The Morning After: Russia bans Apple gadgets for state officers

Russian authorities are banning authorities staff from utilizing Apple gadgets for official state use, in response to the Monetary Occasions. As of Monday, the nation’s commerce ministry will for all “work functions.” Different businesses, together with Russia’s telecommunications and mass media ministry, both have related mandates already in place or plan to implement some quickly. The Monetary Occasions studies the ban covers all Apple merchandise – no, not Yuri’s AirPods, too? Nicely, officers will apparently have the ability to proceed utilizing these for private use.

The ban comes after Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB) claimed at the beginning of June it had uncovered a “spying operation by US intelligence businesses” involving Apple gadgets. The FSB mentioned 1000’s of iPhones, together with these in use by the nation’s diplomatic missions in NATO international locations, had been “contaminated” with monitoring software program. The FSB claimed — with out exhibiting proof — that Apple had labored carefully with US sign intelligence to offer brokers “with a variety of management instruments.” The corporate denies this. The transfer comes when Russia can be attempting to scale back its dependence on foreign-made tech.

– Mat Smith

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Writing in his newest e-newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman studies there “needs to be one other launch” after the corporate’s annual iPhone occasion in September, with a brand new slate of Macs doubtless the main target of no matter Apple has deliberate. “October is simply too early for brand spanking new high-end MacBook Execs or desktops, so the primary beneficiaries of the brand new [M3] chip needs to be the subsequent iMac, 13-inch MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Professional,” he notes.

Prior to now, Apple has sometimes introduced new iPad fashions alongside its newest Macs, nevertheless it appears like that received’t be the case this time. “I wouldn’t anticipate any main upgrades till the M3 iPad Execs with OLED screens arrive subsequent yr,” Gurman writes.

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Don’t wish to really feel like I’m being stabbed although, thanks.

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