Hong Kong police have launched a manhunt for a telecoms shop manager from Wan Chai who allegedly stole about 200 iPhones worth nearly HK$2 million (US$256,760). The case surfaced on Tuesday when a regional director of telecoms service provider China Mobile discovered irregularities while checking the company’s computer system. The outlet on Johnston Road in…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence.Apple and OpenAI have “locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing,” the lawsuit said.The…
Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old Brazilian woman who died on a bus with 26 iPhones glued to her skin. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, died of cardiac arrest on July 29, according to multiple outlets, including the Daily Mail. Cops suspect the young woman was likely smuggling the iPhones,…
Representational Image, ANI. The Delhi Police arrested a receiver and international supplier of stolen mobile phones and recovered 42 smartphones from his shop in Karol Bagh, an official said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Satender Pratap Singh alias Surjeet (47), a resident of Mahroli in Delhi, was allegedly preparing to ship the stolen devices…
Four people that Mint spoke with said that while the withdrawals may not lead to a major disruption of operations for Apple or Bharat Foxconn International Holdings Limited (FIH), at stake is India’s ability to expand its assembly lines without oversight from China-based technology experts, partners and stakeholders. For now, China’s move appears to be…
The United Kingdom’s competition watchdog has concluded that Apple and Google are stifling innovation in the mobile browser market, with Apple’s policies bearing most of the blame according to a final report published Wednesday.The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent inquiry group found that the mobile browser market is “not working well for consumers and…
It’s 10 p.m. — and you definitely know where your children are. Thanks to a proliferation of location-sharing apps, it’s become easy for parents, partners and pals to sneakily pinpoint the exact location of their loved ones at any moment — without them even knowing. Check your device: It’s likely these apps, like iPhone’s Find…
BEIJING – Alibaba’s announcement this week that it will partner with Apple to support iPhones’ artificial intelligence services offering in China has again thrust the spotlight on the country’s AI industry on the heels of DeepSeek. Following are some of the prominent AI services and their developers to watch in China. Developed by ByteDance, a…
Apple has called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store. Apple had long fiercely protected the App Store as the lone gateway for digital content to get onto…
Cellphones are taking a shot at slenderizing. It seems nothing is immune to society’s recent lean toward the extremely lean look — and smartphones are no exception to the voguish new rule. “This can be a very popular choice,” IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo told Bloomberg regarding the rising skinny phone trend. Apple and Samsung are reportedly set…