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Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing Sam Altman’s company and specifically its hardware lead Tang Tan of stealing confidential technologies and components to develop their own AI devices.

After the agreement with Intel, Apple announced a $30 billion investment to purchase Broadcom microchips, strictly produced in the United States. Tim Cook’s company needs to maintain good relations with the Trump administration, which had threatened tariffs on iPhones.

The EU Court has no doubts: Apple is a gatekeeper for the App Store and iOS. Cupertino had tried to deny this by suggesting an interpretation that split its platforms based on the type of device used for access.

The RAM crisis is hitting the American Apple so hard that, following the official price increases for Mac and iPad last week, Apple reportedly asked the White House to turn a blind eye to a potential Chinese chip supplier: Cxmt, which is on the Pentagon’s blacklist for being too close to the Dragon’s military apparatus.

Apple is pressuring the White House to obtain approval to purchase memory chips from CXMT, a Chinese manufacturer on the Pentagon’s blacklist, in an attempt to curb price increases that have already eroded hundreds of billions in market capitalization. The Financial Times article

The incident could be yet another headache coming from Asia for the American company Apple, which, with Donald Trump insisting on targeting China commercially, has had to accelerate the relocation from the Dragon Country to the Indian subcontinent to safeguard its supply chain, given the impossibility of moving it to the US as repeatedly hoped by the White House.

From Lens Technology to Innoscience, these show how manufacturing and Chinese semiconductors remain central to Apple, Nvidia, and beyond. The analysis by Alessandro Aresu is taken from his newsletter Political Capitalism.

Trump announced an agreement between Apple and Intel for the design and production of microchips in the United States. Although details are scarce, the deal will provide a significant boost to Intel’s revival, of which the American government is a shareholder. For Apple, the contract will help reduce dependence on Taiwan and improve relations with the White House. All the details.

For the first time, the AGCM exercises the powers provided by the EU legislation to protect competition. The findings of the investigation carried out by the Italian authority will be transferred to the European Commission, which will have to take over the case. According to the thesis of Rustichelli’s authority, “third-party providers of consumer cloud services might not be placed on the same footing as Apple’s iCloud service.” A new casus belli with the Old Continent after Cupertino’s controversies over the impossibility of bringing Siri AI to Europe due to too many EU regulations?

The Apple Intelligence showcased in 2024 has never been seen before: Cupertino has proven to be terribly behind on the AI front. However, it is now trying to make amends by setting aside pride and relying on Google: a move that will allow Siri to update itself to be competitive in the market.

Two artists, one British and the other Australian, famous for Apple devices, chairs, and household appliances, seem to fit little with the world of the Prancing Horse—or at least this is the harsh judgment expressed by social media and those who know the automotive world well. Who are Jony Ive and Marc Newson, and why did Maranello choose to entrust them with the fate of the Ferrari Luce, distancing itself significantly from the usual standards, almost as if to emphasize that this supercar will remain unique?

Despite Fortnite’s return to Apple’s App Store, Epic Games may be celebrating prematurely: Cupertino intends to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.

The Siri boosted by Apple Intelligence, heavily promoted by Cupertino, has ended up in court: in the Americas, angry users are demanding their money back, claiming they bought iPhones for features promised by the US Big Tech but that have yet to materialize.

The EU Digital Markets Act forces Apple and Google to open their ecosystems, facilitating data transfer between iPhone and Android and introducing new interoperability features for third-party accessories and devices. Excerpt from the European Morning Briefing.

Apple depends on TSMC for the manufacturing of processors used in iPhones and Macs. Thus, for supply chain security reasons, it has started looking for new suppliers: it has initiated contacts with Intel and Samsung, but neither seems capable of matching the Taiwanese company.

A skilled engineer, pragmatic and low-profile. John Ternus, who has been at Apple for a quarter of a century, will take over from Tim Cook as CEO. What path will he take to lead the $4 trillion company founded by Steve Jobs? Facts, figures, and curiosities.

Surprise move by Apple, which attempts to refute the accusatory claims of the US Antitrust by requesting to present confidential documents of its main market rival, Samsung, in court.

The US broadcaster NBC revealed the behind-the-scenes confrontation between Apple and xAI that ultimately pushed X to intervene on Grok, curbing the production of sexually explicit deepfakes. This is how Cupertino educated Musk’s Artificial Intelligence through threats.

After arriving very late to the world of headsets with the failed Apple Vision Pro, the bitten Apple, just like Meta, is now trying to dive headfirst into the smart glasses sector, which is attracting an increasing amount of investment. A first model is expected to be announced by the end of the year, but the uncertainty remains around AI-enhanced Siri, another chapter in which Cupertino is struggling to keep up with its rivals.

Nikkei and Bloomberg clash with articles of opposing views on the fate of the foldable iPhone that has been talked about for almost ten years: will 2026 be the year of its debut, or will the project risk ending up like the Apple Car after one delay after another?

Apple is viewed with greater suspicion in China since it has begun relocating to nearby India, but Tim Cook tries to reassure with sweet words. Meanwhile, at home in Cupertino, it has to keep the fiery Trump appeased, and does so by announcing accelerations in the American programs promised to the U.S. president. The bitten Apple continues to navigate both sides of the Pacific.

Confindustria Radio Televisioni is among the organizations that, through the association representing the main European broadcasters, has called on the EU to subject Google, Amazon, Apple, and Samsung to the rules of the Digital Markets Act also for smart TVs and virtual assistants, denouncing the growing power of Big Tech in content distribution. All the details.

A U.S. court ruling allows Apple to remove third-party apps from its store without providing justification. Here’s what happened.