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Apple paid Ireland $17B in taxes last year, new EU filings show

Apple paid Ireland approximately $17 billion in corporate income taxes in its fiscal year ending September 2025, a sum that accounted for roughly 40% of the company's $43 billion worldwide corporate tax bill, according to new country-by-country filings first reported…

Apple lays off staff across Siri, Vision Pro, and gaming teams

Apple is laying off employees across several product teams, including those responsible for the Siri digital assistant, the Vision Pro headset's immersive video content, and gaming, according to a report by Bloomberg on Friday. The cuts also extend to the…

Bank of America predicts bolder Apple under incoming CEO Ternus

Apple is days away from its first leadership change in nearly 15 years. On September 1, John Ternus, the company's senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become chief executive officer, succeeding Tim Cook, who announced the transition in April.…

Apple App Store revenue drops for first time in 4 years

Apple is facing fresh headwinds in its high-margin services business after Morgan Stanley data showed the App Store's net revenue declined 0.6% year-over-year through mid-August, marking the first such drop in four years. The investment bank simultaneously flagged an accelerating…

ChatGPT can now read and send texts via Apple Messages on Mac

OpenAI released a new plugin for its macOS desktop app on Wednesday that gives ChatGPT direct access to Apple's Messages app, allowing the AI assistant to read, search, summarize, and send texts on a user's behalf across iMessage, SMS, and…

Apple lays off VR staff as incoming CEO shifts focus to AI

Apple has laid off an unspecified number of employees from its Vision Products Group, according to AppleInsider, which reported Thursday that a credible insider confirmed the cuts. The layoffs coincide with reports that incoming CEO John Ternus is putting the…

Wall Street eyes spending shift as Apple’s new CEO starts in two weeks

Apple is less than two weeks away from one of the most consequential leadership transitions in corporate history. On September 1, hardware engineering chief John Ternus will officially become the company's next chief executive officer, succeeding Tim Cook, who will…

Apple’s September event expected to feature 10+ new products

Apple is gearing up for what could be its most expansive September product launch in years, with more than 10 new devices expected to debut at a keynote widely predicted for Wednesday, September 9. Invitations to press and guests could…

Apple’s camera AirPods won’t ship until 2027, Gurman says

Apple's camera-equipped AirPods will not arrive this year despite a leaked demo video that suggested the product might be imminent, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The earbuds, which integrate low-resolution cameras with Apple's Visual Intelligence feature, remain on track for…

Cook’s Apple legacy under scrutiny with CEO handoff days away

With less than two weeks until Tim Cook formally hands Apple to his successor, debate over the outgoing CEO's legacy has intensified — fueled by a fresh endorsement from CNBC's Jim Cramer and growing questions about whether supply chain vulnerabilities…

Apple stock rises as iPhone 18 Pro price hike reports build

Apple shares climbed on Wednesday, gaining as much as 2.8% as investors moved back into mega-cap technology stocks following a selloff the prior session. The rally came amid growing attention to reports that the company's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro lineup…

Apple shares jump after EU App Store fee overhaul

Apple shares rose nearly 3% on Wednesday, outperforming the broader technology sector, after the company announced a sweeping restructuring of its App Store terms for European developers that investors view as a meaningful step toward resolving its regulatory standoff with…

Apple to debut foldable iPhone, skip standard model at September event

Apple is preparing to break from over a decade of tradition with its fall iPhone event, expected to take place on September 9. Rather than debuting an entire iPhone lineup at once, the company plans to unveil only its premium…

Apple replaces controversial EU app fees with 5% flat commission

Apple on Tuesday announced it will charge a flat 5% commission on digital transactions in apps distributed outside its App Store in the European Union, replacing a fee structure that EU regulators had criticized as discouraging developers from using alternative…

Leaked video in macOS beta reveals Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods

Apple appears to have inadvertently confirmed its long-rumored camera-equipped AirPods through a demo video hidden in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, which landed Monday night. The clip, discovered by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, shows a man wearing a new…

Tim Cook says he hopes to be remembered as ‘a good and decent man’

With fewer than two weeks left as Apple chief executive, Tim Cook offered a disarmingly personal answer when asked how he hopes history will judge his 15-year run atop the world's most valuable technology company.

Apple’s foldable iPhone faces supply woes ahead of Sept. 8 unveiling

Apple is expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone at a September 8 event alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, but production constraints and testing issues mean buyers — particularly those outside the United States — may face weeks or…

Apple to overhaul ad tracking prompts across EU after German probe

Germany's Federal Cartel Office on Monday closed a multi-year investigation into Apple, after the company committed to EU-wide changes to how its App Tracking Transparency framework presents consent prompts to users.

Apple to delay standard iPhone 18 until spring 2027

Apple is set to break from more than a decade of iPhone launch tradition by holding back its standard iPhone 18 until the first quarter of 2027, while reserving its September 2026 event for premium models and the company's first…

AI memory chip shortage drives up electronics prices, stokes global tensions

A worldwide shortage of memory chips, fueled by insatiable demand from artificial intelligence data centers, is rippling through consumer electronics markets — raising smartphone prices in India, threatening to accelerate inflation in the United Kingdom, and intensifying geopolitical tensions between…

Nvidia’s market cap now exceeds Apple’s by $1 trillion

Nvidia now holds a market capitalization roughly $1 trillion larger than Apple's, a gap that has opened with striking speed over the past two weeks as investors pour capital into AI infrastructure while punishing Apple for supply-chain headwinds.

Tim Cook says he hopes to be remembered as ‘a good and decent man’ ahead of Apple exit

With fewer than three weeks remaining before he steps down as chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook has offered a personal answer to the question of how he hopes to be remembered. In an exclusive interview with CBS News' Jo…

Apple warns users in 110 countries of spyware attacks

Apple dispatched a new round of threat notifications on Thursday to users in 110 countries, warning them that their devices may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks. The alerts, which appear directly on iPhone lock screens, represent one of…

Apple trains its own AI model for China with Alibaba’s help

Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the Chinese market with support from Alibaba, Reuters reported on Friday, marking a departure from the iPhone maker's previous reliance on third-party models to power AI features in the country.

Apple’s foldable iPhone Ultra to face staggered global rollout, reports say

Apple is preparing to unveil its first foldable iPhone at a September event, but customers outside the United States may have to wait months to get their hands on the device. Reports published on August 13 indicate the phone, internally…

China’s CXMT expands into mobile DRAM, narrows yield gap with Samsung

China's largest DRAM maker, Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), is broadening its competitive front against Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, moving beyond PC memory into the mobile DRAM market while reportedly achieving manufacturing yields that approach those of the global leader.

Apple negotiating nine-figure publisher deals to power Siri AI

Apple is negotiating multiyear content licensing deals with publishers to feed current news and information into its overhauled AI-powered Siri voice assistant, the Wall Street Journal News Corp reported on Wednesday.

Apple eyes $100 iPhone price hike amid DRAM shortage

Apple is scaling back its 2026 hardware shipment plans as a worsening global DRAM shortage squeezes production across its lineup, while mounting evidence points to price increases on the iPhone for the first time since the memory crisis began.

Apple supplier confirms standard iPhone 18 delayed to 2027

Apple is reshaping its fall iPhone lineup in a way the company has never attempted before. Rather than launching a full range of models this September, Apple will release only the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and a…

Apple’s foldable iPhone called ‘iPhone Ultra’ internally, Gurman says

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed on Tuesday that Apple employees have broadly adopted the name "iPhone Ultra" for the company's upcoming foldable smartphone, adding weight to months of speculation about how the device will be marketed when it launches this fall.