Apple has announced that John Giannandrea is its Chief of Machine Learning and AI Strategy, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Joining Apple in 2018, Giannandrea oversees the strategy for artificial intelligence and machine learning across the company and development of Core ML and Siri technologies....
A former Apple employee has been charged with stealing trade secrets. According to Reuters, U.S. authorities charged Xiaolang Zhang, accusing him of downloading a blueprint related to a self-driving car before attempting to flee the country for China, where he was going to work for...
Apple’s new iOS 12 includes a security code auto-fill feature that according to a researcher makes customers more susceptible to banking fraud. A report in BGR cited Andreas Gutmann, a researcher at OneSpan’s Cambridge Innovation Centre, saying that automatically entering the security code users get via an...
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday (June 18) to hear Apple‘s appeal of a lower court ruling that accused the company of running afoul of antitrust laws by being a monopoly player in the market for iPhone software apps. According to a report in Reuters,...
Last week, Apple changed its App Store rules to limit how developers use information about iPhone owners’ contacts. According to Bloomberg, the change closes a loophole that allowed app developers to store and share data without everyone’s consent. In the past, developers would ask users...
With Apple reportedly planning to ship 80 million new iPhones in 2018, which is about 20 percent fewer than its forecast at the same time in 2017, the tech company is seeking less iPhone parts. The company has asked suppliers for fewer components for this year’s...
Through a new Face ID setting, Apple’s latest iOS 12 potentially allows more than one person to use the feature on a particular iPhone X. In the past, only one user has been able to register his or her face with an iPhone, 9to5Mac reported....
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that as of this week, developers have earned $100 billion through the Apple App Store. Cook also announced that there are 500 million weekly visitors to the App Store. “The app store is clearly the best place for you to...
Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC, helped boost the company’s shares to an all-time high on Monday (June 4). According to CNBC, the conference in San Jose, California drew tens of thousands of third-party programmers from around the world for a preview of the company’s new...
