Changing the gun emoji isn’t political correctness gone mad. It’s smart

Tools of violence and death shouldn’t be part of this light-hearted, ubiquitous lexicon. Apple did the right thing by replacing the gun for a water pistol

Water pistol emoji replaces revolver as Apple enters gun violence debate

Harmless toy takes place of deadly weapon amid growing concern over shootings in the US

Under the hood: discover 13 hidden iPad features

Apple’s tablet has a host of easy-to-miss tricks, many of which work on the iPhone too. We take a tour…

Apple could never recreate the success of the iPhone. But it doesn’t need to

Tim Cook – and his investors – seem confident that TV programmes, music and software are the path to the future

Apple CEO Tim Cook outs himself as a huge ‘Pokeymans’ fan

Does tech chief’s butchering of word Pokémon, during company spiel about augmented reality, show he’s a true fan?

Apple plans to invest in augmented reality following success of Pokémon Go

Chief executive Tim Cook said the computing platform is going to be ‘huge’ as he announced third-quarter revenue was down 15% from last year

Thirty of the best gadgets under £30

From innovative media streamers and VR headsets to super-compact memory storage devices and chargers, we select the best bargain gadgetry

Lists, secrets or angry responses to Kim and Kanye … what’s on your iPhone Notes?

Taylor Swift has used the Apple app to respond to Kardashian’s Snapchat videos. But what do lesser mortals use Notes for?

Secrecy, swag and $10k a month: meet Silicon Valley’s gilded interns

Internapalooza provides an inside look at the peculiar cultural initiation to the tech industry: coding, entrepreneurship and a certain amount of privilege

Privacy Shield deal lets US tech firms transfer European customers’ data again

After much delay from surveillance concerns, the EU agreed to Privacy Shield, a new data transfer deal that will affect Facebook, Google and other US tech firms

Apple pushes organ donor registration for US iPhone users

Organ donation? There’ll soon be an app for that, after Tim Cook cites Steve Jobs’ ‘excruciating’ wait for a liver transplant in 2009 as inspiration for Health update

Apple gets patent for remotely disabling iPhone cameras, raising censorship fears

A patent granted to Apple may allow iPhone cameras to be disabled by infrared sensors. This seems logical enough for concerts, but what about protests?

Apple wins patent on technology to stop fans filming gigs

Infrared device would be able to block fans using their iPhones to record shows, films and other live events

US efforts to regulate encryption have been flawed, government report finds

Weighing in on the encryption debate, a new government report says that lawmakers need to to learn more about technology before trying to regulate it

Hitachi and Canon not doing enough to tackle forced labour, says new report

Tech companies are vulnerable to modern slavery in their supply chains. A new benchmarking report says many must do more to address it