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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unveiled to employees the company’s ambitious plans to develop and ship 100 million AI “companion devices,” created in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI acquired Ive’s company “io” to build AI devices Altman hopes will soon be in every home.

President Donald Trump has asked Apple CEO Tim Cook to increase domestic iPhone production, as the tech giant accelerates its manufacturing shift from China to India.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its Siri voice assistant eavesdropped on private conversations and shared them with third-party businesses for targeted advertising. You can file a claim in the settlement regardless of if you’ve already been identified as a claimant.

Apple is reportedly weighing potential price increases for its upcoming fall iPhone lineup without blaming pricing on China tariffs. The tech giant hopes to introduce new features and design changes to justify hefty price tags.

Apple Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue defended the company’s $20 billion a year deal with search monopoly Google during the remedy phase of the internet giant’s antitrust trial in Washington, DC. Cue also testified that rapid advancements in AI could disrupt Google’s search monopoly more effectively than court intervention.

Apple reported its highest March-quarter revenue in over two years, reaching $95 billion, as customers rushed to purchase devices ahead of potential new U.S. tariffs. As a result of the ongoing trade war with China, the tech giant announced that the majority of U.S. iPhones would come from India, while iPads and other devices would be imported from Vietnam.

The White House has launched a website tracking the flood of announced investments into the United States since President Donald Trump’s return to office.

Apple plans to move the assembly of all iPhones sold in the US from China to India by the end of 2026, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke with the Financial Times.

As the remedy phase of the Google search monopoly case continues, a witness from AI startup Perplexity testified that the search giant’s exclusivity contracts prevented smartphone maker Motorola from setting Perplexity AI as the default assistant on its new devices. The AI executive says Google’s exclusive agreements are like a “gun to your head” from the perspective of device makers.

European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules.

The world’s largest technology companies, known as the “Silicon Six,” have paid nearly $278 billion less in corporate income tax over the past ten years than would be expected based on the average statutory tax rate for U.S. companies, according to a new report by the Fair Tax Foundation (FTF).

Apple has started assembling its latest iPhone 16e model in Brazil, marking a shift in the company’s production strategy as it aims to mitigate the impact of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China.

Google is facing a class action lawsuit in the UK for £5 billion ($6.6 billion) in potential damages over allegations that the tech giant abused its stranglehold on the search market to drive up advertising prices.

AMD has announced that its key processor chips will soon be produced at TSMC’s new facility in Arizona, marking the first time AMD’s products will be manufactured in the United States. The news comes on the heels of AI giant Nvidia announcing it will produce AI chips and supercomputers in Arizona and Texas.

Apple, America’s largest company by market capitalization, is grappling with the intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China. Analysts believe the tech giant is left without clear short-term options to mitigate the impact of tariffs on Chinese imports.

Apple reportedly airshipped a staggering 600 tons of iPhones from its production facility in India to the United States to avoid Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. The tech giant, at grave risk due to tariffs on China, has expedited the shipment of 1.5 million iPhones since March.

Apple is preparing its most significant health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service.

Apple’s attempt to intervene in Google’s antitrust trial has been denied by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, potentially jeopardizing the company’s $20 billion search placement deal with Google. The decision was driven in part by Apple dragging its feet in replying to the court, which the judge said “seems difficult to justify.”

Border czar Tom Homan is completely unfazed by pro-illegal immigration protesters, casually walking by them while chomping on an apple as they chanted in protest.

Apple has filed an appeal with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal in an effort to overturn a secret government order requiring the tech giant to create a backdoor for spying on encrypted user data.

Apple shareholders have voted against a proposal that sought to end the company’s DEI initiatives, despite growing opposition from conservative activists and President Donald Trump. Many of Apple’s big tech peers including Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google have taken steps to scale back their woke initiatives.

Apple’s iPhone voice-to-text feature sometimes displays “Trump” when users say the word “racist” into the microphone. The company claims it is aware of the “issue” and promises it is “rolling out a fix as soon as possible.”

Apple has announced plans to invest $500 billion in the United States over the next four years and hire 20,000 new workers, as the company seeks relief from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods imported from China.

Apple is taking the unprecedented step of removing its highest level data security tool from customers in the UK after the government demanded backdoor access to user data worldwide. The demand was called an “unprecedented attack” on privacy by security experts.

A new app called Protector, which allows users to book armed security guards on-demand, has gone viral after rushing to market in the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Tech giant Apple is reportedly exploring the possibility of monetizing its Maps application through search advertising, a move that could significantly increase the company’s already booming services revenue.

Apple Maps has officially updated the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” following President Donald Trump’s executive order entitled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.”

Tech giants Google and Apple have restored the Chinese social media platform TikTok to their app stores.

Apple has resumed advertising on X for the first time since pausing ads more than a year ago, following the trend of major advertising “pausing” their spending on Elon Musk’s platform due supposedly to concerns about “brand safety.”

Google updated the former Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps application on Monday. The change comes after an executive order by signed President Donald Trump in January. Apple Maps is lagging behind its competitor in updating the name.

The leftist British government is reportedly willing to walk back some of draconian online censorship rules to avoid falling into a trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The UK Government has reportedly ordered Apple to provide a backdoor that would allow secret surveillance of users’ encrypted cloud accounts around the world.

President Trump’s nomination of tech critic Gail Slater to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division comes amid controversy over a series of last-minute enforcement actions by recently departed acting antitrust chief, leftist activist Doha Mekki.

A U.S. District Court judge has denied Apple’s request to intervene in the ongoing Google Search monopoly trial, which could end the massive payments Google makes to Apple every year to ensure its search dominance remains unchallenged.

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday rounded up ministers and business leaders to condemn President Donald Trump’s ten percent tariff on imports from China, which were scheduled to take effect on Tuesday.

Apple has agreed to pay up to $20 million to settle a class action lawsuit over defects in early Apple Watch models that caused displays to crack or detach from the casing. Here’s how to find out if you qualify to receive a payout.