An Uneasy Use for Apple’s AirTags: Tracking a Loved One With Dementia
Michelle Hirschboeck was looking for a way to keep track of her husband, Paul, who has dementia. She settled on...
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Apple Workers Vote for Union at Oklahoma Store in Second Organizing Win
Apple Inc. AAPL -3.22% retail workers in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, becoming the second group of employees at one...
TSMC Reports Record Profit, Gains Exemption From U.S. Chip Curbs on China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said that its third-quarter net profit rose 80% to a new record, and that it had...
Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price
The pandemic boom in memory chips is on pause. A decline in prices in recent months has led the biggest...
Samsung Expects Earnings to Slump as Consumer Spending Slips
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to see its third-quarter profit slump as the company’s mainstay memory-chip and smartphone businesses...
Puff Bar Stays Top Teen Vaping Choice, as Juul Slips
About 14% of U.S. high-school students—an estimated 2.1 million of them—said they had used e-cigarettes at least once during the...
The Next Big Battle Between Google and Apple Is for the Soul of Your Car
A few years from now, in addition to deciding your next vehicle’s make and model, you may have another tough...
Cerebral Treated a 17-Year-Old Without His Parents’ Consent. They Found Out the Day He Died.
Telehealth startup Cerebral Inc. had software that could verify customer IDs but didn’t use it to check birth dates and...
Intel Introduces Videogame Graphics Chips to Challenge Nvidia
Intel Corp. INTC -0.30% plans to start selling graphics chips for videogamers next month, aiming to get a piece of...
Why Even Big Tech Companies Keep Getting Hacked—and What They Plan to Do About It
The companies that should know best how to fight hackers, tech firms, have reached an arresting conclusion: The weakest link...
Oracle’s Ellison’s Compensation Topped $130 Million Last Fiscal Year
Oracle Corp.’s ORCL -2.24% top executives are again among the highest-paid at big U.S. companies, thanks to a decision last...
Apple Music to Replace Pepsi as Sponsor of NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Apple AAPL -1.51% Music is set to be the new sponsor of the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show, replacing longtime...
Apple Readies iOS 16 Bug Fix for Next Week
The latest software for models going back to the iPhone 8 arrived last week, ahead of the release of Apple’s...
Hackers Leaked ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Footage, Rockstar Games Says
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said hackers broke into the networks of its Rockstar Games Inc. unit and illegally accessed early-development...
Adobe to Buy Collaboration-Software Company Figma for About $20 Billion
Adobe, which will pay for the company using roughly half cash, half stock, unveiled the deal with its quarterly results,...
Microsoft’s Activision Deal Draws Further Scrutiny From U.K. Watchdog
The U.K.’s competition regulator said it would escalate its investigation into whether Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 0.09% planned acquisition of Activision...
Google Loses Most of Appeal of EU Android Decision
BRUSSELS— Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -5.86% Google lost most of its appeal to overturn the largest antitrust fine it has so...
Apple’s iPhone 14 Lineup to Headline Wednesday Product Event
Apple Inc. AAPL -0.82% on Wednesday begins a third year of nudging customers to iPhones with 5G-capable technology, betting iterative...
Nvidia Warns of Sales Hit From New U.S. Chip Licensing Requirements for China
Nvidia Corp. could lose as much as $400 million in quarterly sales after the U.S. imposed new licensing requirements on...
T-Mobile Lays Off Workers in Engineering, Network Jobs
The company plans to offer new positions to many of the laid-off workers. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images T-Mobile TMUS -1.07%...
