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Apple logo on black background (l) FCC commissioner Carr speaking with microphone hand pointing (r)

FCC commissioner calls out Apple for censoring Voice of America app in China

Carr wants Apple to allow the Voice of America app on iPhones.

On Apr 22, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
Apple logo on light gray background (l) Meta logo on cream background (r)

Apple mocks Meta over its hefty new commission on in-metaverse purchases

'[Meta's] announcement lays bare Meta's hypocrisy.'

On Apr 15, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
Apple App Store logo with dark blue chain lock broken across logo

Digital groups rally as Apple pushes back against App Store legislation

Digital rights groups launch an educational campaign to push for antitrust reform, according to a press release.

On Apr 14, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
apple store employee giving a coding lesson (m) no one pays attention (l) (r)

‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Apple Store genius gives coding class to no one in viral TikTok (updated)

'He’s getting paid either way.'

On Apr 6, 2022 by Gisselle Hernandez

IRL
Woman in driver's seat holding phone and airpod case caption "someone stole her left airpod and we tracked it" (l) Police officer on road caption "bet" (c) Woman holding airpod case with saved left airpod back caption "mission accomplished" (r)

‘Why would they steal one airpod’: TikToker calls cops after someone allegedly takes single AirPod, sparking debate

'Found that h*e.'

On Mar 31, 2022 by Rachel Kiley

IRL Tech
doj antitrust

Biden DOJ says it supports Congress’ new efforts to rein in big tech

The Department of Justice has thrown its support behind the American Innovation and Choice Online Act.

On Mar 30, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
young woman with caption "Thinking about the time I turned on 'live listen' on my iPhone & left my phone on the table & walked away with my AirPods in so that I could listen to what everyone said without me being in the room" (l&r) apple phone on table (c)

‘Why did I not know this existed..’: Woman uses iPhone feature to hear what her friends are saying about her in viral TikTok

'What a wonderful little hack.'

On Mar 16, 2022 by Gisselle Hernandez

Internet Culture IRL Tech
truth social logo with shadow

An app to help kids do math is more popular than Trump’s Truth Social

Truth Social went from being the number one most downloaded to number 84 in Apple's App Store.

On Mar 3, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
The logo for Apple Inc. on a building

Apple joins growing number of tech giants taking action against Russia

Apple says it is 'deeply concerned' about the ongoing conflict.

On Mar 1, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
walmart (l) walmart logo (m) walmart checkout (r)

‘Multibillion dollar company and no Apple Pay’: Walmart criticized in viral TikTok for not accepting Apple Pay, sparking debate

'I forgot my wallet. How am I supposed to pay?'

On Feb 28, 2022 by Moises Mendez II

Tech
chess pawns overtaking the opposing king piece

How little tech is turning the tide in the fight against big tech

Smaller companies like DuckDuckGo and Mozilla are now winning fights against Google and Amazon.

On Feb 2, 2022 by Robert Locklear

Tech
MacBook Touch Bar skipping ads

‘The only thing I use my touchbar for’: TikToker shows how she uses MacBook Touch Bar to skip video ads

The TikToker explained an unexpected perk of having the now-defunct feature.

On Jan 30, 2022 by Dan Latu

Tech
woman looking sorrowful (l) woman pointing up at her apple I.D. (m) woman looking downward (r)

‘This is my last cry for help’: TikToker says Apple didn’t help after her ID was hacked—until she went viral

Viewers said they were going to change all their passwords.

On Jan 26, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

Tech
feet walking with captions "Our Airpods got stolen at planet fitness and we tracked the location" (l) "it was a older lady so I started to doubt myself" (c) "then she started talking to Her son and I saw him earlier at the gym so I knew we had the right house" (r)

‘I could imagine how embarrassed the mom was’: TikToker says his AirPods were stolen from Planet Fitness—so he tracks them to house (updated)

'How y’all calling him cheap.. but somebody STOLE his stuff?'

On Jan 25, 2022 by Elizabeth Rose

IRL Tech
screenshot of an instacart delivery page with a man's face overlaid on it (l) photo of a macbook computer (r)

‘Pretty sure that’s on Apple’: Instacart driver calls out customer who requested MacBook delivery but didn’t tip, sparking debate

Commenters suggested the tip was out of the customer's control.

On Jan 24, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

IRL

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