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Apple is in early talks with the US Department of Justice over a possible settlement of the government’s iPhone antitrust case. Apple has submitted several proposals, but no agreement has been reached and the discussions may still fail. Apple and the Justice Department have not commented publicly. The case challenges Apple’s control of the iPhone…
Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company for the first time since April 2025. The change followed a sharp fall in Nvidia shares during a broader semiconductor selloff, while Apple remained comparatively stable. The lead lasted only briefly, with Nvidia recovering later in the session and moving back…
A US federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing Apple of failing to stop child sexual abuse material from being stored and shared through iCloud. The plaintiffs sought as much as $32.8 billion in damages on behalf of about 2,680 people and asked the court to force Apple to change how the service…
China’s telecommunications authorities have published a filing confirming that Apple Intelligence has completed the country’s required generative AI regulatory process under Apple Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. The filing allows Apple to provide the feature in mainland China and removes one of the main regulatory barriers that has delayed its local launch. Apple Intelligence has…
Apple spent the first years of the generative AI boom looking late. Microsoft tied itself to OpenAI, Google rebuilt its products around Gemini, and Amazon and Meta committed enormous sums to chips and data centers. Apple introduced Apple Intelligence slowly, delayed major Siri features and relied on outside models where its own software fell short….
Apple sued OpenAI on Friday in federal court in California, accusing it of stealing trade secrets to build its own devices. The suit names OpenAI and two former Apple employees, and asks the court to block OpenAI from using the technology and to award damages. Two years ago the two companies were partners. Sam Altman…
Global PC shipments fell 4.9 percent last quarter to 68.2 million units, the first drop after nine straight quarters of growth. Lenovo, HP, and Dell all shrank. Apple did the opposite, shipping 6.7 million Macs, up 10.1 percent, for 9.9 percent of the market. It was the only top-five vendor to grow. Apple beats a…
