Protecting User Privacy Protecting users’ data and privacy is a critical factor in building user trust. We’ve long required developers to limit their device permission requests to what’s necessary to provide the features of an app. Also, to help users understand how their data is being used, we’ve required developers […]
Filmmaker compares iPhone XS camera to $10k cinema camera
The enhanced capabilities of the iPhone XS camera is the headline feature of Apple’s latest flagship phone – even if not everyone is happy. DxOMark recently declared its video performance ‘outstanding,’ while our own tests have left us equally impressed. But putting the iPhone XS camera up against a $10,000 […]
Huawei ‘Open’ to Selling 5G Chips to Apple
Chinese company Huawei develops its own processors and modem chips, but might be interested in selling them to Apple, reports Engadget. Huawei has developed a 5G Balong 5000 chipset, but, as with the company’s processors, it has previously refused to supply its components to third-party companies. A source that spoke […]
Samsung to Use SiFive RISC-V Cores for SoCs, Automotive, 5G Applications
At the annual RISC-V Summit this week, Samsung disclosed the use SiFive’s RISC-V cores for upcoming chips for a variety of applications. The company is joining a growing list of leading high-tech companies that have adopted the RISC-V architecture. One of the applications that Samsung is using RISC-V cores in is mmWave RF […]
Announcing The Linux Kernel Mentorship Project on CommunityBridge, a New Linux Foundation Platform | Linux.com
Since joining the Linux Foundation, I have been working to build out a new mentoring initiative. Today I am excited to announce our new Linux Kernel Mentorship Program on CommunityBridge, a platform that will bring opportunities for new developers to join and learn from our community and improve it at the […]
Microsoft Warns Not To Install This Windows 10 Update Due To A Critical Security Bug
Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows 10 users telling them to stay away from one of the security updates that it recently released. The software giant says that if users of Windows 10, version 1809 install the KB4520062 Cumulative Update that Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) might stop […]
Logitech Acquires Streamlabs, Aims Game Streamers
In the recent years game streaming has become a phenomenon worldwide and therefore demand for hardware and software tools for live streaming among professional gamers is on the rise. Streamers have become celebrities in their own right for groups of users, and therefore have influencers with significant audiences. In a […]
Apple’s finance chief suggests no iPad Pro refresh this year
Chief financial officer Luca Maestri has suggested during yesterday’s conference call following Apple’s earnings release that there will be no refresh to the iPad Pro line this year. In response to a question regarding Apple’s lower than expected Christmas quarter guidance, the executive explained that’s because the holiday quarter guidance […]








