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Texas governor signs law to enforce age verification on Apple, Google app stores
On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law mandating that Apple and Alphabet’s Google verify the age of users…
Texas may soon enforce age verification on Apple App Store
A Texas bill requiring Apple and Alphabet’s Google to verify app store users’ ages could become law this week, positioning the second…
Apple to open AI server factory in Texas as part of $500 billion investment in America
Apple announced plans to collaborate with partners to establish a 250,000-square-foot AI server manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas…
Tim Cook gifted President Trump a $6,000 Mac Pro after he lowered tariffs on parts Apple needed from China
Apple CEO Tim Cook gave Trump a $5,999 Mac Pro in 2019 after they struck a deal that granted Apple an exemption from import tariffs…
Apple AirTag tracks down gravesite thieves who stole $62,000 worth of bronze vases
Hundreds of gravesites in Texas were robbed of tens of thousands of dollars worth of bronze vases, but an Apple AirTag helped police track…
Texas man tracks stolen truck with AirTag, kills suspected thief
The man is not expected to face charges after his car was stolen and a confrontation with the suspected thief aided by an Apple AirTag item…
Apple to invest $120 million more into building out its Austin campus
Apple is planning to invest at least another $100 million into building out its new Austin campus which will…
Texas Mom tracks down Christmas decoration Grinch with Apple AirTags
A real-life Grinch, who tried to steal Christmas, had their holiday heist thwarted by a Texas mom, thanks to Apple AirTags …
Mississippi ends mask mandate and business restrictions
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced on Tuesday that he’s lifting all state-imposed mask mandates across the state and removing…
Texas reopens state 100%, ends mask mandate; Gov. promises ‘no more lockdowns’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said he planned to open the state next week “100%,” roughly a year after COVID-19 spread from China…
Police use Apple Watch to find kidnapped woman
A man is facing charges after he allegedly kidnapped a woman who used her Apple Watch to call for help as he drove with her in a truck bed…
Apple agrees to pay $113 million in ‘iPhone throttling’ settlement
Arizona AG Mark Brnovich announced a $113 million multi-state settlement with Apple regarding Apple’s 2016 “iPhone throttling” decision…
Arizona leads multi-state probe into Apple’s throttling of older iPhones
Arizona is leading a multi-U.S. state probe into whether Apple’s deliberate throttling of older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws, documents…
Apple faces deceptive trade practices probe by multiple U.S. states
According to a March document, multiple U.S. states are investigating Apple over claims of deceptive trade practices. The Texas attorney general may sue…
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…
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 to reopen over 100 US retail stores this week
Apple will reopen about 100 more retail stores in the U.S. this week in California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and more…
Apple adding 192-room hotel to billion-dollar Austin campus
Apple has a new addition for their $1 billion corporate campus under construction in Northwest Austin, Texas — a 192-room hotel. A revised site plan…
iPhone assembler Wistron looks to move 50% of production outside China by 2021
According to Apple iPhone-assembler Wistron chairman Simon Lin, the company is looking to move 50% of production outside China and to significantly grow…
SXSW canceled over coronavirus, Austin mayor declares ‘local disaster’
Austin, Texas mayor Steve Adler has just declared “a local disaster” and “effectively” canceled South By Southwest (SXSW) amid the coronavirus outbreak…
Apple pulls out of SXSW 2020 over coronavirus concerns, cancels planned Apple TV+ premieres
As concerns heighten over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Apple has pulled out of their participation in the South by Southwest (SXSW) 2020 festival…
Texas settles with T-Mobile, Sprint over merger
Texas’ attorney general has settled with T-Mobile Inc and Sprint Corp and will drop his opposition to the $26.5 billion merger…
President Trump tweets video of visit with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Mac Pro assembly plant
Apple CEO Tim Cook and the company’s all-new, extremely powerful, and rather gorgeous Mac Pro is prominently featured in a new video…
Tim Cook: ‘I hate polarization. I despise it.’
As Apple broke ground at its newest campus in Austin, Texas, CEO Tim Cook spoke…
President Trump wants Apple to be involved in 5G infrastructure building in U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had asked Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to look into helping develop…
Live video: President Trump tours Apple Mac Pro facility with CEO Tim Cook in Texas
President Trump tours the Apple manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas with CEO Tim Cook…
President Trump arrives in Austin for tour of Mac Pro facility with Apple CEO Cook
Air Force One landed in Austin shortly before 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, about a half-hour later than expected after a delayed departure from Washington…
President Trump leaves to tour Apple’s Mac Pro assembly plant, calls it a ‘fantastic facility’
President Donald Trump traveled to Texas on Wednesday to tour a manufacturing plant that produces the latest generation of Apple’s Mac Pro computer…
President Trump, Apple CEO Cook to tour Apple’s Austin, Texas Mac Pro assembly plant on Wednesday
President Trump plans to visit the plant along with Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook…
President Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook set to tour Mac Pro factory in Texas next Wednesday
The trip will highlight Apple CEO Cook’s strong relationship with President Trump…
President Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook to tour Apple operations in Texas
U.S. President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook are expected to tour facilities in Texas where Apple’s Mac Pro is assembled…
Apple to purchase power from Apex Clean Energy’s new wind farm in Texas
The transaction — spearheaded by Apple, the largest purchaser in the innovative small-load energy aggregation space — totals approximately 75 megawatts of clean energy, enough to power the equivalent of 20,000 homes…
Apple security guard shoots and kills armed robbery suspect at Dallas store
An armed man who broke into an Apple store in Dallas was shot dead by a security guard early Tuesday morning…
Gene Munster: Apple’s move to make new Mac Pros in America a smart one
Apple announced Monday that it will make its new Mac Pros computers at its Austin, Texas facility, thanks to some tariff exemptions on components…
Made in America: Apple to build new, insanely powerful Mac Pro in Texas after securing tariff relief
As part of its commitment to US economic growth, Apple today confirmed that its newly redesigned Mac Pro will be manufactured in Austin, Texas. Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “We believe deeply in the power of American innovation. That’s why every Apple product is designed and engineered in the U.S.”
Totally rebuilt, greatly improved Apple Maps now available in Texas, Louisiana, and southern Mississippi
Apple’s Maps app is being rebuilt from the ground up to better reflect the world around you. The new underlying map uses Apple data and features enhanced geographic context…
Do video games cause mass shootings?
El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, both saw horrific mass shootings over the weekend, prompting another round of “what’s causing this?”
Cloudflare cuts service to 8chan following U.S. mass murders
The internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare said it would cut service on Sunday evening to 8chan, the infamous online forum that has housed numerous posts…
Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for ‘good people with different views’ to come together to address mass shootings
A gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a popular nightlife district in Ohio, killing nine and injuring 27 others, before he was killed by police…
Apple CEO Cook: We want to make the new Mac Pro in the U.S., too
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said that the desire to keep Mac Pro computer production in United States…
President Trump expects Apple to announce it will build plant in Texas
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he wanted Apple to build its plants in the United States…
