[ad_1] Since the early ‘90s, Apple has used the country of Ireland to give itself a substantial discount on its tax burden. The company’s relationship with Ireland began in 1981 when Apple opened a manufacturing plant in Holyhill on the outskirts of Cork. The deal gave Apple access to the highest levels of power in […]
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Apple’s base 16-inch MacBook Pro is $400 off at Amazon
[ad_1] All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. For the first time in about a month, Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is back on sale at Amazon. Now you […]
You can now apply for your $25 iPhone ‘batterygate’ compensation
[ad_1] According to the website’s FAQ, “Apple will provide a cash payment of approximately $25 per eligible device.” But before getting too excited about getting money from the company, keep in mind that Apple has agreed to pay a maximum of $500 million as part of the settlement. Depending on how many people file for […]
Big tech’s reckoning starts with an antitrust committee
[ad_1] Each CEO will need to explain how their monolithic platforms, like Facebook’s social network, Google’s advertising business and Apple’s App Store, do not violate antitrust law. “Antitrust” is shorthand for the rules around businesses stifling competition in a free and fair market. That includes blocking powerful companies from buying up, copying or pricing out […]
This week’s best deals: AirPods, Nintendo Switch game sale and more
[ad_1] Buy AirPods with wireless charging case at Amazon – $150 GameStop Nintendo Switch game sale Nintendo GameStop’s latest sale remains ongoing, so you can grab some first-party Nintendo Switch games for less. Some of the discounts are even better than those we saw in Nintendo’s own start of summer sale a few weeks ago. […]
Ming-Chi Kuo: MacBook Pro with Apple ARM chips coming in Q4 2020
[ad_1] Apple’s first Mac with its own ARM processor will be the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via iMore). He believes that production of that model will start in Q4 of 2020, with an A-series powered MacBook Air arriving shortly afterwards either in Q4 2020 or early 2021. Apple will also release […]
Facial mocap comes to Unreal Engine via new iPhone app
[ad_1] To support collaborative work, Live Link Face uses multicast networking to synchronize with multiple devices at once. Developers promise “robust timecode support and precise frame accuracy” to further support multi-device synchronization. The “tentacle sync” feature allows the app to connect with a master clock on stage. The post doesn’t mention whether an Android equivalent […]
iPadOS 14 hands-on: Design updates galore
[ad_1] That really shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Apple has been encouraging developers to build iPad apps with Mac Catalyst, which ensures that the same code runs on Mac computers as well as tablets. In other words, some iPad apps are essentially Mac apps, so a little cultural crossover was inevitable. What makes this […]
Apple’s iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public betas are available today
[ad_1] Apple announced plenty of dramatic changes to iOS and iPadOS during its WWDC keynote — there’s expanded widget support, an App Library for iPhones, a suite new of Apple Pencil features for the iPad, and a whole lot more. While the final versions of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 won’t be available for a […]
Apple is offering teachers a free coding course
[ad_1] To help advance computer science education in the US, Apple is launching a new, no-cost coding course for teachers. The course is offered through Develop in Swift, Apple’s educational coding program geared toward high school and higher ed students. “The course is designed to supplement the need for computer science educators in the US, […]