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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Memo: Apple delays its return to corporate offices to a “date yet to be determined”, after previously setting a February 1 return date — - Company had planned to bring corporate workers back by Feb. 1 — Delay comes in response to rising Covid-19 cases, new variant

Disney+ is the latest streaming app to add support for Apple’s SharePlay, the iOS 15 feature that offers a co-viewing experience over FaceTime video calls on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV devices. First announced during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, SharePlay rolled out...

Apple has quietly removed all references to its child sexual abuse scanning feature from its website, months after announcing that the new technology would be baked into iOS 15 and macOS Monterey.Back in August, Apple announced that it would introduce the feature to allow the company to detect...

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple quietly removes all mentions of CSAM scanning on its Child Safety webpage, after significant criticism of plans to scan for child sexual abuse images — Apple has quietly nixed all mentions of CSAM from its Child Safety webpage, suggesting its controversial plan...

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's “vice-like grip” on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action — The UK's antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform …

Apple has released a new Android app called “Tracker Detect” to help people who don’t own Apple products to identity unexpected AirTags near them in an effort to boost privacy. If a user thinks they may be being tracked, they can use the app to scan for nearby AirTags. If the app finds any, it...

Apple is now rolling out access to its new, lower-cost Apple Music Voice plan, first introduced this fall at the company’s hardware event. The new service, designed largely for use with HomePod speakers or AirPods, limits consumers to accessing Apple Music using Siri commands. Due to its...

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform of the country’s competition rules will target tech giants Apple and Google — including their duopolistic command of the mobile market, via iOS and Android; their respective app stores; and...

Sami Fathi / MacRumors: Apple delays macOS Monterey's Universal Control until spring 2022, after saying it would launch in the fall — Apple has officially delayed Universal Control, a hallmark feature of macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15 announced in June, until Spring 2022. — In an update to the...

Financial Times: US Department of Labor letter shows it is investigating Apple over Ashley Gjovik's claims that she was fired under a false pretext after retaliation complaints — US labour department inquiry follows claims by ex-senior engineering program manager — The US Department of Labor …

Poland’s competition watchdog is the latest to investigate Apple over policy changes to its mobile platform that impact how third-party apps can track iOS users by requiring they request permission before they can grab data.The country’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK)...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple management-training chief Joel Podolny, who worked with Steve Jobs to create Apple University, left earlier this year to join a startup — - Podolny was hired by Steve Jobs to teach new managers in 2009 — Former executive was previously dean of Yale...

Ian Sherr / CNET: Apple debuts Tracker Detect, an Android app that scans for AirTags and other Find My items that may be traveling with them without their knowledge — Apple's following through on a promise to help Android users identify nearby AirTags and Find My trackers that aren't with...

José Adorno / 9to5Mac: Apple releases iOS 15.2 with App Privacy Report in Settings, Messages safety warnings for kids, Hide My Email, and more; watchOS 8.3 and tvOS 15.2 also released — Apple is releasing today iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3, tvOS 15.2, and HomePod Software version 15.2 to...

Zephyr Teachout / New Republic: Existing laws and the threat of regulation can force tech giants to open up, as recent right to repair-related changes by Apple and Microsoft show — DuckDuckGo is increasingly a rarity, when it should be the most standard kind of company in the country. It is a...

Ben Brody / Protocol: Profile of the Coalition for App Fairness, a group created by Epic, Spotify, Match Group, and others, seeking to open Google and Apple app stores to competition — When Kirsten Daru took a job as general counsel at Tile, she hadn't thought she'd still be using her...

A number of popular services, including Apple iCloud, Twitter, Cloudflare, Minecraft and Steam, are reportedly vulnerable to a zero-day exploit affecting a popular Java logging library.The vulnerability, dubbed “Log4Shell” by researchers at LunaSec and credited to Chen Zhaojun of Alibaba, has...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Epic v. Apple emails show Microsoft offered to bring triple-A, Xbox-exclusive games to iOS if Apple let its xCloud game streaming service into the App Store — Remember when Apple pretended like it would let cloud gaming services like Microsoft xCloud and Google...

Angel Au-Yeung / Forbes: Cher Scarlett, a leader of #AppleToo, says she is no longer withdrawing her NLRB complaint against Apple after it failed to execute a settlement in good faith — Former Apple engineer Cher Scarlett is no longer withdrawing her complaint with the National Labor Relation...

Jonathan Bell / Wallpaper*: A look at the working processes at Apple's design team, led by VP of industrial design Evans Hankey and VP of human interface design Alan Dye — Global exclusive! Led by Evans Hankey and Alan Dye, the Apple Design Team holds enormous sway over our evolving...