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1 week ago | idropnews.com | Jesse Hollington

Although Apple has been working to diversify its supply chain over the past few years, it remains heavily dependent on China. That’s causing stress as the company once again becomes a pawn in a US-China trade war. While some iPhone production has been shifted to India and Vietnam, it hasn’t been nearly enough. It also doesn’t help that China is understandably resisting Apple’s attempts to shift production elsewhere.

1 week ago | idropnews.com | Jesse Hollington

Earlier this week, the Trump Administration made a surprising about-face on its China tariff policy, suddenly exempting “smartphones, computers, and other electronics” from the full wrath of the 145% “retaliatory” tariffs it had levied on imports from China. While the move appeared to come out of the blue, it was obvious that talks had been going on behind the scenes about how these tariffs would affect US consumers.

1 week ago | idropnews.com | Jesse Hollington

If you’ve been wondering why you can’t access Apple Intelligence features like Writing Tools and Genmoji in WhatsApp or Instagram, you can stop scratching your head. It turns out this isn’t a bug but rather a deliberate move on Meta’s part to prevent access to these tools. As much as Apple wants to promote its AI features as system-wide tools, it’s also not forcing them down anyone’s throat — and that includes third-party apps.

1 week ago | idropnews.com | Jesse Hollington

There’s been a lot of conflicting information about precisely what Apple is up to when it comes to its spatial computing headset. It’s clear that the company is working on something — probably even two “somethings” —  but it remains an open question as to when we’ll see them and which will come first. Even before we knew what the Vision Pro would be called, reports were circulating about Apple’s plans for a more affordable version.

1 week ago | idropnews.com | Sergio Velasquez

Nowadays, it’s never been easier to access your personal information. Unfortunately, because of the way we use our iPhones, companies and other people have more options when it comes to stealing data from us. We’re not only talking about cyber attacks; companies are always trying to get more of our data to make money. For this, they ask us to share a lot of personal information when we install and use their apps. Luckily, Apple lets you manage your privacy settings pretty easily from your iPhone.