Apple

Apple reaches tentative contract agreement with unionized store employees in Maryland

1:53am July 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Apple store in the Baltimore suburb of Towson was the first in the U.S. to unionize. The contract agreement must be approved by roughly 85 employees there. A vote is scheduled for Aug. 6.

A screenshot from the new ad for "the thinnest Apple product ever."

Arts

Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened

10:12am May 10, 2024

by Linda Holmes

The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.

In this June 16, 2020 file photo, the sun is reflected on Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York.

National

Apple shows its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since pandemic's outset

5:22am May 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

The 10% drop in year-over-year iPhone sales for the January-March period is latest sign of weakness in a product that generates most of Apple's revenue.

From left: adorbs, ugly-cute, just darling

National

This week's quiz has happiness and happy dogs. You're welcome

11:37am March 22, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

Last year's most popular dog is still top, and the happiest nation is still the most contented. March is still madness and shutdowns still loom.

National

These 3 high-fliers all made the quiz this week — with a mix of joy and sadness

5:00am March 01, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

This week's quiz sadly falls on March 1, delaying our plan for a Friday leap day-themed quiz until 2036. Thankfully, a lot else happened in the news. Were you paying attention?

Apple says the ability to measure blood oxygen levels will no longer be available on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 models, after the tech giant's loss in a patent case.

Health & Safety

Apple Watch users are losing a popular health app after court's ruling in patent case

5:13pm January 18, 2024

by Diba Mohtasham

The ability to measure blood oxygen levels is dropping from the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2. Apple is making the change to comply with a ruling by the International Trade Commission.

A jury in San Francisco this week ruled that Google has operated as an illegal monopoly in the way it controls its app store. In a separate but related case involving Apple, a court ruled the opposite way.

Epic Games beat Google but lost to Apple in monopoly lawsuits. What does it all mean?

4:16pm December 14, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

The tech giants' app stores are multibillion-dollar money-makers. Now the services are under threat like never before.

Godzilla attacks the Golden Gate Bridge in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.

Arts

Why does Apple TV+ have so many of the best streaming shows you've never heard of?

5:00am November 17, 2023

by Eric Deggans

People may grumble about Apple's higher monthly fee, but there are a lot of original series packed in their lineup that many viewers haven't yet considered.

Telegram has removed popular Hamas-linked accounts from the messaging service after a pro-Israel advocacy organization sent letters to Apple and Google asking the tech companies to pressure Telegram to take down the channels.

World News

The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it's being restricted there

4:41pm October 31, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

The popular messaging app became one of the only major social media platforms that permitted accounts with ties to Hamas.

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs discusses the iPhone during a June 2007 keynote address.

She left her 2007 iPhone in its box for over a decade. It just sold for $63K

2:04pm February 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The iPhone was auctioned off for over 100 times more than its original cost — the latest record-breaking sum for such a sale. An expert explains how old gadgets became "similar to precious metals."