Apple’s biggest event of the year, the release of the iPhone 17 series, is just weeks away — well, it’s always September (pandemic year apart), so that’s not exactly great intel.

For the first time, all four models of the upcoming iPhone 17 will be manufactured in India before launch.

India has become the No. 1 maker of smartphones shipped to the US, and its iPhone production there jumped 63% (to $7.5 billion in exports) in the second quarter of 2025 as Apple has maneuvered through...

Apple will no longer be required to provide international law enforcement access to private data after the U.K. agreed to rescind an investigatory power mandate.

However, tech companies have said that building an encryption back door would not only undermine user privacy, but also expose them to possible cyberattacks.

"If true, this decision is hugely welcome," said Sam Grant from civil rights group Liberty, which along with Privacy International previously launched separate legal action against the UK government.