Apple's satellite plans could be stalled by Elon Musk's Starlink
Apple's ambitions for the expansion of satellite communications for the iPhone is facing an opponent in Elon Musk, with SpaceX reportedly trying to put a hold on the efforts.
Located in South Wales, United Kingdom, Malcolm Owen has been writing professionally about technology since 2012. Formerly of Electronista and MacNN, Malcolm joined AppleInsider in January 2017 and has been at the keys daily ever since.
Highlights of his writing career so far include appearing as a gaming expert for a BBC radio piece, taking part in numerous podcasts, and attending Mobile World Congress and other product launches.
While the focus of his time is spent in Apple’s ecosystem, he is also keenly familiar with others, including Windows PCs and the Raspberry Pi.
He spends his downtime pursuing photography, which he edits on the Mac mini. He also has an interest in magic tricks, and is slowly learning how to play the guitar.
Apple's ambitions for the expansion of satellite communications for the iPhone is facing an opponent in Elon Musk, with SpaceX reportedly trying to put a hold on the efforts.
The Apple Health app could offer AI-based coaching to users in a similar way to a real doctor, with food tracking also likely to be a big feature in a future app update.
Apple has updated its Final Cut Pro app collection, with the Mac version gaining Image Playground and iPad benefiting from a portrait mode, among other changes.
Seth Rogen has a new show about the business of Hollywood called "The Studio," and it may be Apple TV+'s next "Severance," with the show receiving stratospheric reviews.
Apple has seeded a second release candidate for macOS Sequoia 15.4, as the updates to the company's operating systems get closer to a public release.
TSMC's U.S. chip production efforts won't be making the latest chips for Apple products for the foreseeable future, with factories that haven't broken ground lagging roughly five years behind Taiwan.
Revived rumors of Apple using liquid metal for the iPhone Fold's hinge have been assisted by a leaker claiming that it will be more than twice as strong as a titanium-alloy version.
Apple will not be able to intervene in an upcoming antitrust hearing that could affect its $20 billion annual search deal with Google, because its lawyers took too long to make the request.
Apple has hundreds of terabytes of data for its Apple Maps Look Around feature, and the company is using that data to train generative AI models.
If a sketchy leaker is correct, the iPhone 17 Air will be practically half the thickness of the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Apple Music Classical for iOS and iPadOS has been updated with some new features, including curated stations and listening guides that are synchronized to the timings of popular classical works.
Three senators have warned President Donald Trump that his handling of the TikTok ban puts Apple and other tech companies at risk of liability, potentially costing firms hundreds of billions of dollars.
A software developer has proven it is possible to run a modern LLM on old hardware like a 2005 PowerBook G4, albeit nowhere near the speeds expected by consumers.
Apple has handed out the first release candidates for this generation of betas, with RC builds of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, tvOS 18.4, watchOS 11.4, and visionOS 2.4 now available.
Owners of the AirPods Max will soon be able to enjoy lossless audio and low-latency audio with their headphones, enhancing the premium headphones' capabilities.
An Apple Maps bug is displaying the baggage claim locations for various airports across the United States, despite users not actively searching for them.
Signify is seemingly close to launching its own Philips Hue video doorbell, following a leak in the company's own iOS app.
The iPhone Fold is once again being forecast for launch in 2026, continuing a run of rumors and predictions about the foldable smartphone.
A future Apple Watch could include cameras for monitoring the world, expanding Apple's AI and Visual Intelligence efforts out from the iPhone and onto the wrist.
The next MacBook Pro release should bring M5 power to Apple's flagship later in 2025. Here's what's been rumored, and what's going to take longer to arrive.
Mike Rockwell, the Apple Vision Pro chief, has replaced John Giannandrea as the executive in charge of Siri, in an executive shakeup to try and rescue Apple's flailing AI efforts.
Apple's 2025 iPad 11 is Apple's new budget tablet. The biggest problem for it is that the 2022 iPad Air is almost always a better product for about the same money. Here's how the two compare.
New dummies practically demonstrate how the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will have a different rear casing, with a mix of metal and glass.
A new phishing attack going after Mac users has been discovered, one that changed tactic only after the previously targeted Windows users received an Edge browser update.
A crime ring successfully stole thousands of iPhones being delivered to customers, using a combination of scraping delivery tracker sites and occasional bribery to pull it off.
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