A new U.S. Labor Department report shows U.S. employers added 4.8 million jobs in June. The biggest increase on record. Unemployment dropped more than…
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Apple to re-close 30 more retail stores amid COVID-19 spike
Apple will close 30 additional stores in the United States this week. Apple has re-closed 77 stores in recent weeks in the United States as COVID-19 …
Apple extends Apple Card COVID-19 payment deferrals through July
Apple has once again extended its Apple Card COVID-19 Customer Assistance Program, this time through the end of July. The assistance program allows…
Apple re-closing retail stores in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Utah due to COVID-19 spikes
Apple will be re-closing retail stores in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Utah on July 1st due to COVID-19 spikes. At least 16 stores across the…
Silicon Valley economy remains strong 100 days into COVID-19 disruption
While virtually every aspect of the U.S. economy has been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech industry and its Silicon Valley hub…
Apple to re-close 14 stores in Florida amid spikes in COVID-19 cases
Apple will re-close 14 stores in Florida as COVID-19 rates rise in the state, the company said on Thursday. The shutdowns come after Apple recently…
Apple to re-close seven Houston stores due increase in COVID-19 cases
Apple will re-close seven of its retail locations in Houston, Texas again due to an increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the U.S…
Apple CEO Tim Cook displeased with President Trump’s restrictions on temporary worker visas
President Trump on Monday signed a proclamation to suspend the issuance of certain temporary worker visas through the end of 2020. The proclamation…
Apple CEO Tim Cook talks President Trump, U.S. Supremes Court’s LGBTQ decision, and more in new interview
Apple CEO Tim Cook has participated in an interview with John Dickerson for “CBS Sunday Morning,” to be broadcast Sunday, June 21st…
Apple re-closes 11 U.S. retail stores total due to COVID-19 spikes
Apple said Friday it was temporarily re-closing 11 stores in four U.S. states due to concern about COVID-19 spikes. Apple said that it was re-closing…
Apple to re-close some U.S. stores due to spike in COVID-19 cases
Apple will re-close some U.S. retail stores in Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, and North Carolina due to a spike in COVID-19 cases…
U.S. stocks gains on economic recovery hopes
U.S. stocks rose about 1% on Friday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq hovering near a fresh record high on hopes of a recovery in post-pandemic economic…
UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple…
U.S. casinos push for Apple Pay, other cashless gambling payments, citing virus
The casino industry in America wants gambling regulators to make it easier to adopt Apple Pay and other cashless payment transactions on the casino…
German contact-tracing app launches as EU eyes revival of travel and tourism
The German government pitched the new contact-tracing app, called Corona-Warn-App, to the country on Tuesday. The app, which works on Apple iPhones and…
Over 70 Apple Retail Stores to reopen in the U.S. and Canada this week
Apple’s Senior Vice President, Retail + People, Deirdre O’Brien sent out a notice to employees about plans to reopen more Apple Retail Stores, which…
Apple Park staff will begin returning to work on June 15th
Apple has informed staff at its main Silicon Valley HQ, Apple Park, that the first phase of a plan to return to the office will begin on June 15th…
TSMC secures government subsidies and picks site for $12 billion U.S. plant
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.) has secured government subsidies for a planned $12 billion U.S. chip plant to be built in…
Nasdaq hits record high as COVID-19 shutdown-induced U.S. recession becomes official
An economic recession is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity. In the U.S., it is defined as a significant…
Nasdaq hits record high as U.S. economy shows signs of swift rebound
On growing hopes of a swift economic rebound, the Nasdaq on Friday became the first of the three major U.S. stock indexes to bounce back to a record high …
Apple institutes COVID-19 prevention measures for employees returning to office
Apple employees heading back to work at the company’s Apple Park headquarters in Silicon Valley will face new realities in the COVID-19 era…
U.S. surprisingly adds 2.5 million jobs, unemployment rate falls to 13.3%
The May jobs report showed a surprising rise in the number of U.S. non-farm payrolls in the economy and a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate from April…
Gartner: iPhone sales dropped 8.2% in Q120 amid COVID-19 shutdown
Global smartphone sales to end users declined 20.2% in the first quarter of 202 (Q120), according to Gartner, Inc. The global shelter-in-place combined…
U.S. Senate to unveil bipartisan bill to regulate contact tracing apps over privacy concerns
The U.S. Senate plans to unveil bipartisan legislation Monday to introduce regulations on COVID-19 contact tracing seeking to ensure users’ privacy …
Apple reopening flagship Tokyo stores as Japan eases restrictions
Apple on Wednesday plans to reopen their flagship retail stores in Japan, as the company works to reopen Apple Retail Stores in one of their biggest…
U.S. unemployment claims drop sharply as country reopens
First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus shutdowns began. Economists surveyed…
Taiwan’s 2020 GDP expected to drop to 5-year low amid pandemic
Taiwan’s economic growth is likely to drop to its lowest point in five years in 2020 as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic hurts domestic consumption and…
France’s centralized contact-tracing app approved by lawmakers, to launch this weekend
In France, the government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend launch…
Silicon Valley could be engine of economic recovery
Silicon Valley, often called an engine of California’s economy, was able to wield the shield of its vaunted tech sector in April to ward off some…
Apple Retail Stores to begin reopening in Japan this week
After Apple Retail Stores had been shuttered for months due to COVID-19, the company will this week begin reopening its retail stores in Japan, one of…
New CDC estimate puts COVID-19 death rate at 0.26%
Scientists are still trying to understand COVID-19, but as time goes by and more data is amassed, some numbers, such as the death rate from the disease…
North and South Dakota’s COVID-19 contact tracing app sends location data to Google and Foursquare
One of the first contact-tracing apps violates its own privacy policy. The Care19 COVID-19 contact-tracing app sends users’ location data …
Many U.S. universities to encourage use of contact tracing apps for on-campus students and staff
Many U.S. universities are likely to strongly encourage the use of contact tracing apps for on-campus students and staff. In fact, several institutions…
President Trump: We won’t close America when second COVID-19 wave hits
President Donald Trump said “we are not closing our country” if the U.S. is hit by a second wave of COVID-19 infections. “People say that’s a very…
3 of 50 U.S. states are using Apple’s API for COVID-19 contact tracing
Engineers at Apple and Google have teamed up to create a decentralized COVID-19 contact tracing tool that will help individuals determine whether they…
Significantly fewer Americans say they are avoiding public places – Gallup
Significantly fewer Americans say they are avoiding public places, with the largest weekly declines seen to date in Gallup’s trends…
70% of consumers would rather watch new movies at home than in a movie theater – study
According to a new study, anxiety over health and safety in public is high. No less than 70% would rather watch new movies at home than in a movie theater …
Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing tech launches; 23 countries seek access
Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple and perpetual follower Google…
CDC releases detailed guidelines for reopening America
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released detailed guidelines — in the form of a 60-page document — for reopening schools…
Wall Street set to rise sharply as investors hope for recovery
Wall Street was set to open sharply higher on Wednesday as investors hoped for recovery from the COVID-19-fueled slump amid signs of more stimulus…
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Study shows COVID-19 patients testing positive after recovery aren’t infectious
In a very positive sign researchers have found evidence that patients who test positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus after recovering aren’t infectious …
