(Reuters) -Apple executives have held internal talks about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The discussions are at an early stage and may not lead to an offer, the report said, adding that the tech behemoth’s executives have not discussed a bid…
A mainland Chinese bank in Hong Kong is investigating unauthorised transactions on the Faster Payment System (FPS) involving one of its clients, the Post has learned, with experts saying breaches on the widely used platform are uncommon and may involve hacking. A client of the China Construction Bank (Asia) in Hong Kong told the Post…
Consumers who own a Siri-enabled device — including iPhones, MacBooks and AppleTVs — may be eligible to file a financial claim as part of Apple’s $95 million settlement over allegations that the voice assistant eavesdropped on them. The settlement stems from a 2021 lawsuit filed by Fumiko Lopez, a California resident who owned several Apple…
A federal judge has strongly rebuked Apple, finding that the iPhone maker willfully violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had ordered Apple to lower the barriers protecting its previously exclusive payment system for in-app digital transactions and allow developers to display…