We’d hate to say that Apple has designed its computers so that they perform stunningly in the shop for a few minutes, and work differently after a few months at home or in the office. His comment is also somewhat ironic in that much of the focus of YilYi’s interview with Borchers centered around the use of Apple Silicon in machine-learning development, which you don’t do in a store.

This is despite the iGiant swallowing Intel’s 5G modem business back in 2019 after the chipmaker said it was exiting that sector. Apple picked up about 2,200 Intel workers plus intellectual property in that deal, valued at $1 billion.

Bloomberg noted that Apple also has to be careful not to infringe Qualcomm’s patents, which may be slowing design efforts. In addition, the cellular standards themselves are a moving target as they continue to be developed and updated.

Most crucially for electronics - especially those made by Apple - the petition asks the FTC to implement rules such that “identical components from two identical devices ought to be interchangeable without manufacturer intervention.” In other words, no more parts pairing.

Apple tossed its weight behind limited national right-to-repair rules late last month, surprising many. As we pointed out then, Apple’s negotiations with California on its right-to-repair rule passed in October resulted in a carve-out that allowed it and other manufacturers to carry on using parts pairing to restrict repairs.

Parts pairing means Apple and other OEMs get final say on whether replacement parts are fully functional by requiring repair shops to call and verify serial numbers on swapped-in components. This hampers home repairs by making it impossible, for example, to simply pop an old screen from a dead iPhone into a working handset without calling an authorized Apple supplier to get the okay.

Led by market researcher Justin Gutmann, the lawsuit claims that Apple unlawfully deceived consumers issuing iOS updates that throttled iPhones’ CPUs to extend their battery life, an act that fooled consumers into thinking their phones were slow and/or their batteries were in better health.

Some 24 million British users of iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X models are estimated to have been impacted by the issue, it was claimed. Apple failed to block the legal action case. The iGiant could now potentially be forced to cough up £853 million ($1.03 billion) in damages if it loses the collective action case

AI-enabled PCs refer to machines that come with advanced chips capable of running large-language models and apps powered by the technology directly on the device, instead of the cloud.

In the September quarter, AMD’s PC-focused business posted its strongest growth in two years. Revenue decline at Intel’s PC unit was the slowest in eight quarters.