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Micron warns weakening consumer demand will hurt smartphone sales
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In this articleMUSanjay Mehrota, Micron Technology President & CEO at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 24th, 2022.Adam Galica | CNBCMicron Technology, a major vendor of memory chips for PCs and smartphones, said on Thursday that it expects...
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Mark Zuckerberg showed these prototype headsets to build support for his $10 billion metaverse bet
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In this articleMETAMetaThe company formerly known as Facebook said in February that it expects to spend at least $10 billion this year on research and development on virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, including computerized glasses or ...
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Apple workers in Maryland vote for company’s first unionized store in U.S.
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An employee arranges Apple iPhones as customer shop at an Apple store.Mike Segar | ReutersEmployees at an Apple store in Towson, Maryland voted Saturday to join a union, a significant achievement for organized labor. The Towson store is the first union...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes for privacy legislation ‘as soon as possible’ after visit to Congress
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Tim Cook speaks onstage at the TIME100 Summit 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center.Jemal Countess | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesU.S. lawmakers should advance privacy legislation currently being debated "as soon as possible," Apple CEO Tim Cook s...
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A wholly owned subsidiary of Apple will extend loans for its Pay Later service
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In this articleAAPLApple CEO Tim Cook poses for a portrait next to a line of new MacBook Airs as he enters the Steve Jobs Theater during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California on June 6, 2022....
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Here are the biggest changes coming to your iPhone in Apple’s new update
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Apple announced the biggest iPhone software update of the year this week.The software, revealed Monday during Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, includes the biggest change to the look of the iPhone's lock screen since 2014 and improvements to com...
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Apple just updated its best-selling Mac — here’s what it looks like now
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In this articleAAPLApple announced a new version of its MacBook Air on Monday at its annual developers conference, WWDC.The MacBook Air is the best-selling Apple laptop, and the new design will likely boost Mac sales in the coming quarters. In recent y...
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Apple union push faces setback as Atlanta organizers withdraw vote bid, citing alleged intimidation, rising Covid cases
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Shoppers walk past an Apple Store at Franklin Park Mall during Black Friday. Shoppers go to stores to take advantage of Black Friday sales during the COVID-19 pandemic.Stephen Zenner | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesA union vote at an Apple st...
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Apple says it will raise pay for corporate and retail employees in tight labor market
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Steve Proehl | Corbis Unreleased | Getty ImagesApple said on Wednesday that it will raise pay for corporate and retail workers later this year. The move comes during a historically tight labor market in the U.S. and as employees contend with increased ...
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Tech stocks are mired in their longest weekly losing streak since dot-com bust
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Tech companies haven't seen a selloff like since 2001 and the bursting of the dot-com bubble.The Nasdaq declined 3.8% this week, falling for a seventh straight week. It's the longest losing streak for the tech-heavy index in 21 years.Inflation, rising ...