Apple CEO Tim Cook, holding a Mac Pro computer alongside employees in Austin, Texas, says he’s “not satisfied” with employment diversity at the company. Apple Apple’s just about as white and as male as the other major tech companies in Silicon Valley, the company disclosed Tuesday in a diversity report. Of Apple’s 98,000 employees around …

Judge Lucy Koh, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, reviewed a settlement involving a wage-fixing scandal from her court in San Jose, Calif. Shara Tibken/CNET A US district court judge has rejected a settlement reached in a wage-fixing lawsuit involving Silicon Valley powerhouses such as Apple and Google, saying the $324.5 million deal is too …

Apple and Samsung settled their overseas cases but the fight continues in the US. CNET The Apple v. Samsung patent-battle may have ended overseas, but it’s still going strong in the US. The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected several claims of one of the patents Apple wielded against Samsung in the most recent patent-infringement trial, saying in a …

Samsung and Barnes & Noble’s Nook business sent an invite for an event later this month. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET Here comes another Samsung event. The company and partner Barnes & Noble plan to host a gathering August 20 in New York to show off their first co-branded tablet, the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. The event will be held at …

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 hasn’t boosted results as much as hoped. CNET Samsung’s got a problem, and this time, it’s not Apple. The South Korean electronics maker is the biggest smartphone vendor in the world, but cracks are starting to show. In the second quarter, Samsung lost its footing at the top of the smartphone markets in both China and India, …

Apple and Samsung may have buried the legal hatchet overseas, but that doesn’t mean they’re ready to end the war. The mobile giants late Tuesday said they agreed to drop all litigation outside the US in their long-running war over smartphone and tablet patents, but they’ll continue to pursue their existing cases in the US. They also said the agreement …

Samsung It’s time for another Unpacked. Samsung sent out invitations Tuesday for an event on September 3 ahead of the IFA electronics show in Berlin. During simultaneous events in Beijing, Berlin, and New York, the company likely will show off the Galaxy Note 4 phablet — its phone-tablet hybrid that spawned a new category of smartphones — as well as …

Apple and Samsung on Tuesday said they have agreed to settle all lawsuits filed against each other outside the United States, ending some aspects of their long-running patent dispute but allowing the companies to continue their litigation in the US. “Samsung and Apple have agreed to drop all litigation between the two companies outside the United States,” the companies said …

Apple will introduce the follow up to the iPhone 5S this fall. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple plans to hold a media event September 9, when it’s likely to launch the iPhone 6, according to a new report. Recode, which often has accurate information about Apple launch dates and other news, pegged the event to that September date, but didn’t give any …

Samsung likely will introduce the follow-up to the Galaxy Note 3, pictured here, in the fall. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung’s not just counting on the Galaxy S5 to attract buyers. The South Korean electronics giant said it plans to launch two new high-end smartphones in the second half of the year. One will be a “very innovative new product in the …