Siri heads for a shake-up in the ‘iPhone 8’

With no home button on the new iPhone something’s got to give, and that something might just be your power button

Apple: expect a radical iPhone redesign for its 10th anniversary

On 12 September Tim Cook’s company will hold its first event at the new Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. Here’s what they will (probably) talk about

Apple joins consortium in revised £14bn bid for Toshiba’s chip business

Successful bid with Bain Capital may help iPhone maker source memory chips for smartphones in battle with rival Samsung

The ‘iPhone 8’ will be able to tell when owner is looking at it, leak suggests

HomePod software suggests device’s facial-recognition system will work when phone is flat and be able to mute notifications when it detects user is looking

Is it wrong to let my child play on my smartphone?

We’ve often been told that screen time for children should be limited. But what if the real danger is our own addiction to our phones?

iPhone 8: everything we know from Apple’s big software leak

Apple’s HomePod firmware is full of clues about its next smartphone. Here’s an exhaustive list, from all-screen design to a new SmartCam

Apple hints ‘iPhone 8’ won’t be delayed as company’s shares hit record high

Shares in the world’s most valuable company went up close to 6% in after-hours trading following the news, adding $40bn to Apple’s current value

Real life Fast and Furious: iPhones worth £450k stolen from moving truck

Dutch police arrest five men for allegedly using a modified van to break into and steal from a moving smartphone delivery van

Apple’s next iPhone: facial-recognition and all-screen design, leaks suggest

Details discovered by developers in firmware for Apple’s HomePod speaker show in-development iPhone with IR face unlocking and bezel-less design

Apple kills off iPod Nano and Shuffle, marking the end of an era

The smartphone has claimed another victim as the once best-selling app-free music players are taken off the Silicon Valley company’s roster

Bug in top smartphones could lead to unstoppable malware, researcher says

Recent updates to iOS and Android contain fixes for Broadpwn, found in chips used in iPhones, Samsung Galaxies and Google Nexus devices

How Guardian readers arrange the icons on their smartphones

Last week Alex Hern advised how to arrange apps on your home screen. But not everybody agreed – and here are their alternatives

Life hack: how to best arrange your iPhone apps, one icon at a time

After years of fiddling, I finally cracked it. This is how you should organise your home screen – and it’s advice that could be handy for Android users too