The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and keeps prices artificially high.
What is USB-C, the charging socket that replaced Apple’s Lightning cable?
Apple is ditching its in-house iPhone charging plug and falling in line with the rest of the tech industry by adopting a more widely used connection standard. A big part of the reason is a European Union common charging rule that’s coming soon for the 27-nation bloc.
OPINION: TikTok is addictive and intrusive
Columnist Nkechukwu Akpati discusses his reasoning for why he believes TikTok should be banned from the app store.
St. Thomas student creates app to assist autistic children during pandemic
VitiSchedule is an app being developed for Apple and Android devices by St. Thomas senior and computer engineering major Rachel Farah to help autistic children during online school. Farah plans to release the app in early 2021. Scout Mason and Maggie Stout have the story and infographic.
Apple adds new emojis with iOS 8.3
Apple’s new iOS 8.3 system offers new emojis, including same-sex families and diverse skin tones.
Apple unveils smartwatch, bets on wearable devices
Apple unvieled larger iPhones, mobile payments, new software and its long-anticipated smartwatch Tuesday.
Apple expands into health, home with new software
Apple unveiled new tools for tracking health and controlling household appliances that are part of updated operating systems.