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LBRY: Apple forced us to censor over 20 terms related to COVID-19
After Elon Musk revealed that Apple was significantly decreasing its advertising on Twitter, ostensibly due to Musk’s stance of free speech…
Foxconn says production normal at Chinese iPhone plant despite CCP’s COVID-19 curbs
Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said on Friday production at its largest iPhone factory remains normal, despite the CCP …
Apple looks to diversify manufacturing outside of China due to draconian COVID-19 restrictions
Apple has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China, citing the Chinese Communist Party’s…
Apple to increase COVID-19 testing for vaccinated retail employees ahead of dropping employee mask mandate
Apple plans to begin testing vaccinated retail staff twice a week for COVID-19 in preparation for dropping its mask mandate…
The sneaky way COVID-19 helped Apple
Obviously, due to the various and sundry COVID-19 responses around the world, rational and irrational, more people worked from home…
Apple will now require employees to submit proof of COVID-19 booster shot or face frequent testing
Apple now requires store and corporate employees to get a COVID-19 booster shot or face frequent testing, according to an internal email…
Virtually nobody in America is using an Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing app
Virtually nobody in America today is using an Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing (exposure notification) app…
Apple closes Texas retail store due to COVID-19 outbreak
An Apple store in Southlake, Texas, is closed Wednesday through Sunday this week following an outbreak of positive Covid-19 cases among…
Apple mandates daily COVID-19 tests for unvaccinated corporate employees
Apple will force unvaccinated corporate employees to undergo daily COVID-19 tests while vaccinated staff members will be required to take…
iPhone 13 delivery times lengthen as COVID-19 disruption hits Vietnam suppliers
Apple’s new iPhone 13 is facing longer-than-expected delivery times due to the disruption caused by the response to COVID-19 in Vietnam …
In Apple’s iOS 15.1, proof of COVID-19 vaccination can be added to Wallet app
The new updates includes the ability for iPhone users to upload their COVID-19 vaccination status to the Health app and then generate…
Microsoft delays office reopening date indefinitely in America due to ‘COVID-19 uncertainty’
Microsoft on Thursday decided to push the dates for the full reopening of its offices in America indefinitely due to “COVID-19 uncertainty.”
Apple asks employees to ‘voluntarily’ report COVID-19 vaccination status
Apple is asking all U.S. employees to “voluntarily” report their COVID-19 vaccination status regardless of whether they are working remotely…
Apple urges, but doesn’t mandate, all employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
Apple is strengthening its push for employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but stops short of issuing a mandate …
Apple delays office return to at least January over COVID-19 fears
Apple is once again delaying its return to corporate offices pushing their return to work date to Jan. at the earliest over COVID-19 fears…
Apple closes South Carolina retail store after some employees were exposed to COVID-19
Apple closed its store in Charleston, South Carolina, after more than 20 staff members were exposed to COVID-19 …
Apple scraps plan to resume in-store classes over COVID-19 fears
Apple will increase testing of employees and will delay rebooting in-store “Today at Apple” classes in the U.S. over COVID-19 fears …
Apple TV+ ‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 COVID-19 delay triggers $44 million lawsuit
The production company behind “The Morning Show,” Always Smiling Productions has $125 million in cast coverage, plus more…
Apple postpones office return by at least a month over COVID-19 concern
Apple is postponing its deadline to return to the office by at least a month – to October at the earliest – citing a resurgence of COVID-19 …
Apple Retail Stores expand operations as U.S. emerges from response to COVID-19
Apple Retail Stores are expanding operations as the United States emerges from response to COVID-19, betting that a combination of…
Apple technology helped students and teachers stay connected during COVID-19 lockdowns
Over the last year, as bedrooms and kitchens became classrooms throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns, teachers and students around the world…
TSMC and Foxconn to buy 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Taiwan
Taiwan will allow Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Foxconn to buy 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf…
Taiwan Apple supplier says global chip shortage will worsen without COVID-19 vaccines
A Taiwan Apple supplier has warned that the global chip shortage will worsen without a large and timely increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in…
Taiwan says working hard to get vaccines, COVID-19 infections fall
Taiwan is working hard to get the almost 20 million COVID-19 vaccines it has ordered as soon as possible even in the face of global shortages…
Facebook ends ban on posts claiming COVID-19 is man-made
Facebook, the ad-tracking behemoth has, with egg on its collective face, ended its ban on posts that say COVID-19 is potentially man-made …
Vietnam COVID-19 outbreak threatens to disrupt tech supply chain
A rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak has left factories operating below capacity in Vietnam’s industrial northern provinces, where…
Apple’s users privacy push helps ad firms recover from COVID-19 response
The move by Apple to promote user privacy is creating an opportunity for advertising companies that were hit hard by the response to COVID…
Apple launches COVID-19 vaccination program for employees
Apple is launching a COVID-19 vaccination program program to help employees get inoculated against COVID-19, according to people with…
Apple Maps adds COVID-19 travel guidance for over 300 airports around the world
After updating Apple Maps with COVID-19 vaccination locations from VaccineFinder earlier this month, Apple has updated…
Apple encourages employees to get COVID-19 vaccination, offers paid time off
Apple is encouraging employees to get COVID-19 vaccination by offering paid time off for appointments and paid sick leave for those…
Apple Maps now displays COVID-19 vaccination locations
Apple today updated Apple Maps with COVID-19 vaccination locations from VaccineFinder, a free, online service developed by Boston…
All U.S. Apple Retail Stores now open a year after COVID-19 lockdowns began
All of Apple Inc.’s 270 U.S. retail stores are now open in some capacity for the first time since closures due to the COVID-19 lockdowns…
Tim Cook discusses M1 Macs, COVID-19, App Store regulation, and more at Apple’s annual shareholders meeting
Apple held its annual shareholders meeting today, virtually due to COVID-19. Apple CEO Tim Cook took questions from investors the Macintosh…
Apple helps COPAN Diagnostics ship millions of COVID-19 test kits
With $10 million from Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund, COPAN Diagnostics has now shipped more than 15 million COVID-19 test kits …
Apple supplier TSMC puts isolates Taiwan employees over COVID-19 outbreak fears
A new report explains that Taiwan is being hit by another round of COVID-19 cases. Apple supplier TSMC is implementing strict new…
COVID-19 vaccine recipients can carry proof in Apple Wallet; could be used to gain access to concert venues or airline flights
COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Los Angeles County will be offered proof in the form of a digital record that could be used to gain access to…
Apple closes all California retail stores over increase in COVID-19 cases
As COVID-19 cases in California increased, Apple announced this weekend that the company was closing all of its retail stores in the state…
Apple temporarily closing Los Angeles area retail stores due to COVID-19
Apple is again temporarily closing its Los Angeles-area stores as COVID-19 cases rise in the area. The move marks the first time in several…
Dow Jones down 150 points as Vice President Pence gets COVID-19 vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine continued to roll out on Friday, with Vice President Mike Pence publicly receiving the vaccine. The Dow…
Wall Street slips as COVID-19 stimulus delay weighs on sentiment
Wall Street’s main indexes slipped on Friday, heading for weekly losses as doubts over more COVID-19 stimulus weigh on sentiment.…
Market gains confidence as Trump admin sees U.S. end to COVID-19 crisis in Q2
The Trump admin’s chief of vaccine development, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, has said he believes the entire U.S. population could be inoculated by June
