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Report: Apple Tells WeChat Parent Tencent to Eliminate Payment Loopholes
August 02, 2024

Apple is reportedly pressuring the makers of China’s most popular apps — WeChat and Douyin — to stop allowing in-app creators to steer users to payment systems outside the Apple platform. The iPhone maker has threatened to reject updates to WeChat from Tencent Holdings and...

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Apple’s Services Segment Grows, But AI Still Remains a ‘Show Me’ Story
August 01, 2024

Apple’s latest quarter showed some resilience in services growth – and management noted the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to help transform the company’s efforts to build out its ecosystem. Investors bid the shares up by about 0.5% after hours — indicating what might be...

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Apple Wants ‘Implausible’ iPhone Antitrust Case Thrown Out
August 01, 2024

Apple wants an antitrust case accusing it of dominating the smartphone market thrown out. The tech giant says the U.S. government’s suit “bears no relation to reality” and should be dismissed by a federal judge, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Aug. 1), citing a court filing. The...

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Apple Debuts AI Features With New Developer Betas
July 29, 2024

Apple has reportedly given users access to its first set of artificial intelligence (AI) features. It’s part of the developer betas for the tech giant’s iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems, The Verge reported Monday (July 29). Among the features include a version of Siri...

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Apple Delays AI Features for New iPhone and iPad Software Updates
July 29, 2024

Apple Inc. has announced that its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) features will be delayed and will not be included in the initial launch of the new iPhone and iPad software updates. The AI features, known as Apple Intelligence, are now expected to be rolled out...

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Apple Lowers iPhone Prices in India After Country Reduces Customs Duty
July 26, 2024

Apple has reportedly cut the prices of iPhones in India after the country reduced its basic customs duty on mobile phones. This is the first time the company has reduced prices on current-generation Pro models in India, Seeking Alpha reported Friday (July 26). The price reductions amount...

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Apple Signs Biden Administration’s Commitment for AI Safety
July 26, 2024

Apple has signed onto the Biden administration’s voluntary commitments regarding the safe development of artificial intelligence (AI), joining 15 other companies that have done so since last year. “Today, the administration announced that Apple has signed onto the voluntary commitments, further cementing these commitments as...

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Apple Reportedly Still Seeking ‘Killer App’ for Vision Pro
July 14, 2024

Months after Apple debuted the iPad, the tablet had more than 20,000 apps. The company’s Vision Pro headset, now five months old, has a tenth of that figure. And that could be a problem for Apple as it expands sales of its “spatial computing” product...

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Report: Apple Accused of Abusing App Store Position in India
July 14, 2024

India’s antitrust watchdog says Apple abused its dominant place in the app store market. That’s according to a report Friday (July 12) by Reuters, citing a confidential report by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which accuses Apple of engaging “in abusive conduct and practices”...