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Judge agrees to Apple’s $50 million proposal to settle butterfly keyboard class action lawsuit

If you had trouble with a MacBook Pro featuring a butterfly keyboard, you’re in luck. According to Law360, Apple’s plan to pay $50 million to settle a long running class-action lawsuit over the faulty butterfly keyboard today received preliminary approval from a California federal judge. The payment will include $13.6 million in attorney fees, up […]

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Rumor: Apple to continue using Qualcomm’s 5G modem chipset for 2023 model iPhones

Two very large tech companies can sue each other for years, but still find it beneficial to cooperate when push comes to shove. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, although Apple has been attempting to build its own 5G modems, it will apparently continue to rely on Qualcomm 5G chips for iPhones in 2023. . Sources have […]

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Class action lawsuit over Apple’s butterfly keyboard settled, Apple will pay up to $50 million to affected parties

Sometimes Apple components just aren’t what the company – or its legal department – would like them to be. A class action lawsuit involving customers in seven states, including California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Washington. The settled lawsuit has Apple paying out $50 million to plaintiffs affected by the controversial keyboard design. […]

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Apple’s AirTags accessory may be falling short in anti-stalking features, according to recent police report

Although Apple’s AirTags accessory comes with anti-stalking mechanisms for user safely, a new police report analysis has indicated that these features may not be working as expected all the time. In a new report Wednesday, Motherboard shared the results of an analysis of 150 police reports across a recent eight-month period. Of those reports, less […]

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Apple to pay $95 million settlement in AppleCare-focused replacement device lawsuit

Last October, Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle an ongoing class action lawsuit that accused the company of violating various U.S. laws and regulations by providing customers with refurbished replacement devices instead of new devices when repairs were required under AppleCare. Administrators handling the case have updated the “Replacement Device Lawsuit” website with details as to […]