Apple customer service teams were informed in a company memo this week that it will no longer replace out-of-warranty models going back to Apple Watch Series 6, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The iPhone maker had said on Monday it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the U.S. from this week, in relation to the patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on the devices...

If a customer has a broken screen, for instance, they would not be able to get the issue fixed by Apple, the Bloomberg News report said, adding the company will still offer help that can be done via software, such as reinstalling the operating system. Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment...

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. has stopped selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US on its online store, just days before a ban related to a patent dispute takes effect.Most Read from BloombergVilified Zero-Day Options Blamed by Traders for S&P DeclineHarvard Financial Pain Grows as Blavatnik Joins Donor RevoltHyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent TransitGiuliani Files for Bankruptcy After $148 Million Defamation LossUS Inflation Report to Show Fed’s Battle Is Now All But...

Apple has officially pulled its Apple Watch from its online stores...

Here's why we're boosting both numbers for the technology giant -- and a look at that fancy mixed-reality headset...