A Better New Year’s Resolution: Make Your Passwords Secure

[ad_1] I recently staged a password intervention. One family member admitted to using the same password for every account. Another stored login credentials in iPhone Contacts. Both habits make accounts…

Apple Is Being Overtaken by Chinese Smartphone Rivals—in Cars

[ad_1] After a decade, Apple still hasn’t introduced an Apple car. Some of its biggest smartphone rivals in China are moving faster. Huawei and Xiaomi, whose phones battle the iPhone…

Apple Appeals U.S. Ban That Halted Watch Sales

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 26, 2023 2:02 pm ET Apple is appealing a decision by a federal trade agency that forced it to stop selling two models of its smartwatches after…

Apple Makes Security Changes to Protect Users From iPhone Thefts

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 12, 2023 5:57 pm ET Apple is rolling out a new security setting for iPhones following Wall Street Journal reporting about a vulnerability that allowed thieves to…

Next Year’s Holiday Gift May Be AI in Your Pocket

[ad_1] Smartphones and PCs will soon offer on-device AI capabilities as a major selling point. Will that spark a major sales cycle, or be just another overhyped feature? [ad_2] Source…

Apple Had Better Watch Its Back in China

[ad_1] Signals are finally getting stronger for the global smartphone market. Chinese handset makers like Huawei, which had been locked out of the race by U.S. sanctions, are dialing back…

Apple to Support Messaging Standard, Easing Google Conflict Over Green Text Bubbles

[ad_1] Updated Nov. 16, 2023 4:37 pm ET Apple plans to support a standard that will improve messaging with Android phones and enable new features, helping quell the blue-bubble/green-bubble debate…

SK Hynix Starts Shipping New Advanced Mobile Chips

[ad_1] SK Hynix has started shipping new advanced mobile chips to Chinese smartphone maker Vivo—the latest sign of recovery in global demand for memory chips. The South Korean memory-chip maker…

Big Western Brands Are Getting Squeezed by Chinese Belt-Tightening

[ad_1] Updated Nov. 5, 2023 12:01 am ET HONG KONG—Leading Western brands in China are feeling the pinch from the country’s consumer slump. From luxury cosmetics firm Estée Lauder to…

Investors Aren’t Buying Apple’s New iPhone

[ad_1] Compared with its big tech peers inflated by artificial-intelligence hype, Apple seemed to have the lowest bar to clear in the current earnings season. The world’s most valuable company…