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Apple illegally interrogated staff about union, rules US labour board judge

The judge wrote that Apple should be required to "cease and desist" from coercively interrogating workers about their legally protected labor activism

Competition body reviewing report on Apple app store billing policy

Apple could be asked to make changes to its commission policies and app store billing by the CCI, experts said

Driven by PLI India to cross Rs 1.2 trn in mobile exports in FY24

Buoyed by friendly govt policies and PLI scheme, India is set to cross Rs 1,20,000 crore in mobile exports in the current fiscal year (FY24), driven by Apple

Apple Vision Pro: Can it create a new category for the tech giant?

Analysts say it will likely remain a vanity tech, though there is a view that AR, VR will become pervasive interfaces

iPhone maker trying to get IP rights on Apple fruit in unique battle

Tech giant Apple is reportedly trying to gain intellectual property (IP) rights over depictions of apples, the fruit, which has left a fruit farmer's organisation in Switzerland worried

Japanese govt aims to break Apple, Google application store monopolies

Japan has joined the list of countries determined to break Apple and Google's monopoly on the app stores on their respective mobile operating systems

India exported smartphones worth Rs 12,000 cr in May; 80% were iPhones

Apple accounts for 80% of all smartphone exports from India. The rest 20% is shared by Samsung and some other brands

Apple Vision Pro to restrict camera access for third party apps: Report

Tech giant Apple recently unveiled its first augmented reality headset, Apple Vision Pro, at its 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference. (WWC) according to the website Mashable.An Apple engineer, cited by the US website stated that the Apple Vision Pro's camera feeds will not be made available to third-party developers. Because of privacy concerns, Apple is blocking access to the camera.During developer talks at WWDC 2023, an Apple engineer revealed that third-party developers will not have access to Apple Vision Pro camera feeds (via UploadVR). Due to privacy concerns, Apple will block unauthorised access to the mixed reality headset's camera. When making a FaceTime call using Apple Vision Pro, the recipient's persona will be displayed instead of their actual face.Using machine learning techniques developed by Apple, Personas can be generated to mimic the user's facial expressions and hand gestures in realtime. It has been speculated that meeting apps like Zoom and WebEx make use of ...

How to play the artificial intelligence theme in markets the Chris Wood way

That said, Chris Wood believes that the 'picks and shovels theme' for AI remains the most compelling story for now, which is why Nvidia remains his core holding despite valuation at 41x sales.

Apple's racial equity, justice initiative surpasses $200 mn in investments

Apple said that its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative has surpassed $200 million in investments, supporting education, economic empowerment, and criminal justice reform work in five countries

Why 30% localisation an uphill task for Apple under PLI scheme in India

Apple's vendors have localised chargers, batteries, printed circuit board assembly (or PCBAs), enclosures, and coils, to name a few

Apple taps 7 Chinese firms to strengthen Vision Pro MR headset supply chain

Apple has tapped Chinese electronics contract manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry Co as the key assembler, along with six other Mainland China firms

Apple may shift 18% of iPhone production in India by FY25: Bank of America

A report released by BofA said that the share of India in iPhone manufacturing may even go higher if Apple's vendors expand here

Mixed reality searches on Google rise 1,130% after Apple unveils Vision Pro

The online searches for Mixed Reality (MR) skyrocketed 1,130 per cent globally on Google after Apple unveiled its MR headset Vision Pro last week, a report showed on Monday

Apple may open applications for Vision Pro developer kit next month

Without specifying a specific date, Tomozei said, "it seems you will be able to apply for a #VisionPro dev kit in July"

Here's how 'overpriced' Apple Vision Pro could save its VR competitors

With Apple giving rivals a template for how a mixed-reality headset should work, and by providing vendors a guide for making the parts required, the entire industry will get a boost

TMS EP452: Byju's debt crisis, Apple Vision Pro, market, sellers' inflation

How can Byju's get out of its debt crisis? How will Apple Vision Pro change the user experience? How to identify potential winners in the stock market? What is sellers' inflation? Answers here

Neuro feedback devices that read your mind are here

Mind-reading devices read the movement of pupils, heart rates and brain impulses. They will be able to predict human movement, action and thought

Apple announces new 'tvOS 17' to offer native VPN support to Apple TV

Apple has announced the new 'tvOS 17' operating system which will allow developers to create VPN applications for Apple TV

Weekend Bites: Battle for post-iPhone world, and urban cowboys ride again

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views