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Apple is suing its former engineer.
Gerard Williams III was the lead on Apple’s A-series processors.
He has since set up his own chip company.

They’re only preliminary, too.

Apple’s suing Gerard Williams III after he left its employee and set up a chip company of his own. That company then hired more former Apple employees and after Apple filed a lawsuit it has now picked up some tentative and preliminary victories.

As Bloomberg notes, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Mark Pierce has been ruling on an attempt by Williams to have the suit tossed out of court. Williams initially claimed that Apple’s behavior was illegal after it inserted an anti-compete clause in the engineer’s contract.

In a tentative ruling rejecting his request to toss the suit, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Mark Pierce said the law doesn’t permit an employee ”to plan and prepare to create a competitive enterprise prior to termination if the employee does so on their …

A new Breath of the Wild game is on its way, and as much as we loved the first game, we have a few ideas about the direction its sequel should take.

At E3 2019, Nintendo closed its presentation with a spectacular reveal. A sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is in development, and though we’ve only seen a short tease of what it will include, that leaves us plenty of room to dream and speculate about what could be next for the series.

Experience the first adventure

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

$60 at Amazon $60 at Best Buy

Explore a new, open-world Hyrule

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is easily one of the best games on the Nintendo Switch. In the shoes of Link once more, you must explore a beautiful Hyrule overtaken by nature after a battle with Ganon went awry years ago. Delve into Shrines, solve puzzles, explore dungeons, and meet new friends who will help you in your quest to free Zelda and Hyrule from Ganon’s influence for good.

Breath o…

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Tim Cook says the systems in place for global tax need work.
He was speaking during a visit to Ireland.
Cool will receive an award relating to Apple’s presence in the country.

He wants GDPR to go further, too.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Ireland to pick up an award relating to his company’s ongoing presence in the country. But it’s his comments about taxation that are grabbing headlines with his assertion that global tax ”needs to be rehauled” grabbing attention.

Many companies have been accused of using some countries – like Ireland, for example – as a way to move their money out of other countries with higher tax rates. Apple is one company that has been accused of exactly that, but while Apple is fighting an ongoing legal battle on the subject, its CEO is of the belief that something needs to change. As Reuters notes, he wants the OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – to make changes.

”I think logically everybody knows …

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”Home Before Dark” is based on a true story.
The show will land on Apple TV+ on April 3.
It’s already been renewed for season two.

Apple expects a winner and has signed up for another season already.

Apple has announced a new drama series will arrive on Apple TV+ on April 3. ”Home Before Dark” is based on true events surrounding young investigative journalist Hilde Lysiak.

The show will include a first season made up of 10 one-hour episodes while Apple has confirmed that it has already signed up for a second season.

The dramatic mystery series, inspired by the reporting of young investigative journalist Hilde Lysiak, follows a young girl who moves from Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father left behind. While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury.

The cast includes Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, and Kylie Rogers while Dana Fox and Dara Res…

These shortcuts are things every iPhone and iPad owner should know.

So you just opened up that new iPhone or iPad, and while you’ve got the basics down, like opening an app or sending a message, you might be wondering: what else should I know? Well, iMore is here to help with a set of tips and tricks that every iPhone and iPad owner should have in their tool belt.

Here are 11 essential shortcuts for every iPhone and iPad owner.

How to turn your iPhone or iPad off or on
How to take a screenshot
How to set up keyboard shortcuts
How to perform a forced reset
How to activate 3D Touch shortcuts
How to insert a period with a double space
How to quickly turn predictive typing on and off
How to view your recent web history in Safari
How to view and reopen recently closed tabs in Safari
How to activate dark mode on iPhone and iPad with Control Center
How to configure widgets in the Notification Center
How to disable Keyboard Clicks

How to turn your iPhone or iPad off or on

While it’s…

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’Defending Jacob’ will be available on February 24.
The show stars Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery.
The first three episodes will be available on day one.

It’s based on the novel by the same name.

Apple has confirmed that ”Defending Jabob,” starring Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery, will arrive on April 24. The first three episodes of the show will be available initially, with new episodes arriving every Friday after that.

The show stars plenty of talent including Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, and Jaeden Martell and is based on the 2012 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.

Starring Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel and Sakina Jaffrey, ”Defending Jacob” is a limited drama series that unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town, and follows an assistant district attorney who finds himself torn between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional…

The iPhone 7 is an incredible piece of tech to have in your pocket on a day-to-day basis, so keeping it protected, scratch-free, and, most importantly, stylish! While there are thousands of different cases available, some are better than others. Here are our favorites cases for the iPhone 7.

Clear with a kickstand

Spigen Ultra Hybrid S

Staff Pick

Spigen makes excellent phone cases. I’ve tested them extensively with a bunch of different phones, and the same is true every time. They fit well, they feel great, and they work. This model has a kickstand with a magnetic latch that pops open when you want to use it and closes securely when you don’t.

From $12 at Amazon

Textured for extra grip

Caseology Parallax

The Parallax is a dual-layer case with a TPU shell. The secondary layer is a polycarbonate frame that fits around the edges of your phone. It takes the brunt of the devastating smacks to the corners that have felled many an iPhone. The back diamond pattern is covered in a…

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Apple has shared two YouTube videos reminding everyone slofies exist.
But we’d really rather forget it ever happened.
Really though, who uses this stuff?

You remember slowfies, right?

Apple seems super keen to make sure we all know about slowfies and it’s shared two new YouTube videos to drive the point home. Whether we want it to, or not.

The word ”slowfie” entered our lives when Apple announced iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. And while many of us hoped to never hear the word uttered again, that’s just not happening and Apple has shared new videos in which a snowboarder shows us what the feature can do.

It can make slo-motion videos from iPhone’s front camera, in case you were wondering. It’s slo-motion. And a selfie. It’s a slowfie. Geddit?

Both ”Whitehout” and ”Backflip” are embedded for your viewing pleasure and yes, we’ve got you covered if you want to know how to take a slowfie of your very own. You’ll just need to take 14 showers and renounce all…