Latest Apple Headlines
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Apple Must Pay Optis $502 Million Lump Sum in UK Patent Dispute, Court Rules
May 2 2025 // Apple must pay a U.S. patent holder $502 million for the use of 4G patents in devices including iPhones and iPads, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday, in the latest stage of a long-running legal...
Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes
Apr 24 2025 // Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big...
Apple Appealing Against UK ‘Back Door’ Order, Tribunal Confirms
Apr 8 2025 // Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a “back door” to its encrypted cloud storage systems, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) confirmed on Monday. The IPT said in a written...
Apple to Keep DEI Efforts, Though Some Adjustments Possible
Feb 25 2025 // Apple Inc. investors rejected an outside shareholder proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, though Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said that the company may make some adjustments...
Apple Ordered by UK to Build Backdoor to Access User Data
Feb 10 2025 // The UK government has ordered Apple Inc. to build a backdoor to give it access to global user data, in a move that could spark one of the biggest privacy fights in the iPhone maker’s history. British authorities in...
Advisory Firm ISS Urges Apple Investors to Vote Against Scrapping Diversity Policies
Feb 7 2025 // Influential proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended on Friday that Apple investors vote against a proposal to consider eliminating the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion...
Apple Clarifies Siri Privacy Stance After $95M Class Action Settlement
Jan 9 2025 // Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations. The iPhone...
Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices
Dec 3 2024 // Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts while also barring them from discussing their pay and working conditions. The complaint filed in...
Apple Faces UK Class Action Over Data Storage Allegations
Nov 14 2024 // Apple Inc. faces a lawsuit from a UK consumer group over allegations its monopoly on data storage breaches competition law, in a fresh class action that could ultimately cost the tech giant billions. The iCloud provider is...
Apple Accused by US Labor Board of Imposing Illegal Workplace Rules
Oct 2 2024 // A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules. The National Labor...
EU’s Vestager Triumphs in Crackdown on Apple’s Tax Deal, Google’s Practices
Sep 10 2024 // EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager scored two major wins on Tuesday as Europe’s top court backed her crackdown against Apple’s Irish tax deal and Google’s anti-competitive practices in two landmark...
Berkshire Halves Apple Stake, Boosts Cash to $277 Billion As It Gets ‘Defensive’
Aug 6 2024 // Warren Buffett appears to have soured on stocks, letting cash at Berkshire Hathaway soar to nearly $277 billion and selling about half its stake in Apple, even as the conglomerate posted a record quarterly operating...
Apple Asks Judge to Toss Antitrust Lawsuit
Aug 2 2024 // Apple on Thursday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by federal and state antitrust regulators accusing it of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market, saying the case would have a judge redesign its popular...
Apple Unfairly Fired UK Worker Who Was Part Toxic Workplace Culture, Judge Says
Jun 26 2024 // Apple Inc. unfairly fired an employee for making racist comments that were part of a toxic workplace culture at one of its London stores, according to a UK court ruling. Apple’s investigation, before firing Timothy...
Apple Accused in Lawsuit of Underpaying Female Workers in California
Jun 14 2024 // Apple on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of paying more than 12,000 female employees in California less than men with comparable jobs. The lawsuit filed in state court in San Francisco...
Washington Contractor, Grower Face $650K in Fines After Worker Dies in Apple Storage Room
Jun 3 2024 // Two Washington companies face a combined $650,000 in fines for violations in connection with a worker who died from asphyxiation after entering an apple storage facility where the oxygen had been removed from the air. The...
Washington Contractor, Grower Face $650K in Fines After Worker Dies in Apple Storage Room
May 17 2024 // Two Washington companies face a combined $650,000 in fines for violations in connection with a worker who died from asphyxiation after entering an apple storage facility where the oxygen had been removed from the air. The...
Apple Warns of ‘Mercenary Spyware Attack’ on Users in India, 91 Other Countries
Apr 15 2024 // Apple Inc has warned its users in India and ninety-one other countries that they were possible victims of a “mercenary spyware attack,” according to a threat notification email that was sent to targeted...
Tesla Settles Case Over Fatal Autopilot Crash of Apple Engineer
Apr 9 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday. The settlement was made...
Consumers Sue Apple, Taking Page From US Justice Department Lawsuit
Mar 26 2024 // Apple has been hit with a flurry of new consumer lawsuits accusing the iPhone maker of monopolizing the smartphone market, piggybacking on a sweeping antitrust case lodged by the U.S. Justice Department and 15 states last...
