Designers on acid: the tripping Californians who paved the way to our touchscreen world
Ever wondered why email, trash cans, Google Docs and desktops look the way they do? The answer lies in 1960s hippie culture and LSD-taking creatives
Food packaging gets smart – and poses a recycling nightmare
Use of microelectronics in packaging is on the rise, raising questions about recyclability of everyday products
‘Fitbit of sleep’: Apple buys night-time tracking firm Beddit
Company attempts to secure place in health market with acquisition of Finnish business specialising in tracking sleep quality, heart rate and snoring
Apple reports surprise drop in iPhones sales, again
Revenue is up but sales of the popular product dipped, suggesting customers may be waiting for 10th-anniversary edition
Langlands & Bell: the artists storming Silicon Valley’s fortresses
With their eerily pristine models of Apple and Facebook’s offices, Turner-nominated artist duo Langlands & Bell expose the ‘fantasy of total control’ that is Silicon Valley architecture
Uber broke Apple’s iOS privacy rules and Tim Cook wasn’t happy about it
Uber added fingerprinting code in effort to catch Chinese fraudsters, leading to CEO Travis Kalanick’s reported dressing down in Apple’s Cupertino headquarters
Unicode trick lets hackers hide phishing URLs
Some perfectly authentic looking web addresses are not what they seem and not all browsers are taking the problem seriously
Apple launches Clips as it bids for a slice of the Snapchat action
App enables creative camera tomfoolery that Snapchat does so well, but without attached social network
Court action against Apple shows companies ‘can’t flout consumer rights’
Following ‘error 53’ case, Choice says businesses cannot turn customers away just because they’ve had a third-party repairs
Apple planning new iMac for 2017 and ‘completely rethinking’ Mac Pro
Company apologises to Pro users for neglect of product line as it prepares for the launch of its first new desktop computer since 2015
iOS 11: how to find out which apps will die with Apple’s next major update
Older apps are going to stop working once Apple turns off support for 32-bit applications, but a menu item in iOS tells users how affected they are
Apple: dead in the water, or on top of its game?
One commentator recently described the iPad as ‘done’, but he didn’t mean that it was finished
Backdoor access to WhatsApp? Rudd’s call suggests a hazy grasp of encryption
UK home secretary wants police to be able to access WhatsApp, but any backdoor also makes services vulnerable to criminals
12 ways to hack-proof your smartphone
Protect your privacy, data and peace of mind with this guide to beating thieves, whether they’re online or on the street
Workflow bought by Apple: one of the best apps for power users is now free
The app for automating common actions on iOS and iPad will remain on the app store, but its $2.99 pricetag has been slashed to nothing