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Apple signals return of right-wing 'free speech' app Parler

Apple said it has reached an agreement with the right-wing social app Parler that could lead to its reinstatement in the company’s app store. Apple kicked out Parler in January over ties to the deadly Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. In a letter to two Republican lawmakers in Congress, Apple said it has […]

Tesla batteries to power Apple HQ and its California solar farm

Apple Inc. announced on Wednesday that over 110 of its manufacturing partners around the world will be moving to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple production, with nearly 8 gigawatts of planned clean energy set to come online, the company said in a release. According to the tech behemoth, once completed, these commitments will […]

Apple ordered to pay $308.5 million in patent infringement case

Apple Inc. has been slapped with a $308.5 million penalty to be paid to Personalized Media Communications (PMC) following a decision by a federal judge in Texas that found the company infringing a tech patent related to data rights management. The patent in question primarily dealt with a “method of decrypting programming at a receiver […]

Apple CEO escalates battle with Facebook over online privacy

Apple CEO Tim Cook fired off a series of thinly veiled shots at Facebook and other social media companies Thursday, escalating an online privacy battle pitting the iPhone maker against digital services that depend on tracking people to help sell ads. “Too many are still asking the question ‘how much can we get away with?’ […]

Apple unveils record-high revenues in fiscal Q1 of 2021

Apple Inc. posted an all-time record high revenue of $111.4 billion, up 21 percent YoY, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.68, up 35 percent, as international sales accounted for 64 percent of the quarter’s revenue of all product lines. “This quarter for Apple wouldn’t have been possible without the tireless and innovative work […]

Apple to crack down on tracking iPhone users in early spring

Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated rollout aims to placate Facebook and other digital services that depend on such data surveillance to help sell ads. Although Apple didn’t provide a specific date, the general timetable […]

Musk: Apple CEO didn't take meeting about buying Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he once considered selling the electric car maker to Apple, but the iPhone maker’s CEO blew off the meeting. In a tweet Tuesday, Musk said he reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook “to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for one-tenth of our current value). He refused to […]

Cooper Hewitt acquires two emoji that symbolize inclusion

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emoji that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures, becoming the third museum to add emoji to their digital collections. The New York museum acquired the “person with headscarf” and “inter-skintone couple” emoji for its burgeoning collection of digital assets. The museum plans […]

Apple to cut app store fees as legal scrutiny intensifies

Apple will cut its app store commissions in half for most developers beginning next year amid an intensifying debate about whether the iPhone maker has been using the fees to unfairly fatten its profits and stifle rivals competing against its own music, video, and other subscription services. The concession announced Wednesday will lower Apple’s commissions […]

Apple unveils first Macs built to run more like iPhones

Apple is rolling out new Mac computers powered by the same kind of chips that run iPhones and iPads, a move aimed at making it easier for its most popular products to work together. For instance, Macs using the new chips will be able to run the same apps designed for the iPhone’s mobile operating […]