• March 15 2024
  Apple reaches $490mn settlement over Tim Cook’s China demand comments

  Investors claimed chief executive misled them during an earnings call in 2018

  
• March 12 2024
  Apple bows to Brussels over App Store in latest EU concession

  Tech giant seeks to comply with European law with approval for iPhone apps to be downloaded from developers’ websites

  
• March 10 2024
  News in-depth

  China’s love affair with Apple and Tesla hits rocky patch

  Delegates at annual Communist party meeting spurn iPhones for homegrown handsets

  
• March 7 2024
  Inside BusinessRichard Waters

  The EU’s giant experiment in tech micromanagement

  New Digital Markets Act will be a test case for how far regulators can dictate design of products and services

  
• March 7 2024
  EU probes Apple over App Store shutdown of Epic Games

  Brussels seeks explanation from iPhone-maker after group behind ‘Fortnite’ has account terminated

  
• March 7 2024
  Lex

  Apple is not the only company backing away from driverless cars Premium content

  Scrapping a project with high upfront costs makes sense

  
• March 5 2024
  Lex

  For Apple, a €1.8bn EU fine is just the start Premium content

  Around the world, more attempts are being made to put limits on tech company power

  
• March 4 2024
  Apple fined €1.8bn for breaking EU law over music streaming

  iPhone maker hit by first Brussels penalty as competition watchdogs step up scrutiny of Big Tech

  
• March 4 2024
  Moral Money

  Apple stand-off tests investor concern over workers’ rights Premium content

  Investor pressure could have implications for the future of US organised labour

  
• March 4 2024
  Europe Express

  Why app developers think the EU’s first ever Apple fine is ‘a joke’ Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: Germany searches for far-left militants wanted since the 1990s

  
• March 1 2024
  Apple reverses course on plan to cut off ‘progressive web apps’ in EU

  iPhone maker was set to be investigated over its changes to iOS software in order to comply with new regulations

  
• March 1 2024
  Inside BusinessRichard Waters

  Apple faces the most disruptive threat it has seen in the iPhone era

  The company has strengths in AI but ground to make up as rivals Google and Microsoft move fast

  
• February 28 2024
  News in-depth

  Apple parks its electric car project in sign of EV industry’s struggles

  Tech giant pulls plug on ‘Project Titan’ to fund a multibillion-dollar bet on generative artificial intelligence

  
• February 27 2024
  Apple cancels secretive electric car project in shift to focus on AI

  Company ends decade-long research effort as electric vehicle industry loses momentum

  
• February 27 2024
  ‘Sell Apple’

  To justify its current valuation, everyone everywhere needs to spend $800 a year on Apple products, says UBS

  
• February 27 2024
  Large Apple shareholders seek AI disclosures

  Norway’s wealth fund and LGIM back resolution asking iPhone maker to outline risks associated with artificial intelligence

  
• February 26 2024
  EU seeks to investigate Apple over cutting off web apps

  Competition regulators in Brussels send questions to developers over iPhone maker’s decision

  
• February 23 2024
  News in-depthIran

  Thousands of Iranians fall victim to cut-price Apple iPhone scam

  Angry customers picket Tehran police station over multi-million-dollar fraud endorsed by high-profile figures

  
• February 21 2024
  Apple rivals lobby EU over App Store dominance

  Meta and Microsoft want Brussels regulators to extract more concessions that unpick iOS mobile software

  
• February 19 2024
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  What next for Russia after Navalny?

  The death of the Russian opposition leader comes just weeks before Russian elections

  
• February 18 2024
  EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500mn music streaming penalty

  Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify

  
• February 14 2024
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc

  Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway pares its stake in Apple

  Share sale follows investor’s admission that an earlier cut to its holding may have been a mistake

  
• February 5 2024
  UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

  Where increasing returns come from Premium content

  It’s not all network effects

  
• February 4 2024
  US equities

  Magnificent Seven’s grip on markets slips as investors look past AI hype

  Gaps emerge between the largest tech groups as the focus shifts to concrete results

  
• February 2 2024
  Apple’s revenue growth clouded by worries about China slowdown

  Tech giant’s shares lower even as earnings beat Wall Street expectations

  

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