Piloted in May, ditched in June: the failure of England’s Covid-19 app

How the government came to scrap its contact-tracing app in favour of Apple and Google’s

What is happening with the UK’s contact-tracing app?

Why the government has stopped work on its Covid-19 app, and what comes next

The EU’s bite at Apple could prove to be a game changer

A trillion-dollar tech giant can brush off fines but altering the way it operates is a different matter

Apple Pay and App Store face investigation over competition rules

EU will look at Apple practices after years of criticism from competitors and regulators

Why are Google and Apple dictating how European democracies fight coronavirus?

In Latvia we wanted to harness smartphone technology for contact tracing. We ran into a Silicon Valley-built brick wall, says Ieva Ilves, an adviser to the Latvian president

Apple News algorithms pick more celeb stories than human editors, study finds

Automated section of app took a third of its content from two sources: CNN and Fox News

Apple removes two podcast apps from China store after censorship demands

Pocket Casts says it refuses to restrict its content at request of Chinese authorities

The best running earphones for all budgets

From over-the-ear to true wireless, we round up the most suitable pairs for notching up the miles

‘Hey Beeb’: new BBC digital assistant gets northern male accent

UK service promises ‘warm and friendly’ tone to rival female alternatives from US like Amazon’s Alexa

Apple 13in MacBook Pro review 2020: going out on a high?

Apple perfects its current laptop design, with great power, battery life and now an excellent keyboard

New vulnerability allows users to ‘jailbreak’ iPhones

Exploit is first to work on fully-updated devices for four years and could be used maliciously

How did the Covidsafe app go from being vital to almost irrelevant?

The PM told Australians in April the contact tracing app was key to getting back to normal but just one person has been identified using its data

Apple and Google release phone technology to notify users of coronavirus exposure

Software can be used to develop apps that detect when a user has spent time near another user who later tests positive for the virus

Apple whistleblower goes public over ‘lack of action’

Thomas le Bonniec says firm violating rights and continues massive collection of data

Beats Powerbeats review: Apple’s cheaper Bluetooth fitness earbuds

Long battery life, comfortable and secure ear hooks and great sound for exercising