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Apple has rolled out a new software update for its iPhone and iPad models. The newly rolled-out iOS 17.4.1 brings some important bug fixes and security updates. Similarly, iPadOS 17.4.1 also contains some of these improvements. This update comes shortly after the company rolled out iOS 17.4 on March 5, which brought support for third-party app stores in the European Union (EU), transcripts for Apple Podcasts, and new emoji. Here are all the details you need to know about iOS 17.4.1.  Apple has rolled out a new software…

Apple has rolled out the latest iteration of its operating system for iPhone users, iOS 17.4.1, following closely on the heels of the recent iOS 17.4 release. The update, which is now available for download, brings a slew of bug fixes and security enhancements aimed at improving the overall user experience. How to Update to iOS 17.4.1To update their iPhones to iOS 17.4.1, users can navigate to the Settings app, select General, and then tap on Software Update. The update, identified by build number 21E236, is compatible…

The Department of Justice and more than a dozen states have filed a lawsuit against Apple in the US federal court, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws. It says Apple’s hardware and software products are largely inaccessible to competitors, making it difficult for rivals to compete and for customers to switch to other companies’ products.The lawsuit comes after the European Commission fined Apple €1.8 billion ($1.95 billion) for stopping music-streaming developers from “informing iOS users about alternative…

The Apple Watch needs an iPhone to work; that’s how it has always been. You can’t use it with an Android device, and that’s apparently a big problem for the US government. It’s one of the reasons the Justice Department sued Apple. The DoJ’s big antitrust case was officially announced on Thursday. It’ll be a long and arduous fight that might take years to resolve. It’ll be years until Apple will have to make changes to the products it sells in the US, and that’s if the DoJ is successful in any of its claims. It…

Image Source : FILE Rajeev Chandrasekhar Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday announced that the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is scaling new heights every day on production, exports, and jobs. The minister shared this information via an X post.  He also said that Apple has produced over Rs 1 lakh crore worth…

Apple uses the dominance of the iPhone to illegally suppress competition in ways that harm consumers, the US Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday.Apple has denied it acts illegally, with spokesperson Fred Sainz saying that the suit “threatens who we are and the principles that set Apple products apart in fiercely competitive markets.” But key parts of the suit use the words of Apple’s own executives against the company. The DOJ lawsuit quotes internal emails to argue that Apple knowingly restricts…

Apple spent a few years attempting to bring support for its Apple Watch to Android smartphone, the company reportedly stated in its response to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) lawsuit filed against the firm on Wednesday. Previous reports shed some light on the company's efforts to introduce support for its smartwatches on phones running on Google's smartphone operating system, but this is the first confirmation from Apple that the company previously wanted to launch an Apple Watch that worked…

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay — Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay. Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts…

It'll likely take years before the U.S. government's massive antitrust lawsuit against Apple is resolved — but the iPhone maker's troubles with European regulators offer a glimpse of what changes American customers may see down the line.The U.S. lawsuit seeks to stop Apple from undermining technologies that compete with its own apps in areas such as streaming, messaging and digital payments. The Department of Justice also wants to prevent the tech giant from building language into its contracts with developers, accessory…

iOS 17.4.1 is rolling out to eligible iPhone models, bringing a few bug fixes and security updates in tow, according to Apple. The minor update comes shortly after the iPhone maker released iOS 17.4 — the update that brought support for third party app stores in the European Union (EU), transcripts for Apple Podcasts, and new emoji — on March 5. The company's latest iOS software update has been released alongside iPadOS 17.4.1, which also contains some of these important fixes.Just like previous iOS 17 releases, the…