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Apple to Provide iPhone 12 Software Update in France to Settle Radiation Row

A man looks at Apple iPhones at a shop in Bilbao, Spain, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West
A man looks at Apple iPhones at a shop in Bilbao, Spain, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West
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Apple to Provide iPhone 12 Software Update in France to Settle Radiation Row

A man looks at Apple iPhones at a shop in Bilbao, Spain, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West
A man looks at Apple iPhones at a shop in Bilbao, Spain, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West

Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France, in what seemed to offer a way out of a row with French regulators which had ordered the suspension of the phone's sale due to breaches of radiation exposure limits.

"We will issue a software update for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators. We look forward to iPhone 12 continuing to be available in France," Apple said in a statement.

"This is related to a specific testing protocol used by French regulators and not a safety concern," it said.

The French ANFR regulator is preparing to rapidly test this software update, which would eventually bring the model into compliance with European standards applied in France, and lift the marketing withdrawal, French Digital Affairs Minister Jean Noel Barrot's ministry said in a statement.

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Google Maps to Rename ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ for US Users 

Waves crash on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America", in Boca del Rio, Veracruz state, Mexico January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
Waves crash on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America", in Boca del Rio, Veracruz state, Mexico January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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Google Maps to Rename ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ for US Users 

Waves crash on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America", in Boca del Rio, Veracruz state, Mexico January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
Waves crash on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America", in Boca del Rio, Veracruz state, Mexico January 21, 2025. (Reuters)

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

The change will be visible in the US, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley.

Google Maps, which is owned by Alphabet's Google, will make a similar change with Mount McKinley.

President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Jan. 20, making good on a campaign promise.

"As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America and North America's highest peak will once again bear the name Mount McKinley," the Interior Department said in a statement last week.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum earlier this month jokingly suggested North America, including the United States, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.

Reached for comment, a Google spokesperson referred Reuters to the company's X post.

Google has applied the same locale-based labeling conventions to other locations subject to naming disputes.

Outside of Japan and South Korea, the body of water bordering both nations is listed as the "Sea of Japan (East Sea)."