After a mis-spent youth in the '80s as a service tech and salesperson at a now-closed Apple dealership, AppleInsider's Mike Wuerthele spent nearly a decade in the US Navy through the '90s as a submarine reactor chemist, where he routinely had to suffer through two Captains on the USS Hyman G Rickover (SSN-709) "borrowing" his MacWeek magazines before he got a chance to read them.
During his time in the Navy as a nuclear reactor water chemist, Mike was also instrumental in migrating the submarine fleet into the computer age, and assisted the US Army with its PowerMac G3 program. At the tail-end of his Navy service, he proposed a variant of the PowerMac G3 server program for the assorted military shipyards.
After his exit from the Navy, Mike spent 11 years in federal service as a commercial tech analyst, worked in an assortment of independent dealers, and supported a large swathe of Apple customers in the Washington DC area.
In 2012, he parlayed his experience discussing Apple and other tech companies with the federal government into a gig at MacNN and its sister site Electronista in 2012. Following the closure of those publications in July 2016, Mike moved over to AppleInsider as a content contributor. He is now the Managing Editor of AppleInsider.
An update to macOS Catalina incorporates bug fixes for some users, but perhaps more importantly resolves an issue that manifested in graphical issues on the 27-inch 2020 iMac.
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Apple has updated the entry-level iPad, with the new eighth-generation model bringing the powerful A12 processor to the table.
After weeks of speculation, Nvidia has announced that it has agreed to buy SoftBank's ARM for $40 billion dollars, making it the largest chip manufacturer deal in history.
In a series of new App Store rules promulgated to developers on Friday, Apple will allow services like Microsoft Xcloud and Google Stadia to exist on the iPad and iPhone — with some caveats and requirements.
After years of construction, Apple's Viborg data center is online, and Apple has spotlighted how the data center will be 100% powered by clean energy.
As the United States returns to school, mostly virtually, Apple is putting a spotlight on how one educator has taken what she's learned from the company, to use the 10.2-inch iPad to overcome educational challenges.
Apple is pointing out the efforts of three companies that contributed to the 300,000 jobs that the App Store facilitated.
Details about the Galaxy Z Fold 2 have finally been provided by Samsung, with the foldable smartphone retailing for an eye-watering $1999.
Apple has put a spotlight on how one teacher in Birmingham City, Alabama is preparing to start remote learning, with the assistance of Apple hardware and software.
Apple, in conjunction with Dell, Google, Microsoft, and Tesla have requested a dismissal of a class-action suit alleging tech companies have knowingly exploited underage labor in local mining for cobalt, used in lithium-ion batteries.
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Apple has updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.4.9, with many workflow improvements, proxy workflow enhancements, and tailored templates with machine learning cropping for social media.
Porsche's electric Taycan, expected in September, will come with three years of Apple Music streaming and a fully-integrated dashboard solution.
Apple's policies have effectively spiked an entire category of gaming apps that are no different from a security, technical, or content review standpoint than controlling a Netflix movie with a game controller.
Bank of America Securities analyst Wamsi Mohan has downgraded Apple's stock to a "neutral," citing a new balance to risk and reward as the stock has hit new highs following a blockbuster earnings report.
As a newly-minted Apple Fellow, Phil Schiller will continue to lead the App Store and Apple Events, with Greg Joswiak becoming the senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
Apple has unveiled an update to the 27-inch iMac for back-to-school, with 10th generation Intel processors, SSD storage across the board, improved graphics, and Apple's T2 chip.
In parallel with Apple announcing that "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" is on the Apple Books store, the company has also announced that author Isabel Wilkerson's interview with Oprah Winfrey about the book is exclusive to Apple TV+.
A 17 year-old has been arrested in Tampa, Florida and is accused of being the lead actor behind the Twitter cryptocurrency hack.
Following the publication of its third fiscal quarter of 2020 results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri are providing additional detail surrounding the particulars of the report during an hour-long conference call.
Six years after Apple had its last split, the company has announced that a four-to-one stock split will happen on August 24.
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