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New York City bans TikTok on government-owned devices
New York City is banning TikTok from government-owned devices and requiring all city agencies to remove the app within thirty days…
China to require all mobile apps to share business details with Chinese Communist Party
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced that all mobile app providers in the country will be required to…
Apple pulls dozens of generative AI apps from App Store in China ahead of CCP speech crackdown
Apple has reportedly removed over 100 AI apps from its Chinese App Store that are believed to violate the country’s new regulations on…
China plays a trump card in the chip war, but Apple chip production unaffected so far
TSMC, Apple’s contract chipmaker, said it doesn’t expect any immediate impact on its production from China’s decision to restrict the export…
Apple assembler Foxconn ramps up ‘iPhone City’ hiring in China ahead of iPhone 15
According to local reports and labor agents, Apple assembler Foxconn, which operates the world’s largest iPhone factory in the…
Apple’s iPhone has propelled smartphones into one of India’s top five exports
Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended…
China’s CCP censors take aim at Apple’s AirDrop
China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) proposed draft regulations that would include Apple’s AirDrop as well as derivatives in…
TikTok users may look to sue Montana over app ban
In response to the U.S. state of Montana banning TikTok from operating there as of January 1, 2024, the first U.S. state to do so, it’s…
How Montana could enforce its TikTok app ban
U.S. state Montana on Wednesday banned the CCP-controlled TikTok app, with the state’s lawmakers saying they aimed to protect residents…
First U.S. state bans TikTok app; $10,000 fine per violation
On Wednesday, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation to ban CCP-controlled TikTok from operating in the state to protect…
U.S. DOJ charges Apple ex-employee for attempting to steal technology, fleeing to China
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it has charged a former Apple engineer with attempting to steal the firm’s technology related to…
Apple assembler Foxconn to invest $500 million in India’s Telangana state, create 25,000 jobs
Major Apple assembler Foxconn will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana…
Apple assembler Foxconn buys huge site in India tech hub
Major Apple assembler Foxconn has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Indian tech hub Bengaluru, the company said in a filing…
Apple is a Chinese company. Will China really allow Apple to slink away?
What will happen with Apple currently attempting to diversify production and assembly out of CCP-controlled China …
Apple MacBook assembler to set up $120 million plant in Vietnam
Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer that makes MacBooks for Apple, will build a $120 million plant in Vietnam’s…
Apple’s iOS has secret new scheme to restrict features based on geolocation
Apple has been testing a new, more modern scheme hidden in iOS 16 that’s designed to to restrict features based on the device’s geolocation;
India IT minister sees Apple nearly tripling investment, exports in coming years
Apple could double or triple investments in India, along with exports, over the next few years, a minister said, as the company opened…
First U.S. state approves bill to ban TikTok with $10,000 fine per violation
Montana lawmakers on Friday approved a bill to ban TikTok, the first U.S. state to do so. The Montana House voted 54-43 to send the bill to…
In latest move away from China, Apple in talks to move MacBook assembly to Thailand
In its latest move to distance itself from China, Apple is in talks with assemblers about moving MacBook assembly to Thailand…
Apple now makes almost 7% of its iPhones in India in effort to reduce its reliance on China
Apple assembled more than $7 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal year, tripling production in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone…
Inside Apple’s belated attempt to free itself from China
Tim Cook spearheaded Apple’s move to make products “Designed in California,” but “Assembled in China.” It worked marvelously well, until…
U.S. House Select Committee to meet with Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss China
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is set to meet with corporate executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook …
Tim Cook touts Apple’s ‘symbiotic relationship’ with China
As tensions between Beijing and Washington continue to rise, Tim Cook touted Apple’s “symbiotic relationship” with CCP-controlled China …
Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with China’s commerce minister
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with China’s minister of commerce, Wang Wentao, to discuss China’s reopening and broader supply chain…
Apple CEO Tim Cook praises China’s innovation, long history with the company during Beijing visit
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Saturday used his first public remarks on his visit to China to praise the country for its rapid innovation and its…
Apple Watch Series 7, 8, and Ultra models power growth in China smartwatch market
Huawei and Apple dominated the China smartwatch market in 2022, with their combined share rising to almost 50%. Only OPPO…
Apple assembler Pegatron in talks to open second factory in India
Pegatron, a major Taiwanese Apple assembler is in talks to open a second factory in India, as Apple partners continue to diversify…
Apple pushes India to relax labor laws in push to diversify beyond China
Apple is pushing for changes in India’s labor laws as part of its effort to expand production in the country. India’s regional governments…
Apple assembler Foxconn wins AirPod order, plans $200 million factory in India
Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn has won an order to assemble AirPods for Apple and plans to build a $200 million factory complex…
Major Apple assembler Foxconn ramps up investment outside China
Foxconn, which assembles around 70% of Apple’s iPhones, has been diversifying production away from CCP-controlled China, whose…
India being put to the test by Apple and many others as China manufacturing alternative
India’s dream of becoming the “new factory of the world” to rival U.S. geopolitical rival China won’t be without growing pains, as…
Wedbush ups Apple target price to $190 on ‘clear demand rebound’ in iPhones sales in China
Demand for Apple iPhones is clearly rebounding in China after the CCP’s quixotic, failed “Zero COVID” response lockdowns have finally been…
Better late than never: Apple suppliers race to exit China
Apple suppliers are likely to move capacity out of China far faster than many observers anticipate to pre-empt fallout from…
Foxconn secures 111-acre site in Vietnam as Apple assembler continues to diversify production away from China
Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, has signed a lease with Saigon-Bac Giang Industrial Park Corp in…
What would Joseph Schumpeter have thought of Apple?
Joseph Schumpeter was an Austrian-born political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of German-Austria in 1919…
Apple’s belated effort to diversify away from China into India hits stumbling blocks
Apple is hitting stumbling blocks in its effort to increase production in India, as it faces pressure to cut its over reliance on China…
U.S. Senator urges Apple to ban TikTok from its App Store
A member of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over concerns…
Apple set to post rare revenue drop on China supply issues
Apple is expected by analysts to report its first decline in quarterly revenue in nearly four years after the Chinese Communist Party…
Apple supplier Jabil begins making AirPods components in India
Apple supplier Jabil has begun making components for AirPods in India, marking a significant step in Apple’s push to diversify production…
Apple reportedly brings Chinese Communist Party web censorship to Hong Kong
Users of Apple’s Safari web browser in Hong Kong who recently tried to visit code-sharing website GitLab, received a warning instead…
Apple wants India to account for up to 25% of its product assembly
Apple wants India to account for up to 25% of its product assembly from about 5%-7% now, as the company belatedly tries to divest…
