The rapid advancement in payment innovations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is transforming the digital commerce landscape. But those advancements, including digital wallets and digital payment methods, aren’t uniform or one-size-fits all. “APAC is a very vast and diverse market,” Raymond Cui, country manager for...
The mobile device has become the center of commerce — not just online, but in-store — and using digital payments across those devices has become part of the commerce landscape. However, the PYMNTS Intelligence report “The 2025 Global Digital Shopping Index: U.S. Edition,” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions,...
France’s competition regulator has fined Apple 150 million euros (about $162 million), alleging that the company’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) made the use of third-party applications in the iOS environment “excessively complex.” This complexity amounted to abuse of Apple’s dominant position in the distribution of...
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly told the official China News Service that DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) models are “excellent.” Cook said this on the sidelines of the China Development Forum in Beijing, a day before Apple is set to hold its developer conference in Shanghai,...
Apple has been sued for false advertising due to its delayed artificial intelligence (AI) rollout. As Axios reported, the proposed class action suit, filed last week in federal court, seeks unspecified damages for customers who purchased Apple products outfitted with the company’s AI capabilities, dubbed...
Apple is reportedly working on a new version of its Watch that includes a camera. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (March 23), the camera would help the watch see the outside world and use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide relevant information. These watches are likely...
When Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Siri, debuted in 2011, it was revolutionary for giving users the ability to “talk” to their smartphone. Siri’s capabilities were made possible by machine learning, which was state of the art at the time. Today, Siri lags behind competitors...
Apple executives are reportedly taking a closer look at the costs of the company’s streaming service, Apple TV+, because it is the only part of Apple’s services business that is not profitable. Apple TV+ has about 45 million subscribers but is losing more than $1...
Apple has reportedly made some leadership changes to speed up its development of artificial intelligence (AI) products. The company has put Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell in charge of its virtual assistant, Siri, and removed Siri from the oversight of AI head John Giannadrea, Bloomberg...