Business & Tech Apple Will Scan Your iPhone for Child Porn; Critics Wonder What Else They’ll Snoop On A coming iOS upgrade will scan users’ iPhones for any images of child sexual abuse, but one wonders how many livelihoods will be ruined whenever the bots make a mistake.
Business & Tech [UPDATE] New Top Hire With History of Sexist Quotes Leaves Apple After Uproar A startup star who wrote in his memoir that “Most women in the Bay Area are soft and weak” is Apple’s new ad executive, and Bay Area women who work at Apple would like a word.
SF News You Can Now Pay Your Muni and BART Fares By Waving Your Apple Watch or iPhone Over a Clipper Reader At last, a couple years behind other cities, San Francisco now has added Apple Wallet and Apple Watch paying capability on mass transit, with Android capability on the way soon.
Business & Tech Apple's War With Facebook Continues as New Privacy Controls Will Stop Apps From Illicitly Tracking Our Movements Apple issued an 11-page report on Thursday titled "A Day in the Life of Your Data," and announced plans to roll out a new layer of privacy control this spring that will prevent iPhone apps from tracking our movements without our knowledge.
SF News All Apple Stores in California Will Temporarily Close Amid COVID-19 Surges The company responsible for selling over 36 million computerized rectangles annually in the United States announced it will temporarily shutter all of its California stores; some Apple stores, however, will honor existing order pickups and Genius Bar appointments up until December 22.
Business & Tech Google Cracking Down On Apps That Don’t Pay Them a 30% Cut The Fortnite legal kerfuffle has Apple and now also Google digging in their heels that they should get a 30% cut of any purchase made within apps on their respective platforms.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Apple Valuation Hits $2 Trillion The need for rolling blackouts was averted last night, the SF Board of Supervisors approved a settlement over homeless tents with UC Hastings, and Apple is now worth $2 trillion.
Business & Tech Apple Kicked Fortnite Out of the App Store, and Now Fortnite Has an Ad Mocking Apple's Famous '1984' Ad Epic is boldly using Apple's own brand history against them, taking the iconic "1984"-themed Super Bowl ad that defined Apple three decades ago as the brand that supported individuality in the face of PC tyranny, and using it to argue that Apple is now the oppressor.
Business & Tech While National Economy Tanked Last Quarter, Apple, Alphabet, and Facebook Made Bank Despite a historic economic downturn in which the American economy contracted more than it ever has in one quarter, four big tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook — saw huge profits and extremely healthy second quarters.
Business & Tech Apple iOS Update To Include Fix For Face ID With Masks, New Contact-Tracing Software for COVID-19 The next iOS update for the iPhone is set to include new software being developed with Google that uses Bluetooth signals to help identify if you've been in close contact with someone who's tested positive for COVID-19.
Business & Tech Apple Fined $27M In France For Purposely Slowing Down Older iPhones Apple has agreed to pay a 25 million euro fine (about $27 million) in a case brought by French regulators concerning the now widely known — and widely derided — practice of using software updates to slow down older iPhones and push people to buy newer models.
Business & Tech Apple Clashes With Justice Department Yet Again Over iPhone Backdoor A case backed by Attorney General William Barr is escalating quickly at the Department of Justice that will once again pit Apple against the federal government in a fight over smartphone privacy.
Business & Tech The 2010s: When Tech Transformed How We Think, Talk, and Consume Media Companies based in the Bay Area are largely to thank — and blame — for how much the American psyche has changed. And as we close out this tumultuous decade, let's take account of the impacts the local tech industry has had on the world in a short span of time.
Business & Tech Apple Rolls Out Its Most Expensive Computer Ever, Topping Out at $53K The newest Mac Pro desktop models go on sale today, and while the base model costs just a dollar under six grand, add-ons bring the top-of-the-line version to $52,599.
Arts & Entertainment Don't Be Fooled By These Real-Looking AirPod Stickers Being 'Dropped' On SF Streets An artist and prankster is having some fun with Apple-product-adoring San Franciscans, leaving life-size, realistic-looking AirPod stickers on sidewalks and streets in an effort to hoodwink unsuspecting passers-by into reaching for them.
Business & Tech Bernie Bashes Apple’s $2.5 Billion Housing Pledge, Calls It Corporate ‘Hypocrisy’ The Democratic candidate slams Apple for being “corporate tax evaders” who “helped create California’s housing crisis.”
Business & Tech Do Not Upgrade To iOS 13: Latest iPhone Software Update Plagued By Bugs Apple has had a decent track record in recent years when it comes to its iOS updates, but the latest is being described by reviewers as "rushed out the door," "super messy," and "a clusterf**k." Be warned!
Business & Tech Apple Unveils iPhone 11, Uses Free Apple TV+ To Sell More iPhones CEO Tim Cook unveiled some more details and trailers for Apple TV+, as well as a new 10.2-inch iPad, Apple Watch Series 5, and the new iPhone 11 models that are just supercharged versions of the X models that came out in 2018.
Business & Tech Apple Is Getting Trolled For Its Cleaning Instructions For Its New Credit Card Apple's new, gleaming white, titanium credit card needs some tender loving care apparently. And it must only be cleaned with a microfiber cloth.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Apple Commuter Bus Goes Up In Flames On 280 A San Mateo County supervisor is mad that Chick-fil-A was approved to move into Redwood City, the prosecution rested its case today in the Ghost Ship trial, and Warriors fans all over the Bay are prepping for Game 3.
Business & Tech Apple Kills Off iTunes, Adds iOS 13 Dark Mode Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose today, and the big announcements have begun rolling in — even though no major product announcements are expected at this one, except maybe a new Mac Pro.
Arts & Entertainment Lady Gaga Gives Private Concert For Apple Employees, Tells Off Haters In Audience Apple employees all had a big party at Apple Park Friday night, celebrating the completion of the new campus, and there was a surprise guest! But things got awkward for a minute.
Arts & Entertainment Watch Oprah And Steven Spielberg Dork Out Over Apple's Spiral Elevator Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg were among the glitterati in attendance at Monday's big Apple TV+ unveiling, and they both were adorably delighted with the cable-free, spinning glass elevator that takes people up to ground level from the subterranean Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park.
Business & Tech Apple Announces New Original Shows With Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carrell, J.J. Abrams and More For Apple TV+ At its much anticipated spring unveiling event today in Cupertino, Apple announced the launch of its big Netflix competitor, Apple TV+. The reboot of the Apple TV platform comes with a big slate of new original programming set to start airing this fall.
Arts & Entertainment Pictures Show Two iPhone 8 Pluses That Split Open, Possibly From Swollen Batteries 届いたiPhone8plus、開けたら既に膨らんでた pic.twitter.com/eX3XprSzqv— まごころ (@Magokoro0511) September 24, 2017 A couple of photos are circulating showing two iPhone 8 Pluses bought in two different countries that spontaneously split open at the