Latest Apple Headlines
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Apple Antitrust Suit Mirrors Strategy That Beat Microsoft, but Tech Industry Has Changed
Mar 22 2024 // The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft’s stranglehold on desktop software, but that may prove to be an imperfect blueprint for addressing...
Apple, Meta, Google to Face EU Digital Markets Act Probes: Sources
Mar 22 2024 // Apple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google are set to be investigated for potential violations of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that could lead to hefty fines by the end of the year, according...
Justice Department Sues Apple in Antitrust Case Over iPhone
Mar 21 2024 // The US Justice Department and 16 attorneys general sued Apple Inc., accusing the iPhone maker of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features on its popular devices. The suit,...
Apple, Investors Reach $490 Million Settlement in Fraud Case
Mar 18 2024 // Apple Inc. reached a $490 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of investors who accused Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook of misleading them in 2018 about the company’s sales prospects. Cook...
Apple Must Face Suit Claiming AirTags Are Weapon of Stalkers
Mar 18 2024 // Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims. US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled Friday that three plaintiffs in the class-action suit...
Apple Hit With $2B EU Antitrust Fine in Spotify Case, Will Appeal
Mar 4 2024 // Brussels fined Apple 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) on Monday, the iPhone maker’s first ever EU antitrust penalty, for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options...
Apple Resumes Sale of Watches After Appeals Court Lifts Ban
Dec 28 2023 // Apple Inc. said it would put its latest smartwatch models back on sale in its US retail stores Wednesday after it won a court ruling in a patent fight, providing a quick reprieve for its $17 billion business. The company...
Apple to Fight Watch Ban in Court After White House Declines to Act
Dec 27 2023 // Apple Inc., seeking to defend a business that generates roughly $17 billion a year, is appealing a US sales ban of its smartwatches after the White House refused to overturn the measure. Apple will challenge the ban —...
Apple to Halt US Sales of Series 9, Ultra 2 Smartwatches Over Patent Dispute
Dec 19 2023 // Apple said on Monday it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States from this week, as it deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on the...
Apple-Backed Study Finds Rise in Data Breaches as iPhone Maker Defends Encryption
Dec 12 2023 // In the first nine months of 2023, U.S. data breaches increased by 20% compared to the full year 2022, according to a new study that was commissioned by Apple. The iPhone maker paid for the study, which was conducted by...
US Labor Board Files Complaint Against Mozilla for Refusing to Hire Apple Activist
Nov 27 2023 // When Cher Scarlett began speaking up about labor issues at Apple Inc., she knew she was at risk of losing her software engineering job, but was confident she could find another. Yet two years after her departure from the...
Mass London Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Batteries Can Proceed, Tribunal Rules
Nov 2 2023 // Apple Inc. on Wednesday lost a bid to block a mass London lawsuit worth up to $2 billion which accuses the tech giant of hiding defective batteries in millions of iPhones. The lawsuit was brought by British consumer...
Apple Supplier Pegatron to Halt Assembly at India Plant for Second Day After Fire
Sep 26 2023 // Apple supplier Pegatron has told its factory workers not to report for work on Tuesday, halting the assembly of iPhones for a second straight day at its south India factory where a fire broke out on Sunday, three sources...
Spyware Hacking of Egyptian Oppo Leader Prompts Updates from Apple
Sep 25 2023 // BOSTON (AP) — A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware after announcing a presidential bid, security researchers reported Friday. They said Egyptian authorities were likely behind the...
Apple to Update iPhone 12 Software in France to Settle Radiation Row
Sep 15 2023 // Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France to settle a row with regulators that ordered the suspension of the phone’s sale due to breaches of radiation exposure limits. The...
Apple Says iPhone 12 Meets Radiation Rules, Disputes Findings From French Watchdog
Sep 14 2023 // Apple defended its iPhone 12 model on Wednesday after a French watchdog ordered a halt to its sales citing breaches of European Union radiation exposure limits. The French move raised the prospect of further bans in...
Apple Faces $1 Billion UK Lawsuit by Apps Developers Over App Store Fees
Jul 25 2023 // Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of a 785-million-pound ($1 billion) class action lawsuit brought by more than 1,500 apps developers in the UK over its App Store fees. Apple’s services business, which...
Northeast Vineyards, Apple Orchards Still Hurting From May Frost Damage
Jun 15 2023 // Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have...
Driver Charged in Fatal Apple Store Crash Pleads Not Guilty
Apr 26 2023 // The driver of an SUV that crashed into a Massachusetts Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, was traveling as fast as 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in the seconds before the...
Murder Charge, Civil Suits Filed in Case of Driver Who Crashed Into Apple Store
Mar 31 2023 // A Massachusetts man whose SUV crashed through the glass storefront of an Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, has been charged with murder, prosecutors said. Bradley Rein, 53, was...
