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Apple CEO Cook says company will increase investment in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during a meeting with Chinese Communist Party officials in Beijing that the company will increase…
In China, the App Store is censored; Apple should expose exactly how – WaPo
A new report by internet freedom advocates exposes limited app availability in China’s App Store, likely due to government censorship…
Apple’s AI push faces daunting challenges in China
Apple Intelligence is Apple’s method of bringing artificial intelligence to its devices, but CCP-controlled China’s stringent rules on AI…
If China invades Taiwan, ASML and TSMC can disable chip machines remotely
TMSC and its Dutch chip machine supplier ASML have made joint plans to remotely disable the machines in the event of an invasion…
Huawei mimics Apple retail stores to peddle its iPhone knockoffs in China
Huawei is revamping its retail strategy and aggressively opening stores in China, with some nearby to the Apple retail stores…
Telegram CEO: Apple’s ‘walled garden’ will cause it to lose Chinese iPhone users to Android
Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of Telegram, said Apple’s move last week to remove the messaging app from its China App Store…
Apple plans to spend more in Socialist Republic of Vietnam as it looks beyond China
As Apple and other global tech firms to look beyond China to secure their supply chains, cut costs, and open up new markets, Apple is…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak calls TikTok ban ‘hypocrisy’
U.S. politicians’ move toward forcing Chinese owner ByteDance to divest ownership or, failing that, banning the popular TikTok video service…
Apple in talks to use Baidu’s generative AI in China
Apple has held preliminary talks with Baidu about using the Chinese company’s generative AI technology in its devices in China…
Apple CEO Cook continues latest charm offensive in China amid flagging iPhone sales
The Apple CEO is continuing his latest charm offensive in China, opening a new retail store in Shanghai that resembles a gigantic curb inlet…
Will China’s TikTok be banned in America?
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner…
Apple to open new Shanghai retail store as iPhone sales slump in China
Apple is preparing to open its eighth store in Shanghai, China this month, adding to its second largest retail network after the U.S. amid…
U.S. House committee unanimously approves TikTok crackdown bill
The U.S. House committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest its TikTok social…
US DOJ charges Chinese national with stealing Google AI trade secrets
A Chinese software engineer working for Alphabet-subsidiary Google was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with stealing trade secrets for…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024 – Counterpoint
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the…
Apple pulls Pray.com app from App Store in China
The Pray.com app is being removed from the Apple App Store in mainland China. Pray.com is the world’s No.1 app for daily prayer and Bible…
TikTok releases new app for Apple Vision Pro spatial computer
TikTok has released a new app for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computer. Smart users will avoid this societal cancer like the plague it is…
Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to 120 days in prison
Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets, was this week sentenced to 120 days…
Apple knew AirDrop users could be ID’ed and tracked as early as 2019, but did nothing – researchers
Researchers warned Apple as early as 2019 about vulnerabilities in AirDrop that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to track users…
China claims to have found way to identify AirDrop senders
A Chinese state-backed institution claims to have devised a way to identify users who send messages via Apple’s popular AirDrop feature…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 30% in first week of 2024 – Jefferies
Apple’s iPhone sales in China dropped by 30% in the first week of 2024, Jefferies analysts said in a note to clients Monday…
Is 2024 the year Apple’s crippling dependence on China finally blows up?
Is 2024 the year Apple’s crippling dependence on China, a situation engineered by CEO Tim Cook, finally blows up?
Apple assembler Luxshare set to transform iPhone production landscape with major acquisition
As part of Tim Cook’s plan to strengthen ties with China-based suppliers and enhance relations with the Chinese Communist Party, Luxshare …
Foxconn to invest additional $1.7 billion in India, further diversifying out of China
Major Apple assembler Foxconn plans to invest an additional 139.11 billion rupees (US$1.67 billion) in India’s Karnataka state, the…
The Babylon Bee lampoons Apple CEO Tim Cook for pulling ads from X ‘while shaking hands with brutal Chinese dictator’
The Babylon Bee, famous for publishing satirical articles on a wide variety of topics, has trained its sites on Apple CEO Tim Cook in an…
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends $40,000-per-plate dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco
Apple CEO Tim Cook was among those who attended an $40,000-per-plate dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in San Francisco…
Political winds loom large over Apple’s business in China whether its CEO wants to acknowledge it or not
Political winds loom large over Apple’s business in the country controlled by the Chinese Communist Party whether its CEO Tim Cook…
Apple risks getting dragged into U.S.-China relations over highly volatile Taiwan issue
For decades now, Apple has facd an ever-escalating series of challenges in China, from fake stores and factory protests to tightening…
Apple assembler Foxconn hit with politically motivated China tax probe
Major Apple assembler Foxconn is facing a tax probe in China, two sources close to Foxconn confirmed on Monday, saying they believed it…
China Vice Premier Ding meets with Apple CEO Cook
China’s Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday, according to Chinese state radio…
Apple CEO Cook meets with China’s commerce minister in Beijing
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Wednesday, according to a Chinese Communist Party…
Apple begins requiring apps show Chinese Communist Party license before China App Store inclusion
Apple has begun requiring new apps to show proof of a Chinese Communist Party license before including the apps on its China App Store…
CCP crackdown threatens to remove X, Facebook, Instagram from Apple’s App Store in China
The Chinese Communist Party push to register foreign apps threatens to remove Facebook, Instagram and X from Apple’s App Store in China…
China lists mobile app stores that comply with new rule, Apple’s App Store not included
China’s cyberspace regulator on Wednesday released names of mobile app stores that have completed filing business details to regulators…
Apple’s Made-in-Arizona chips will still require packaging in Taiwan
Apple’s chip fabricator TSMC is building an Arizona facility that’s been pitched as lessening reliance on foreign chipmaking facilities…
Apple stock suffers worst stock decline in a month on CCP iPhone ban
The Chinese Communist Party have barred government staff in China from using Apple’s iPhone and other foreign-branded devices at work…
China CCP bans Apple iPhone use for government officials at work
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned officials at central government agencies in China from using Apple iPhones and other…
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…
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…
