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Chinese Communist Party starts dismantling ‘Zero COVID’ policy after widespread insurrection across China
For years now, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government insisted that his “Zero COVID” policy would “stand the test of history,” and…
Chinese Communist Party set to ease ‘Zero COVID’ lockdowns and restrictions
The Chinese Communist Party is set to announce the easing of some of its quixotic “Zero COVID” lockdowns and restrictions as early as Wed…
China’s CCP caves on ‘Zero COVID’ nonsense after protests; softens tone on COVID severity
The Chinese Communist Party has caved and is now softening its stance regarding the severity of COVID-19 and has begun the process…
Chinese workers rebel against CCP’s quixotic COVID lockdowns; iPhone production hit estimated at 6 million
On November 23rd, Chinese workers rebelled against security personnel in white protective clothing at the “iPhone City” factory compound…
Foxconn is paying Chinese workers unhappy over COVID restrictions $1,400 to leave
Workers protesting yet another futile round of the CCP’s quixotic “Zero COVID” lockdowns at Foxconn’s “iPhone City” assembly campus…
Foxconn iPhone factory workers clash with police at COVID-restricted plant in China
Foxconn workers at the world’s biggest iPhone assembly plant clashed with police after protests erupted at the factory in central China…
CCP’s Xi Jinping gives up the ghost on China’s ‘Zero COVID’ pipe dream
Chinese President Xi Jinping has decided this week to entertain some measure of reality and do away with the CCP’s authoritarian approach…
Apple assembler Foxconn offers bonuses to lure back workers who fled over CCP COVID lockdowns
Apple supplier Foxconn is hoping to lure workers back to its biggest manufacturing plant in Zhengzhou, China, by offering one-time 500 Yuan…
China forces new 7-day COVID lockdown around major Apple iPhone factory
China’s quixotic “zero-COVID” quest continues as the Chinese Communist Party imposes yet another 7-day lockdown in the city where…
Group of Apple workers launch petition against return-to-office mandate
A group of Apple employees is opposing the company’s return-to-office mandate, arguing that working in-person is too restrictive after…
Apple orders staff to back to work in office three days per week in bid to boost productivity
Apple has ordered staff back to the office a whole three days a week in an attempt to finally wind down COVID-era “remote work” in a bid to…
Apple to move some iPad production out of China for first time due to CCP’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ crusade
Apple is moving iPad production out of China for the first time in history and the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic “zero-COVID” crusade…
Apple assembler Quanta faces worker revolt in locked down Shanghai factory
Apple assembler Quanta faces a revolt by workers stuck inside a Shanghai factory locked down due the CCP’s quixotic “xero-COVID” crusade…
Development of ‘at least one’ iPhone 14 model hit by China COVID lockdowns – Nikkei
Development of “at least one of Apple’s new flagship iPhones for this year” has fallen behind schedule due to disruptions from the monthlong…
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…
Elon Musk mocks Apple over yet another return-to-work delay
Elon Musk is publicly mocking Apple which has once again delayed a plan to require workers to come back to the office three days a week…
Apple delays plan to have workers return to office three days a week
Apple has yet again delayed a plan to require workers to come back to the office three days a week, citing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases…
Apple’s China engineers keep products flowing amid CCP’s draconian COVID lockdowns
Prior to the CCP’s various responses to COVID, Apple sent hundreds of U.S. engineers each month to China to oversee the contract…
Workers at Apple supplier factory in China clash with guards over ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns
Hundreds of workers at an Apple supplier’s factory in China clashed with authorities, flooding past barriers after draconian lockdowns…
China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest pushes February MacBook Pro orders into June
Customers who ordered a MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip in February are being notified that their new Macs aren’t coming until June…
Half of Apple’s suppliers at risk in China due to quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdown quest
Half of Apple’s 200 top suppliers have facilities in and around Shanghai, China where the CCP’s quixotic quest for “zero-COVID” has caused…
Apple corporate employees slowly begin returning to office work
After a more than two-year “work”-from-home policy that Apple implemented in March 2020 in response to COVID-19, Apple corporate…
Apple tries again, sets return-to-work deadline for April 11th
Apple will once again try to get employees back to work in the office. The company has set an April 11th deadline for corporate employees to…
Apple’s AR/VR headset may be delayed until 2023 amid overheating, other issues
Apple may be forced to delay the debut of its mixed-reality AR/VR headset by at least a few months, potentially delaying its first major new…
Apple closes retail stores to indoor traffic in New York City over COVID fears
Apple has closed its stores in New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island) to indoor traffic over fears of COVID…
Apple closes eight retail stores in U.S. and Canada over COVID fears
Apple has temporarily shuttered at least eight retail stores over the past few days over COVID-19 fears and reinstated its mask mandate…
Apple indefinitely delays return of employees to corporate offices over COVID fears
Apple is indefinitely delaying the return of employees to corporate offices from February 1 to a “date yet to be determined” due to COVID…
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…
Apple TV+ series ‘The Morning Show’ moves beyond #MeToo to COVID and cancel culture
“The Morning Show,” the Apple TV+ series that tackled #MeTooin its first season, returns this week and explores topics from COVID-19 to…
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 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-backed ‘Matter’ smart home standard delayed until 2022
The final specification of Matter, the smart home interoperability protocol backed by Apple, Google, and Amazon, has been delayed. Matter…
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 …
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…
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.…
Apple’s iPhone COVID-19 delay sends ripples through tech supply chain
For the first time since 2011, Apple didn’t release a version of its flagship iPhone in September, a delay has sent a massive ripple effect…
Among new OTT subscribers, 27% subscribed to Apple TV+ since start of COVID-19 crisis
According to Parks Associates, among new OTT subscribers, 27% subscribed to Apple TV+ since start of COVID-19 crisis. Parks Associates reports the churn…
Apple pushes suppliers to reduce 5G iPhone production delays
Apple is said to be pushing their suppliers in China to work overtime in order to reduce COVID-19-induced production delays for their first 5G iPhone line…
Apple unlikely to delay 5G iPhone launch
It’s unlikely that Apple will delay 5G iPhone launch, longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster explains for Loup Ventures.It typically takes 3-4 years…
Due to COVID-19, Universal offers $19.99 iTunes rentals of films still in theaters
NBCUniversal today announced that Universal Pictures will make its movies available as $19.99 iTunes rentals of films still in theaters on the same day…
Apple looks to diversify some iPad production from China to India
Apple is speaking with Indian officials about relocating some iPad manufacturing in the country as U.S.-Chinese relations sour and the CCP’s…