The Trump administration is encouraging Taiwan to relocate some of its investment and semiconductor production to the US. According to US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, the goal is to ensure that half of America’s chips are manufactured domestically. This push, which could have implications for Taiwan’s national defence, is part of a strategy to…
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The iPhone 17 lineup has finally arrived! Apple’s latest and greatest flagship smartphone line is receiving a fresh batch of hardware…
A jumbled mess of cords is never fun, especially with multiple Apple devices that need power all at once. To handle it, we found a sturdy three-in-one charging station that should juice your iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously without excess cordage. Plus, it’s shaped like a tiny cube for easy keeping and display. How…
Apple Inc. has created a ChatGPT-style iPhone application to support the development of a major overhaul of its voice assistant, Siri, expected to launch next year, according to sources familiar with the matter, reported Bloomberg. Veritas: Internal Testing Tool The app, reportedly known internally as Veritas—Latin for “truth”—allows Apple employees to test new AI-driven features…
Apple is building a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to test a revamped version of Siri. Still, the tool is restricted to internal testing only and will not be released to consumers, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 26). The app lets Apple engineers experiment with features such as searching through emails and music or completing in-app tasks like…
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and how fine-tuning supply chains…
Just days after the release of the iPhone 17 series, Apple seems to have run headfirst into a controversy with the aptly-named ‘scratchgate’ issue. Early adopters of the latest iPhone model have seemingly reported cases of the phone easily inviting scratches on its body. As such, dedicated followers of the technology giants have flocked to…
Warren Buffett is slated to step down as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO at year-end—100 days from Sept. 23—setting the stage for successor Greg Abel and Berkshire’s investment lieutenants to potentially keep trimming Apple and rebalance an equity portfolio that’s already been shifting, according to new analysis and prior Fortune reporting. The 100‑day clock Buffett told shareholders…
The recent phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump signals a pivotal moment in the world’s most critical bilateral relationship. While tensions between the two powers have dominated headlines, the conversation – described as “pragmatic, positive and constructive” by China’s People’s Daily – hints at an emerging reality: the US…
In Apple in China, Patrick McGee, a veteran Financial Times journalist, provides a sobering and meticulous account of how Apple’s pursuit of scale and profit helped fuel the meteoric rise of China’s techno-industrial power. Ultimately, Apple outsourced not just production, but national leverage. McGee compares Apple’s total investment in China—through capital, supplier development, logistics, and…