Dennis Sellers

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has paid $25 million for the rights to a Billie Eilish documentary that will be shown on Apple TV+ and follows the 17-year-old singer-songwriter's life after the release of her debut album in March, reports The Hollywood Reporter. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Forget AirDrop. Apple wants iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches to be able to exchange data when they're pointed at each other — a virtual "handshake" if you wil. The company has filed for a patent (number 20190372668) for “device awareness in line-of-sight optical communication systems.” </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients — as seen by 9to5Mac — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo forecasts that Apple will roll out four 5G iPhone 12 models next year.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has issued a statement to AppleInsider in response to Krebos Security report that the iPhone 11 Pro appears to periodically utilize its GPS module to gather location data in the face of user wishes.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has updated Clips, its free video creation app for the iPhone and iPad, to version 2.1. The app allows users to tap into the fun and creativity of Memoji and Animoji characters. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In a note to clients -- as noted by MacRumors — analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple will debut an iPhone without a Lightning connector in 2021. Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector created and designed by Apple. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Wccftech Digitimes says Apple thinks its “iPhone SE 2” will sell about 30 million units next year. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously predicted 20 million units of the smartphone.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple has bought the first-ever commercial batch of carbon-free aluminum from a joint venture between two of the world’s biggest aluminum suppliers, according to Reuters.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Russian President Vladimir Putin signed new legislation requiring all computers, smartphones, and smart TVs sold in Russia to be released with pre-installed Russian software, Reuters reports. And Apple has said it will pull out of that country's market in 2020 if Russia launch a total ban on selling its products without the pre-installed Russian software, note the IB TImes.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Another day, another (potential) lawsuit. Roberto de Jesus Escobar Gaviria, the brother of Narcos fame drug lord, Pablo Escobar, told Digital Trends that he will file a $30 billion class-action lawsuit on Jan. 6, 2020 in California, against Apple for accumulating illegal profits. </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">California Supreme Court justices are expressing concerns with forcing Apple to pay its store employees for the time they spend undergoing bag checks, with one justice saying workers regularly choose to bring personal bags to work and that it seems "odd" to require Apple to pay them for checking items, reports Law360 (a subscription is required to read the entire article).</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple wants future Apple Watches to be able to help diagnose, even treat, Parkinson’s and other related illnesses. The company has filed for a patent (number 20190366286) for “passive tracking of dyskinesia/tremor symptoms.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Future Apple Watches may be able to tell if you're indoors or outdoors. Apple has filed for a patent (number 20190368884) dubbed “indoor/outdoor detection using a wearable computer.”</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The 27-inch display on the LG UltraFine 5K — which is 18.3 inches high, 24.6 inches wide, 9.4 inches deep, and weighs 18.7 pounds — is gorgeous. It boasts a 5120-by-2880 resolution, 14.7 million pixels, P3 wide color gamut, and 500 cd/m² of brightness. Unfortunately, the monitor’s body itself lacks the Apple aesthetic, looking clunky compared to most of the tech giant's products.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Apple and Qualcomm are working to launch a new 5G iPhone as fast as possible, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon said at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Tech Summit this week, reports PCMag. </p>