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Apple Faces Tariff-Related ‘Sword of Damocles’ Ahead of Earnings
April 29, 2025

Apple will likely face tough questions on tariffs and AI from investors when it reports earnings this week. That’s according to a report Tuesday (April 29) from Reuters, which says the tech giant’s investors will want to know more about the delayed launch of Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Apple Aims to Mitigate Tariffs by Sourcing All US-Bound iPhones From India
April 25, 2025

Apple has reportedly accelerated its plan to source all its iPhones for the U.S. from India, in response to new U.S. tariffs. While the company previously planned to increasingly prioritize India-made iPhones for sale in the U.S., it now plans to get all its U.S.-bound...

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Report: Apple Removes Robotics Unit From Purview of AI Chief
April 24, 2025

Apple is reportedly making another organizational change as it aims to accelerate the development of its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. The company will remove its “secret robotics unit” from the purview of its AI chief, John Giannandrea, weeks after doing the same with its Siri...

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Report: Apple Vision Pro Managers Taking Lead of Siri Revamp
April 22, 2025

Apple’s work on Siri will reportedly be led by managers who developed Vision Pro. Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell, who is the new Siri engineering chief, is bringing members of the Vision Pro management team to Siri, replacing or demoting previous managers of the voice...

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Morgan Stanley: Apple Intelligence Becoming Increasingly Important to iPhone Owners
April 22, 2025

Consumers’ perception of Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform is more favorable than that of investors, Morgan Stanley said in a research note released Tuesday (April 22). In the note, which the company provided to PYMNTS, Morgan Stanley said it found that the Apple Intelligence platform...

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Sand, Soccer and Smartphones: Why Brazil Leads the Mobile Shopping Revolution
April 21, 2025

Sandy beaches and soccer aren’t Brazil’s only calling cards. The South American nation is far ahead of some more developed countries in mobile commerce, with shoppers routinely pulling out their smartphones to buy everything from groceries and clothing to electronics and beauty products. A forthcoming...

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Apple to Tap User Data for LLM Training
April 14, 2025

Apple is planning to analyze user data to improve its large language model (LLM) software while upholding user privacy. The company has been using synthetic data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models but has found that method to be ineffective, Apple wrote in a...

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Apple’s Anti-Tariff Tactic: Flying 1.5 Million iPhones From India
April 10, 2025

Apple has reportedly flown 600 tons of iPhones into the U.S. in an anti-tariff measure. The effort, which brought up to 1.5 million of Apple’s flagship smartphones into the country, came after the company ceased productions in India to overcome President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Reuters...

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Report: Apple’s Tariff Strategies Include Importing More iPhones From India
April 07, 2025

Apple’s plans for dealing with the U.S. tariffs imposed on China — which is at the center of the company’s supply chain — reportedly include sending more iPhones made in India to supply the U.S. market. The company is doing so because while the tariffs...