Apple’s research and development (R&D) spending reached an all-time high in fiscal 2026, climbing to $45.77 billion for the year ended…
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Bank of America predicts a bolder Apple under new CEO John Ternus
As Tim Cook prepares to hand the CEO reins to longtime hardware chief John Ternus on September 1st, Bank of America analysts expect…
Apple’s R&D investments surpass 10% of sales as AI race creates ‘sense of urgency’
Apple’s R&D spending reached 10.3% of revenue in the March quarter as the company accelerates its investments in artificial intelligence.
Apple’s AI spending trails far behind other megacaps. It’s not hurting sales
While many of the largest tech companies race to build massive data centers for their artificial intelligence ambitions, Apple is taking a…
Apple CFO: ‘We are making significant investments’ in AI and ‘believe we are well-positioned’
Apple is planning a long-awaited push into generative artificial intelligence (GenIA), the fruits of which are expected to be revealed at its…
iPhone 11: How Apple makes tech of the future affordable
Two years ago, Apple surprised the world with the tech-laden, $999 iPhone X…
Analyst: Apple is investing heavily in R&D of new products
Investors are focusing on the “apparent lack of ongoing innovation at Apple,” but…
What’s Apple, now one of the biggest R&D investors, getting for its money?
Apple has been massively ramping up its spending on research and development…
Apple’s soaring R&D expenditures could pay off big
Apple‘s research and development spending has been trending higher…
Apple’s aggressively investing in its future
History is replete with examples of technology companies that once generated vast sums of revenue and profit…
Apple R&D spending continues to grow in lockstep with iPhone, AR projects
A $602 million year-over-year increase brings the company’s six-month spend on future operations to nearly…
Apple shareholders defeat two shareholder proposals, CEO Cook downplays special dividend
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook downplayed a suggestion that the company might issue a special dividend…
Why Apple shareholders should hope for a ‘normal’ dividend hike
The reason investors don’t want a much larger dividend or a special dividend is that Apple would…
Apple’s big repatriation cash winners: Shareholders
Apple Inc. announced a $38 billion tax windfall for the U.S. government this week…
Apple’s global web of R&D labs doubles as poaching operation – Bloomberg
Nothing unusual about that for a company that spends $11 billion a year on R&D, but…
Apple’s first Indonesian R&D center to open in second quarter
Technology giant Apple Inc.’s first Indonesian research and development (R&D) center…
Apple to spend $507 million to set up two more research centers, boost investment in in China
Apple Inc. has revealed plans to set up two more research centers and boost investment in China…
Apple CFO Maestri participates in Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference 2017
R&D allows us to keep our differentiation from the rest of the industry…
Apple has to start addressing these problems in 2017
Apple had some real problems in 2016 and, if the company wants to stay at the peak of relevancy…
LG Innotek and Apple developing 3D camera for next-gen iPhone
LG Innotek united forces with Apple to develop a smartphone camera module which enables…
China adopts cyber security law in face of overseas opposition; forces Apple to keep data on local servers
China adopted a controversial cyber security law on Monday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats…
Apple’s skyrocketing R&D investments explained
Even though a good chunk of that now quite large research-and-development budget is probably being spent in
What does Apple get for $10 billion of R&D?
Apple seems to have some big things cooking up…
Analysts: Apple’s innovation will pay off… eventually
Despite a third straight quarter of lower year-over-year sales, Apple is looking ahead to some…
Apple special event predictions: Apple Iris Engine, Smart Button and more
The following is all based on months of legal research. I’ve been working up to this for a good while…
Apple CEO Cook keeps trying to right the ship in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook is on a tour of China, meeting with politicians, shaking hands and taking pictures…
A different kind of Apple at the core: What would Steve do? We actually don’t know
Different is not necessarily bad. Tim Cook has a different personality than Steve Jobs and…
Why Apple likes to keep so many secrets
Apple is a notoriously secretive company, choosing to keep things under wraps until it has a product ready…
Apple is spending a ton of money on secret projects
Apple spent $7.5 billion on research for the year, and is on track to outpace last year’s spend…
Leaked photos of Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus show Smart Connector, no mute switch
Some sources have described the 5.5 inch model as a separate SKU, an “iPhone 7 Pro,” for which…
Apple granted U.S. patent for dual-camera system
Apple’s iPhone 7 is [rumored] to introduce a dual lens camera system…
Does Apple need to invent or innovate?
In various conversations recently, I have heard both Apple backers and detractors bemoaning the fact…
Why Apple is spending crazy amounts of money on new ideas
One of the hallmarks of Silicon Valley companies is that they tend to increase their spending on…
Apple is making iPhone 7 the next killer device
Apple is adding some really cool features to the iPhone 7 that will support demand, including dual-lens camera…
Apple’s top secret ‘Athena’ chip fab gets new ‘delicate instruments’
Semi-trailer truckloads of equipment, wrapped in anti-static foil labeled as ‘delicate instruments’ have been…
Apple’s massive R&D expenditure indicates myriad projects in the pipeline
Famously secretive Apple doesn’t tip its hand on new stuff, but its fiscal second quarter report…
‘Apple Freak’ Fiat Chrysler CEO: Apple ‘ill’ if they try making a car on their own
Illnesses like this come and go, you will recover from them…
This is it: Apple’s $600 billion gamble
Annualized, Apple will be investing more into R&D then the entire economic output of 60 different countries…
Apple patent application reveals new dual camera zoom lens system
Apple has been working on a new zoom lens system for iDevices for some time now…
Apple’s taking big steps toward controlling even more primary technology
Things may be about to get tough for some Apple partners as the company invests in…
Apple buys former chip fab in San Jose, California
The facility also offers a complete tool line consisting of 197 well-maintained front-end tools…
Apple operating secret laboratory in Taiwan to develop new, thinner displays for iPhone, iPad and Macintosh
Apple Inc. opened a secret production laboratory in northern Taiwan where engineers are developing new display technologies…
