Hardware is hard. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple's journey to making its own wireless chips has been a long one, but the end might be in sight. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted on X that Apple's switch to its own in-house Wi-Fi / Bluetooth chips will start with the iPhone 17 in the second half of next year.Kuo also agrees with 9to5Mac's report that the iPhone SE 4, expected in spring of 2025, will be the first device to use Apple's own homemade 5G modem. He says that the SE will continue using a third-party Wi-Fi chip made by Broadcom, and that the iPhone 17 will be the first device to use both an Apple-made modem and Wi-Fi chip.Modems are hard, apparently. Apple has been trying to get away from using Qualcomm's RF modems since at least 2019, when it bought Intel's modem division.... Continue reading...

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple will soon become the first company to incur a fine for violating the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), reports Bloomberg. Sources tell the outlet that the Commission is getting ready to levy the penalty after it found that Apple's anti-steering" practices harmed competition on the App Store.This follows the EU's 1.84 billion (around $2 billion) fine imposed on Apple in March. After investigating a complaint from Spotify, the EU Commission ruled that Apple restricted developers' ability to point users to cheaper purchases outside the App Store in March - a practice that's illegal under the DMA.We still don't know how much the EU will fine Apple, but the DMA rules say companies can be charged up to 10 percent of annual... Continue reading...