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Apple agrees to improve texting between iPhones and Androids

After years of reluctance, company announces iPhones will support RCS messaging standard

Apple iPhone 15 review: a few more pro features each year

USB-C, a faster chip, improved 48MP camera and dynamic island reach Apple’s regular smartphone line

Apple’s overall earnings slump despite record iPhone and services revenue

Company posts its fourth consecutive quarter of revenue loss but has shares up about 32.5% so far this year

iPhone 15 Pro review: the best smaller phone gets better

Lighter, brighter, with titanium sides, USB-C and new action button keep Apple top of the pile

TechScape: Can big tech grab a chunk of the billions earned by mobile operators?

The e-sim is gaining traction as smartphone connectivity shoots for the stars, but it’s not without risk – as I found when I fired up my new iPhone 15

iPhone 15 Pro Max review: Apple’s superphone weighs less and zooms further

Titanium sides, USB-C, 5x camera and new action button make for the biggest iPhone upgrade in years

Apple says software bug and certain apps causing iPhone overheating

Company says it will update iOS 17 to fix bug and is working with developers of apps that overload handsets

iPhone 15: users of Pro and Pro Max models complain of overheating issues

Some customers claim titanium frame of more expensive models becomes ‘so hot it’s too hot to hold’

TechScape: The ‘smartphone era’ transformed the world – what will define the next decade?

In this week’s newsletter: It’s been ten years since the dawn of the iPhone age – and since I started covering tech at the Guardian. This is how much the world has changed since

iOS 17 release: everything you need to know about Apple’s big updates

iPhone upgrade joined by watchOS 10 and iPadOS 17, adding new features to Apple’s mobile devices

The EU cable guys have tied down Apple, yet big tech is still bossing the Tories

The tech giant has bowed to European legislation with a USB-C connector on its new iPhone but the UK government has failed to make messaging services toe the line on encryption

France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation exposure levels

Apple disputing tests by watchdog that showed radio frequency exposure was higher than permitted

iPhone 15 launch: Apple adopts USB-C and boasts better cameras

Company dumps Lightning port, and has titanium sides and new 5x zoom for top models, plus new Apple Watch Series 9

China troubles could upset Apple’s cart as it prepares to launch the iPhone 15

Geopolitics may affect sales in a big market – and customers may be annoyed by the new charging socket too

China reportedly extends iPhone ban to more workers as tensions with US rise

Apple shares fall as local government and state-owned firms latest to face restrictions on devices at work

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  • Musk rejects claim he has incited disorder in Belfast – UK politics live
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
  • I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers
  • Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread
  • Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire
  • ‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?
  • Signal One review – Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis ballast high-concept, low-risk first contact yarn
  • White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s
  • Pink Narcissus review – garish colour and dreamlike images in a homoerotic vision of 60s New York
  • Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns

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