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Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI last month, accusing the firm behind ChatGPT of stealing trade secrets related to hardware development. Nearly a month later, OpenAI has published a detailed response to many of Apple’s claims in the form of a blog post.

Apple is facing a civil lawsuit in Brazil seeking R$300 million (roughly $59 million) in damages over allegations that children can download and access casino-style games on the App Store without any meaningful age verification. Here are the details.

Update: 11:00 p.m. ET: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said: “We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review found content that violates our strict guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material. The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it.” Apple’s statement came about 20 minutes after access to the ap…

Apple has outlined plans to let users copy and paste content between an iPhone and a Windows PC, following an interoperability request from Microsoft in the European Union. Here are the details.

Reuters reports that Russia’s antitrust regulator has opened a formal case against Apple over the company’s failure to preinstall the state-backed MAX messenger and Russia’s RuStore app marketplace on its devices. Here are the details.

As it grapples with a surge in “AI slop” security reports, Apple has recently made changes to its bug bounty program. Here are the details.

Apple will face a class-action lawsuit alleging it violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), in a case that could cost the company more than $30 billion. Here are the details.

A new report from The Information details how Apple’s policy of encouraging employees to mix personal and work iCloud accounts has allowed some former staffers to retain access to confidential company files long after leaving. Here are the details.

The new Apple Upgrade program has a key piece of fine print: “If you’re leasing an iPhone, you’ll need to connect to AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon when you enroll.” In a new post today, John Gruber at Daring Fireball has a likely explanation for this requirement.

iOS 27 is a big update for Apple’s Photos app , with improvements to slideshows, shared albums, and more. It also adds a welcome camera roll-type feature many have long been asking for: ‘Captured by Me.’

Reuters reports that a new draft amendment would extend by 10 years a tax break for foreign companies that supply machinery and equipment to contract manufacturers in India. Here are the details.

John Ternus is officially set to take over as Apple CEO on September 1. Ahead of that, he’s shaping the team around him and has brought back a key hardware engineering executive who retired several years ago.

The latest beta build of WhatsApp’s Mac app lets users choose between daily and weekly update schedules, in addition to checking manually for new updates. Here are the details.

Ted Lasso returns for season 4 this week ( watch here ), and Apple has just announced a clever marketing event: a Ted look-alike contest happening at Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City.

The new LISEN Qi2.2 MagSafe battery strikes a nice balance between size and design, bringing some very interesting features to the lanyard. On the spec side, the key feature is supporting the Qi2.2 standard for much faster MagSafe charging. To me, the most unique feature is a really clever lanyard system for the included cable.