company has been granted a permit that enables it to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in the state of California, according to the California DMV website. Apple was added to the list of permit holders that are allowed to participate in the Autonomous […]

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Rumor: Apple said to be among corporations bidding to acquire Toshiba’s NAND unit

Apple may just be in a bidding war for Toshiba’s NAND memory unit. A report from the Korean Herald states that Apple, Amazon, Google and others are in a war for Toshiba’s NAND memory division, which accounts for 20 percent of the NAND market. There are reported to be 10 bidders in total, although specific […]

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LastPass exploit discovered, company scrambles to repair the vulnerability

A serious vulnerability was recently discovered in the popular LassPass password manager and developers are scrambling to fix the issue which makes it possible for malicious websites to steal user passcodes and in some cases execute malicious code on computers running the program. The flaw, which affects the most recent version of the browser extension, […]