Apple Freezes Plan to Buy Memory Chips From China’s YMTC After US Imposes Export Controls

Apple has frozen plans to use chips from one of China’s top memory chipmakers after tighter U.S. export controls were imposed on the Chinese tech sector, reports Nikkei Asia. According to the report, Apple intended to buy 128-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) for use in iPhones sold in the…

New iPad Pro and Other Releases Just Days Away: Recapping the Latest Rumors

Rumors suggest that these final two weeks of October will be busy for Apple, with new iPad Pro models, a trio of software releases, and more expected. Below, we’ve recapped the latest information regarding Apple’s upcoming announcements. iPad Pro: Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman expects updated 11-inch and 12.9-inch models of the iPad Pro to be announced…

Mark Zuckerberg: WhatsApp Is ‘Far More Private and Secure’ Than iMessage

WhatsApp is “far more private and secure” than Apple’s iMessage platform, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has claimed in a new Instagram post. In a post sharing a Meta billboard in New York City promoting WhatsApp over SMS or iMessage, Zuckerberg said WhatsApp is far better for privacy-concerned users thanks to its end-to-end encryption, ability to…