Apple acquired certain assets of SigScalr and hired certain SigScalr employees, according to a list of acquisitions maintained by the European Commission. The list said that “SigScalr develops a data log management and observability tool” and that Apple notified the commission of the acquisition on...
In a lawsuit filed last week, Apple accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (July 12). That lawsuit echoes Apple’s legal battles in the 2010s against various companies involved in making Android phones, the report said. Both cases revolve around...
Apple’s recent price increases could be a harbinger for a years-long era of costlier electronics. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 1) from Kiplinger, which says a memory crunch it had warned of in March has only made smartphones and PCs more expensive. The largest shift...
American Express U.S. card members can now use their Membership Rewards points on everyday purchases by redeeming the points directly within Apple Pay’s checkout experience. This capability is enabled by American Express’ new “Use Pay with Points with Apple Pay” feature, the company said in a...
British regulators want Apple and Google to let developers steer users to payment methods beyond the company’s app stores. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a proposal Tuesday (June 30) that would lift the restrictions imposed by the companies that prevent app developers from...
Apple raised the prices of its Macs by 15% to 20% and iPads by 15% to 25% Thursday morning (June 25), attributing the increases to the surging costs of components used in the devices, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company didn’t change the...
Apple plans to raise prices due to a surge in the costs of memory and storage chips, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in a report posted Wednesday (June 17). Cook declined to say when the planned price increases would take effect,...
Apple may remove apps from its App Store if they are too similar to other, widely available apps. The company told developers about this policy in updated terms that were announced Monday (June 8) for the App Review Guidelines it uses when considering apps for...
Apple unveiled its long-awaited Siri AI Monday (June 8), saying in a press release that the artificial intelligence-powered personal assistant can answer questions from the web and surface relevant information from the user’s personal messages, emails and photos. “With access to broad world knowledge for...