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By Malcolm Owen The UK government is continuing its bid to access Apple’s user data, this time with a demand to routinely access iCloud backups of its citizenry.UK Houses of ParliamentIn August, the UK government seemingly backed down from its backdoor access mandate, apparently dropping the initiative against user data held by Apple. A month later, and it seems to be trying a different attack vector.A new UK Home Office order issued in early September demands that Apple makes a way for officials to access encrypted cloud backups, according to a report on Wednesday from Financial Times. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Wesley Hilliard The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is an dull upgrade that does little for the “Ultra” name, but a fraction more battery life and satellite connectivity may be enough to push upgrades.Apple Watch Ultra 3 reviewApple Watch is in a tough spot. It is upgraded annually with small chipset changes, few feature adds, and customers are left wondering if they should bother with an upgrade at all.The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is the first true update to the line in two years, so even if you’re on an Apple Watch Ultra 2, you may consider an upgrade this cycle. Battery life increases, 5G, satellite connectivity, and a slightly larger display may justify the purchase. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for its five-part documentary series about filmmaker Martin Scorsese, giving a first glimpse of his philosophy of film.Martin Scorsese in the new Apple TV+ documentary about him — image credit: Apple TV+Following the announcement that writer/director Rebecca Miller has made a documentary series about Scorsese, a new official trailer has him speaking about his motivation. The trailer is comprised of excerpts from his most famous films, both as an actor and a director, accompanied by his voiceover.Subscribe to AppleInsider on YouTube Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele Epic Games will never just take the win — it’s now appealing to the court of public opinion that it takes one more actual step to install a third-party App Store as it does to install an app from the App Store itself.A still from a video at the start of the Apple-Epic lawsuit battle – Image Credit: Epic GamesWhile Epic Games has been at Apple’s throat for years, it is also attempting to get Google to bend to its will. Now it issued a statement saying the changes the EU enforced prove that Apple was deliberately using design tricks to dissuade users from installing a third-party app store.”As a result [of what Apple has done so far], we’ve seen a stunning 60% decrease in player drop-off during attempts to install the Epic Games Store,” says the company in a new blog post. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen The Pro iPhone model is always most popular at launch, but a new survey has found that the iPhone 17 Pro is more popular than ever. But where’s the iPhone Air?iPhone 17 Pro Max continues to be a popular option in 2025The initial weeks of sale for an iPhone generation are often closely scrutinized by analysts, hoping to work out whether the releases will ultimately be successful. Based on what JPM reports in a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, it’s a very good year for Apple.Consumer interest is high in the United States relative to the release of the iPhone 16 family in 2024, the note reads, albeit with marginally softer demand in China. Approximately 71% of consumers in a survey said they were looking to purchasing a new iPhone in 2025, versus 68% in 2024 and 63% in 2023. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher Apple, Google, and Meta have all been denied their requests to dismiss the latest class action lawsuit alleging they promote illegal gambling.Apple’s App StoreThere continue to be multiple suits against Apple over gambling apps on the App Store, with class-action ones filed in 2020, and then separately in 2020. The new ruling is part of a continuing case that sought to describe Apple, Meta, and Google as bookies.Previously citing “exceptional circumstances,” Judge Edward J. Davila allowed the companies to appeal against the case making that distinction. Now according to Reuters, while Judge Davila has dismissed certain elements of the case, he has denied motions to dismiss them all. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher Apple has asked for Elon Musk’s specious lawsuit over it partnering with OpenAI, to be entirely dismissed.Elon Musk — image credit: TeslaIf Elon Musk is to be believed, he is convinced that once Apple partnered with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to Apple Intelligence, that locked out any other AI company. He has sued because that the deal means allegedly neither his Grok nor any other AI chatbot is treated fairly by Apple.Now according to Bloomberg, Apple has filed a court request asking for the case to be dismissed. The filing says that while Apple partnered with OpenAI, it is “widely known that Apple intends to partner with other generative AI chatbots.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
