Apple’s new Mac Pro has entered production and will ship to users in December, Apple said Wednesday while touting its newly expanded Austin campus. The announcement coincided with a tour of Apple’s Texas Mac Pro production facility, during which CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump discussed the company’s manufacturing and other contributions to the US economy. …
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People want to understand what makes Apple tick. Which is part of why whenever CEO Tim Cook talks, we all tend to listen. During a fireside chat at the annual Dreamforce conference for business software company Salesforce in San Francisco, Cook talked about why Apple’s been pushing on environmental issues, “Dreamers” and more. “People told us there was no way …
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Apple is looking to release an augmented-reality headset by 2022 and a “sleeker” set of AR glasses by 2023, according to a report Monday from The Information. Apple executives reportedly discussed plans for its AR devices during an internal presentation to employees, including new details about the design and features of its AR headset. The reported timeline doesn’t exactly line …
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For a couple of years now, skeptical politicians across the western world have been wondering whether US tech giants are getting too big for their own good. It’s sparked the question as to whether companies such as Facebook, which owns a bunch of competing messaging services as well as Instagram, should be broken up. But ask one of Silicon Valley’s …
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Apple’s normal resting state is to be superlative. It’s the planet’s most valuable company. It created history’s most successful product, some argue. CEO Tim Cook said Apple TV Plus would be “unlike anything that’s been done before.” And maybe he’s right — but not in the way he meant. As Apple takes the stage as a streaming-video company today, it’s inhabiting a …
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Apple will begin allowing customers to buy iPhones and pay them off over two years interest-free, CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday. But it only works if you buy the handset with the new Apple Card. This will also give customers 3% cash back on the total cost of the phone. “I’m very pleased to announce today that later this year, we’re …
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Apple’s got a busy holiday season this year. In the past month, it’s announced the new $699 iPhone 11 and $999 iPhone 11 Pro, it launched the $4.99 per month Apple Arcade subscription package and on Friday it’ll be launching its highly anticipated $4.99 Apple TV Plus video service. Add to all that the new $249 AirPods Pro headphones Apple also …
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Two years ago, Apple pushed the price of its mobile phones to a thousand bucks with the iPhone X. In September, it made the case for its pricier phones by adding a wide-angle camera, night mode and better battery life. Apple even gave us the slow-motion selfie, which it calls a slofie. Apple likes the gimmick so much it’s trying …
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Apple boss Tim Cook highlighted his company’s efforts on climate change in a Monday night speech at the 30th anniversary celebration for Ceres, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable energy, in New York. He reminded us that devices like the iPhone 11 are made up the “highest-quality 100% recycled aluminum alloy ever” and noted the efforts of Lisa Jackson, who led …
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In a Friday letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, a bipartisan group of US Congress members criticized the tech giant’s decision to remove HKmap.live, an app used by protesters in Hong Kong, from the App Store. “Apple’s decision last week to accommodate the Chinese government by taking down HKMaps is deeply concerning,” reads the letter. “We urge you in the strongest …
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