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Reports of individuals being targeted for crimes by crooks using Apple’s AirTag tracking devices have increased, with police warning that many are being used in carjacking attempts and stalking. Here’s how to tell if you’re being tracked by an Apple AirTag.

Facebook stated as part of its earnings release on Wednesday that the consumer privacy measures recently taken by Apple have made it harder for Mark Zuckerberg’s empire to track every detail of its users’ lives, which will cost the social media giant $10 billion in 2022 due to a decrease in the ability to target advertisements.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has had his house blurred on Google and Apple maps following an incident with an alleged stalker.

35 states have commented on their support for Epic Games in its ongoing legal battle with tech giant Apple. A letter signed by dozens of state attorneys general to a California appeals court reads: Apple’s conduct has harmed and is harming mobile app-developers and millions of citizens.”

Tech giant Apple has made an attempt to attract more users to its music streaming platform by advertising itself as the “home of Neil Young,” after Young’s music was removed from Spotify after the company refused Young’s demands to censor Joe Rogan from the platform.

Tech giant Apple has released new safety information on the usage of its AirTag tracking accessory following multiple reports of the devices being used to stalk people and even target cars for theft.

iPhone maker Apple hit a record 23 percent market share in China in 2021, reclaiming its spot as the number one smartphone brand in the country. The surge in iPhone sales comes after it was revealed that the company signed a secret $275 billion deal with the communist government to build “the most advanced manufacturing technologies” in the country.

Epic Games has filed an opening brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals aiming to overturn a previous ruling that Apple’s ownership of the iOS App Store does not constitute a monopoly. According to the Fortnite developer, “Apple’s conduct is precisely what the antitrust laws prohibit.”

Apple and Google recently warned U.S. lawmakers that bipartisan antitrust legislation that aims to curb the power of the Masters of the Universe could threaten user privacy and security.

Less than a week after Team USA advised Olympic athletes to purchase disposable “burner” phones to thwart Chinese surveillance of the Beijing Winter Olympics, researchers at the University of Toronto are warning of serious security issues in the “MY2022” smartphone app China is requiring all athletes, journalists, and spectators to download on their smartphones.

Tech giant Apple is reportedly prepared to spend “billions” on live sports content over the next four years and is on an “aggressive hunt” for live sports streaming deals, according to analyst reports.

Google has accused fellow tech giant Apple of benefiting from “bullying” by using a deliberate strategy to make Android smartphones users appear like second second-class citizens on the iMessage service.

Supermodel Brooks Nader says someone put Apple’s new tracking device, AirTags, in her coat pocket, and used it to stalk her while she was out one night in New York City. The 25-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model explained in an

A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Apple and Google have an agreement that keeps the iPhone maker out of the search engine business as long as Google pays to remain the default search option in Apple’s Safari browser. The lawsuit claims the two companies maintain their anticompetitive agreement with “regular secret meetings” between Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Sims in a recent interview called out Big Tech companies and Wall Street for aiding Communist China’s rise at the expense of America.

This week, classic BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry OS will no longer be able to make calls, send text messages, access data, and call 911 making them essentially unusable.

Apple briefly hit a market cap of $3 trillion during trading on Monday, the first company to ever achieve this valuation. After hitting the landmark valuation, Apple shares have traded down, leaving the iPhone giant just short of the historic value. The tech giant has tripled its valuation in the last four years.

According to a recent report, Apple has increased its reliance on Communist Chinese suppliers and appears to be replacing Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn with Chinese supplier Luxshare as part of its $275 billion deal with the Communist government.

The government of South Korea has told Google and Apple it must remove “play to earn” video games, a rapidly expanding genre driven by the booming crypto economy, from their app stores.

Criminals are continuing to use Apple AirTag tracking devices to track and target victims in crimes ranging from car theft to stalking. One cybersecurity expert commented: “I don’t think there’s any question that Apple’s AirTags are being used for stalking.”

Beats Studio, the high-end consumer audio company founded by rap producer Dr. Dre and later acquired by Apple, is launching a special “Year of the Tiger” edition of their Beats Studio Buds to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Apple has placed one of iPhone supplier Foxconn’s factories in southern India on probation following worker protests and alleged labor violations.

Tech giant Apple has reportedly issued significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an attempt to prevent top talent leaving for Facebook. The retention bonuses are as much as $180,000 for key engineering talent.

Blogging platform Tumblr, once a powerhouse of content for millennials, has censored a wide swathe of hashtags on its Apple iOS app, in what the social media company says is an effort to remain within the Apple App Store’s community guidelines. Some of the censored terms include “girl,” “suicide prevention,” and “testicular cancer.”

Tech giant Apple has reportedly closed all 16 of its stores in New York City amid rising coronavirus cases in the city.

A regulatory body in the Netherlands has ordered Apple to allow third parties to offer alternative payment options through their apps, a ruling that strikes at one of the company’s core revenue streams — although the ruling will not apply outside the country.

A recent article by Politico outlines how big tech firms like Google, Apple, and Amazon are now aiming to apply their monopoly power to the auto manufacturing industry in the race to build the car of the future.

The SEC has stated that Apple shareholders will be allowed to vote on how the company should report its use of employee non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and concealment contract clauses.

Tech giant Apple has indefinitely delayed the return of its workers back to its offices and is giving all corporate and retail employees $1,000 to purchase equipment for their home offices. This amount will hardly put a dent in the cost of the company’s own notoriously expensive computers and mobile electronics.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reportedly launching an investigation into tech giant Apple. The agency’s investigation is based on a complaint filed by whistleblower Ashley Gjøvik, who says she filed the complaint “to ensure Apple knows they cannot get away with retaliating against me for exercising my federally and state-protected rights.”

Woke tech giant Apple is about to become the world’s first $3 trillion company as its stock price surges. Currently trading at about $175 per share, Apple will achieve the landmark $3 trillion valuation once shares hit $182.85. 

An appeals court has put a pause on the ongoing case between Epic and Apple, placing a stay on the enforcement of an injunction issued by the lower court. Based on the ruling, Apple can maintain its current purchase system as the sole source of in-app payments on iPhones, despite previous rulings stating that the exclusive agreement was illegal.

The lead organizer of the #AppleToo movement has reportedly refused to withdraw her complaint to the National Labor Relations Board over how Apple executed the terms of a settlement that they agreed to.

According to a recent police bulletin, car thieves are using the $29 AirTag devices produced by Apple to track cars they have targeted for theft. Crooks apply the AirTags to target vehicles in public places, then use the tracker to follow their victims home, where they then steal the vehicle.

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly signed a $275 billion deal with China in 2016 in order to prevent a crackdown by the communist government on its vast business in the country. The Masters of the Universe committed to “grow together with Chinese enterprises to achieve mutual benefits and a win-win situation.”

Tech giant Apple has reportedly warned its component suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup has weakened leading into the holiday season.