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President Trump may not spare Apple’s iPhone from trade war

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 3:05 pmTuesday, July 24, 201838 Comments

The phrase on the back of iPhones — ‘Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China’ — highlights a key reason…

Designed in California. Assembled in China. How Apple’s iPhone skews U.S. trade deficit

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10:25 am16 Comments

U.S. President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375 billion trade surplus…

President Trump’s vision of massive U.S. Apple iPhone assembly hinges on robotics

Friday, March 17, 2017 9:22 amFriday, March 17, 201752 Comments

President Trump has visions of a massive Apple factory opening in the U.S. to churn out the latest iPhone…

Pegatron CEO: If President Trump institutes ‘Made in America’, we can build iPhones in U.S. – as long as Apple absorbs the costs

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 2:15 pmWednesday, March 15, 201765 Comments

Pegatron Corp., one of the two Taiwanese companies that assemble iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc…

Under pressure from President Trump, Apple CEO stresses commitment to U.S.; says company spent $50 billion last year with U.S. suppliers

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 2:02 pmWednesday, March 1, 201732 Comments

Apple spent roughly $50 billion last year at U.S.-based suppliers, Chief Executive Tim Cook said..


Advantech boss: China will suffer if President Trump makes good on vow to make Apple iPhones in America

Monday, February 13, 2017 9:59 amMonday, February 13, 201733 Comments

The Chinese economy could be hit hard if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his vow…

Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots; production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 11:01 amTuesday, February 7, 201732 Comments

After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity…

Can President Trump bring Apple iPhone factories back to America?

Saturday, February 4, 2017 10:17 am113 Comments

As President Donald Trump pushes U.S. companies to make more products in the U.S…

Foxconn has 10 lights-out production lines, aims to fully automate entire factories

Friday, December 30, 2016 9:55 am23 Comments

Foxconn Electronics is automating production at its factories in China in three phases…

Apple iPhone production in the U.S.is actually straightforward and not expensive

Thursday, November 24, 2016 4:19 pm49 Comments

There is a misconception that the reason most electronic devices are manufactured in China is because of low labor costs…

President-elect Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook that he’d like to see Apple make products in the U.S.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 9:25 amWednesday, November 23, 201684 Comments

It’s a big thing, we’ll make the robots too. Right now we don’t make the robots. We don’t make anything. But we’re going to…

Could President Trump be the catalyst for an all-American iPhone?

Friday, November 18, 2016 11:37 am52 Comments

On the back of every iPhone are engraved the words…

Apple could make iPhones in the U.S.A. under President Trump, sources say

Thursday, November 17, 2016 12:00 pmThursday, November 17, 201635 Comments

Apple’s iPhones might one day soon carry “Made in America” labels…

President Trump’s Made-in-America hurdle: Asia

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 10:06 amWednesday, March 15, 201744 Comments

When Jabil Circuit Inc., the world’s third-largest contract manufacturer by revenue, needed to quickly ramp up production…

Apple assembler Foxconn now has 40,000 ‘Foxbot’ robots working at factories in China

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 10:00 amWednesday, October 5, 201615 Comments

The Foxconn Group has installed 40,000 robots for handling manufacturing jobs at a number of its plants in China…

Apple supplier Foxconn replaces 60,000 factory workers with robots

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:07 pmWednesday, May 25, 201619 Comments

Thirty-five Taiwanese companies, including Apple’s supplier Foxconn, spent a total of 4 billion yuan…

How NASA landed a Mac on Mars using MacBook Pros

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:52 pmTuesday, August 14, 201232 Comments

Now that Apple has successfully landed on Mars, I think it’s time the company…

‘Double,’ the iPad-based telepresence robot rolls around the office when you can’t

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:01 pmTuesday, August 14, 201215 Comments

As a remote worker I’m fascinated by telepresence robots, or a remote robotic avatar…

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