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Apple sets up offices near Imagination Technologies’ headquarters, reportedly poaching staff for GPU development

Apple seems to be making moves to poach additional staff from Imagination Technologies, the British chip designer behind the GPUs used in iOS devices. Per the Telegraph, Apple has established its own GPU design team in offices just a few miles from Imagination’s offices in St. Albans. The report states that Apple has already hired […]

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Analyst: Apple may be developing its own power management chips, could be veering away from Dialog

Apple may be developing its own power management chips according to a report from German private bank Bankhaus Lampe. The report, which was released on Tuesday, precipitated a sharp drop in the share price of Dialog Semiconductor, which functions as Apple’s current supplier. Per analyst Karsten Iltgen: “The teams of both companies collaborate very closely […]

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Apple pay currently dominating mobile payments market, could affect retail industry in the long run

Apple Pay might just wind up on top. A few years ago, when the technology was first introduced, it seemed like a vague idea. Today, according to new survey data released by Boston Retail Partners, Apple Pay is not only booming, it’s the mobile payments standard, surpassing PayPal, which had nearly a decade headstart. This, […]

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Intel announces new Kaby Lake processors, upgraded Macs likely in 2017

Over at CES, Intel formally announced its full lineup of 7th-generation Intel Core processors, known as Kaby Lake. Kaby Lake low-power Y-Series and U-Series processors were announced in late August, but today’s unveiling covers notebook and desktop chips that could be destined for many future Apple Macs. The new processors are built using the “14nm+” […]

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Rumor: Apple supplier Inventec expanding AirPods manufacturing capability

If you’re hankering for a pair of AirPods but supplies have been out of stock, things might be about to change for the better. Apple supplier Inventec, who appears to be the sole provider of Apple’s AirPods at this time, has started expanding capacity at its plants to satisfy worldwide demand for the wireless devices. […]