Apple’s Not-So-Secret Plan to Take Another Gigantic Bite of the Microchip Market
Apple AAPL -3.66% has shown it can design the brains of its devices, and is now poised to do something...
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Best Buy Posts Lower Sales on Supply-Chain Hit, Omicron Impact
Best Buy Co. ’s sales for the holiday quarter fell from a year earlier, as reduced store hours due to...
Samsung Unveils New Galaxy S22 Smartphones and Keeps Old Prices
SEOUL—The world’s largest smartphone maker is answering a year of rising inflation and increasing component costs with a tactical move:...
Apple CEO Tim Cook Received Nearly $100 Million in Compensation in 2021
Apple Inc. AAPL -1.67% Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook received almost $100 million in compensation in 2021, a year in...
AT&T, Verizon Refuse FAA Request to Delay 5G Launch
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. rebuffed a request from federal transportation officials to voluntarily delay the launch of new...
Thanks to the Chip Shortage, Texas Instruments Is Worth $170 Billion
In the digital age, some of the most sought-after devices are analog semiconductors—including ones made by 91-year-old Texas Instruments Inc.,...
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features
For the past three years, Lance Walker has been locked in a cat-and-mouse game with his 11-year-old daughter for control...
Apple Notified State Department Employees of Phone Hacking Linked to NSO Group Software
Apple Inc. last week notified 11 U.S. State Department employees in Uganda that their iPhones were hacked, and investigators have...
Judge Rejects Apple’s Request to Delay App Store Order
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Apple Inc.’s attempt to delay her September injunction that would loosen some of...
How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible
In December, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its partners plan to launch the James Webb Space Telescope. A...
Apple Set to Let App Developers Alert Users to Alternate Payment Methods
Apple Inc. on Thursday announced changes to its App Store regulations that will allow software developers to tell customers how...
Samsung Profit Rises 73% as Memory-Chip Demand Surges
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. offset relative weakness in smartphone shipments by capitalizing on another quarter of roaring demand for its...
Apple Profit Sets Record on Strong iPhone Sales
Apple Inc. AAPL -1.49% on Tuesday posted a record spring-quarter profit as customers keep embracing new iPhones and other devices,...
The Antitrust Case Against Google: It’s Becoming Too Much Like Apple
Google has adopted rules similar to ones that Apple Inc. requires for its software that powers smartphones and distributes apps...
Samsung Electronics Expects 53% Increase in Operating Profit
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. expects a 53% rise in operating profit for the second quarter, lifted by strong demand for...
What a Tech Breakup Could Mean for You
As momentum builds to curtail the power of Big Tech, lawmakers, Beltway pundits and the companies themselves are all competing...
Chip Shortages Are Starting to Hit Consumers. Higher Prices Are Likely.
The global chip shortage is pushing up prices of items such as laptops and printers and is threatening to do...
The World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable
The company makes almost all of the world’s most sophisticated chips, and many of the simpler ones, too. They’re in...
Biden Administration to Outline Measures to Address Supply-Chain Issues
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is expected to outline new measures Tuesday to address widespread supply-chain issues, with a goal of bringing...
Apple’s WWDC Meeting Caps a Tense Year for Company, Developers
Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.49% annual conference for software developers began Monday. It arrived with something unusual for the iPhone maker:...
