Recently, Apple has lost an early challenge in its lawsuit against Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing. A federal judge in Florida dismissed Apple Inc’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple products including the iPhone.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith ruled in support of Corellium LLC, saying its software imitating the iOS operating system that runs on the iPhone and iPad amounted to “fair use” because it was “transformative” and helped developers find security flaws. Apple sued Corellium for essentially replicating iOS to build “virtual” iOS-operated devices, whose “sole function” was to run unauthorized copies of the system on non-Apple hardware.

But the Fort Lauderdale-based judge said Corellium “adds something new to iOS” by letting users see and halt running processes, take live snapshots, and conduct other operations. Smith wrote, “Corellium’s profit motivation does not undermine its fair use defense, particularly considering the public benefit of the product”.

The judge also rejected Apple’s argument that the Delray Beach startup acted in bad faith by selling its product indiscriminately, including potentially to hackers, and by not requiring users to report bugs to Apple.

He said that argument appeared “puzzling, if not disingenuous,” saying Cupertino, California-based Apple did not impose a reporting requirement under its own Bug Bounty Program.

Corellium has denied wrongdoing. Justin Levine, one of its lawyers, said in an email the decision made “proper findings in connection with fair use.” Smith said Apple may still pursue a separate federal law claim that Corellium circumvented its security measures when creating its software.

Corellium was founded in Aug. 2017. According to court records, Apple tried to buy Corellium starting in Jan. 2018, but talks had broken down by summer. Apple sued Corellium in Aug. 2019.

source: Reuters

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M1 is apples first chip designed specifically for the Mac. It features apples latest Neural Engine. Its 16‑core design is capable of executing a massive 11 trillion operations per second. In fact, with a powerful 8‑core GPU, machine learning accelerators, and the Neural Engine, the entire M1 chip is designed to excel at machine learning. Final Cut Pro can intelligently frame a clip in a fraction of the time. Pixelmator Pro can magically increase sharpness and detail at incredible speeds. And every app with ML‑powered features benefits from performance never before seen on Mac.

The M1 chip is packed with a number of powerful custom technologies, including:

1. Apple’s latest image signal processor (ISP) for higher quality video with better noise reduction, greater dynamic range, and improved auto white balance.

2. The latest Secure Enclave for best-in-class security.

3. A high-performance storage controller with AES encryption hardware for faster and more secure SSD performance.

4. Low-power, highly efficient media encode and decode engines for great performance and extended battery life.

5. An Apple-designed Thunderbolt controller with support for USB 4, transfer speeds up to 40Gbps, and compatibility with more peripherals than ever.

source: apple.com

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Apple previews new iPhone software, changes to Mac chips

 

 

Apple Inc is said to produce a passenger vehicle including its own breakthrough technology. The Inc has targeted the year 2024 for advancing its self-driving car technology.

Project Titan, The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts made their way unevenly since 2014 when it first started to design its own vehicle from scratch. Apple even drew back the effort to focus on software and reassessed its goals. Doug Field, an Apple veteran who had worked at Tesla Inc, returned to oversee the project in 2018 and fired 190 people from the team in 2019.

Apple is now advanced enough so it aims to build a vehicle for costumers. Apple’s goal of building a personal vehicle for the mass market contrasts with rivals. Apple’s main strategy is to build a new battery design that could “radically” reduce the cost of batteries and increase the vehicle’s range. 

Apple has declined to comment on its plans or future products.

Even for Apple, a company that makes hundreds of millions of electronic products each year, it is challenging to make a vehicle.

A person who worked on Project Titan said "If there is one company on the planet that has the resources to do that, it’s probably Apple. But at the same time, it’s not a cellphone,” 

Apple is expected to rely on a manufacturing partner to build vehicles though it is still unclear who will assemble the vehicle. There is still a chance Apple will decide to reduce the scope of its efforts to an autonomous driving system that would be integrated with a car made by a traditional automaker.

The start of production could possibly be pushed to 2025 or beyond owing to pandemic. 

Apple is said to have decided to make use of outside partners for elements of the system, including lidar sensors, which help self-driving cars get a three-dimensional view of the road.

Some of Apple's internally developed lidar sensors might feature Apple's car. Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro models feature lidar sensors.

Source: Reuters

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