Apple’s Lightning authentication chip cloned

One of the “features” of Apple’s new Lightning adapter on the iPhone 5 is a special authentication chip that must be built into the adapter or third-party peripherals in order for them to work properly. Apple is reportedly doing this in order to e…

Exclusive video: Is this the iPhone 5?

TUAW readers — you saw it here first! We received a video from an anonymous reader who claims to work at Apple. This tipster told us that he was “tired of the deception, the secrecy and the despair in our labs.” He went on to say that “TUAW is my…

Daily Update for March 30, 2012

It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what’s happening in the Apple world.

You can listen to today’s Ap…