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Worldwide shipments of tablets and chromebooks declined sharply in 2022

Worldwide tablet shipments posted flat growth of 0.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to IDC.

Brazilian regulator seizes iPhones from retail stores as Apple fails to comply with charger requirement — 9To5Mac

As first reported by Tecnoblog, Procon-DF has seized “hundreds of iPhones in different retail stores in Brasilia,” the capital of Brazil, writes Filipe Espósito. Here...

Researchers say iPhone usage data isn’t as anonymous as Apple claims — Engadget

Code sleuths at Mysk are challenging Apple's vaunted focus on privacy, writes J. Fingas.

Apple spending $450M to support iPhone SOS via satellite

Apple says a $450 million investment from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund has been allocated to build the infrastructure that supports Emergency SOS via satellite...

Apple releases macOS Ventura, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 — Engadget

Also later this year, Apple will release a collaborative productivity iPad app called Freeform, writes K. Holt. Here is the link: https://www.engadget.com/apple-macos-venture-ipados-16-ios-161-updates-170844000.html