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The “Intel Inside” marketing campaign has put an Intel sticker on millions of personal computers since it launched in 1991. But your next laptop could have Intel outside if rival chip designer Arm gets its way. Arm’s chip technology is used in nearly every iPhone and Android phone in existence, though other companies like Apple, …

Verizon is partnering up with Apple for an offer that’ll be music to customers’ ears. Unlimited customers can get six months of Apple Music for free from Aug. 16, when it’ll reveal the registration process. The offer gives them full, ad-free access to the streaming service’s 45 million songs, but Verizon suggested there’s more to come from this partnership by …

It’s official. Apple on Thursday became worth over $1 trillion. Yes, that’s right, $1 trillion. As in $1,000,000,000,000.  Shortly before 9 a.m. PT on Thursday, Apple’s stock hit $207.05 a share, giving it a market capitalization at that trillion-dollar mark.  Apple — the biggest public company in the world — had 4,829,926,000 shares outstanding as of July 20, which meant its …

People just kept scooping up Apple’s iPhone X.  The company said Tuesday it sold 41.3 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter. That performance isn’t bad for a gadget that’s been on the market for roughly six months, though it missed the consensus estimate of 41.8 million units, according to Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein. By comparison, the …

Apple’s definitely working on something when it come to TV — but it’s still not ready to tell us about it. CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday hinted at Apple’s ambitions, but, in typical Cook fashion, didn’t reveal any specifics.  “We hired two highly respected television executives last year, and they have been here now for several months and have been …

Apple Pay will be there when you have a hankering for a Slurpee.  Apple’s mobile payment system, typically run through your phone, will work in CVS and 7-Eleven stores across the US this fall, CEO Tim Cook said on the company’s earnings conference call.  They mark the latest retailers to jump on the Apple Pay bandwagon, which is critical to …

When it comes to Apple’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report Tuesday, the only thing that really matters is what it says about the next iPhone. And while Apple doesn’t give many — or really, any — details about its next iPhone during earnings calls, it gives small hints. CEO Tim Cook occasionally will make comments like Apple’s expecting an “exciting fall,” …

If you’re already an Apple Pay convert, we have some good news for you: The mobile wallet is about to get much more useful. On Tuesday, eBay said it’ll soon accept Apple Pay as payment on it vast online retail platform. Certain retailers will begin accepting Apple Pay in the US come fall, the company said, before a full-scale rollout …

Gadgets like Apple Watches, Fitbit activity trackers and Sonos speakers could be impacted by $200 billion list of US tariffs on goods made in China, government rulings show. The rulings show that devices like these are considered data transmission machines in the list of US tariff codes, Reuters reports, and may be subject to a 10 percent tariff that could …

We don’t typically cover executive moves at CNET, but this one might pique your curiosity: Apple has poached Google’s former head of AI and search to help fix Apple’s Siri voice assistant. Technically, the poaching part happened three months ago, but on Tuesday the other shoe has dropped: As spotted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s Leadership page now lists Giannandrea as “Apple’s …