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Apple has lost its position as the world's most valuable public company to Microsoft following a dramatic four-day slide in its stock price, driven largely by concerns over President Donald Trump's escalating tariff war with China, where most of its iPhones are assembled.
Apple's market capitalization fell to $2.59 trillion as of Tuesday's close, while Microsoft now sits at $2.64 trillion, reclaiming the top spot after briefly holding it earlier this year.
Apple shares have plummeted approximately 2
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Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's CEO since 1970, said he intends to make way for planned successor Greg Abel at the end of this year. Read more ›
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On May 5, Trump is resuming collections on defaulted student loans. "I'm going paycheck to paycheck and this is going to kill me," one said. Read more ›
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Cue a new batch of “Half-Life 3 confirmed” memes. The latest rumor surrounding Valve’s long-awaited next installment in the Half-Life series claims that the game is currently “playable, end-to-end” and could even be announced in the summer, followed by a release in winter of this year. The speculation comes from Tyler McVicker, who’s known for reporting on Valve rumors, during his latest Q&A livestream. According to McVicker, the game is... Read more ›
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US Marines deployed NMESIS launchers that fire anti-ship missiles to a critical waterway south of Taiwan. See photos of the new weapons system. Read more ›
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Celestine Cooley, 74, couldn't afford to retire in Los Angeles, so she moved to Bordeaux, France, where life is cheaper and more exciting. Read more ›
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Nobody Wants This season 2 is currently in production. Here's everything we know so far about the hit Netflix show's return including trailer, cast, plot rumors and more. Read more ›
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Satellite imagery shows rapid creation of plants designed to break China’s dependence on foreign technologies Read more ›
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Warren Buffett joked at Berkshire's annual meeting that he and the late Charlie Munger had been "preserving ourselves carefully" by rarely exercising. Read more ›
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As fans come to terms with the GTA 6 delay - from creating countdowns "that are cheaper than therapy" to pleas to "calm ourselves" - at least one person is delighted by the news: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor, Luke Dale. Read more Read more ›
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When Buffett was asked about DOGE, he didn't delve into its politics. However, he said it is a tough but necessary job to cut the US deficit. Read more ›
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After visiting 21 cities and villages in Italy, there are a few places I wouldn't go back to. However, I'd gladly return to cities like Verona. Read more ›
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Billionaire Warren Buffett announced he is stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO on Saturday during the company's annual shareholder meeting. Read more ›
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth signed a memo last Friday ordering the services to review their equal opportunity policies, leaving some women worried. Read more ›
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Apple's rumored iPhone 17 Air model will have "worse" battery life compared to previous iPhone models, according to The Information. Based on Apple's internal testing, the report said the percentage of users who will be able to use the iPhone 17 Air for a full day without recharging the device will be between 60% and 70%. For other models, that metric is between 80% and 90%, according to the report.... Read more ›
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Fortnite has launched a brand new Star Wars season in Chapter 6 called Galactic Battle and here's everything that's been added in the update. Read more ›
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When it comes to resizing and moving app windows, macOS still has a long way to go. Swift Shift offers a buttery-smooth respite to those woes for free. Read more ›
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Apple's two-generations-away iPhone 18 Pro models will likely feature under-screen Face ID, according to The Information. The paywalled report today cited a source who said the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will have only a small hole in top-left corner of the screen, to accommodate the front-facing camera, with all Face ID hardware moved under the screen. With under-screen Face ID, the report said the iPhone 18... Read more ›
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I loved going to Disney World when I was a kid. I gifted my kids tickets to Disneyland and they were so thrilled. It was my favorite vacation. Read more ›
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In the late 2000s, Facebook was a booming desktop web platform with a growing selection of third-party games and apps, including the viral sensation FarmVille. However, once the iPhone and other mobile devices became more popular, this started to change. In particular, Apple's closed-off App Store rules impacted the social network. In a recent interview with Stratechery's Ben Thompson, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly reflected on how the App Store's... Read more ›
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A subset of Apple's software engineers started internal development of iOS 19.4 last month, according to the MacRumors visitor logs. iOS 19.4 is expected to be released in March or April next year, so the software update is still nearly a year away. However, Apple develops both "Fall" and "Spring" versions of iOS each year, with our website's analytics logs indicating that both iOS 19.0 and iOS 19.4 are in... Read more ›
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Apple will likely manufacture its 20th anniversary iPhone models in China, despite broader efforts to shift production to India, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In 2027, Apple is planning a "major shake-up" for the iPhone lineup to mark two decades since the original model launched. Gurman's previous reporting indicates the company will introduce a foldable iPhone alongside a "bold" new iPhone Pro model that makes greater use of glass in... Read more ›
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Spotify today submitted an app update to Apple that will include information on Spotify plan costs and options to subscribe through weblinks without using the in-app purchase system. Spotify will not need to pay a fee to Apple when customers subscribe to the service using alternate payment methods in the Spotify app. In a blog post announcing the changes, Spotify said that yesterday's ruling "delivers the benefits that all consumers... Read more ›
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Apple may have canceled the super scratch resistant anti-reflective display coating that it planned to use for the iPhone 17 Pro models, according to a source with reliable information that spoke to MacRumors. Last spring, Weibo leaker Instant Digital suggested Apple was working on a new anti-reflective display layer that was more scratch resistant than the Ceramic Shield. We haven't heard anything else about an upgraded display coating since then,... Read more ›
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During today's earnings call covering the second fiscal quarter of 2025, Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged the Apple Intelligence Siri features that have been delayed. Cook said that Apple needs more time to ensure Siri meets its quality bar, but progress is being made. With regard to the more personal Siri features we announced, we need more time to complete our work on these features, so they meet our high... Read more ›
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai today said that he hopes to reach a deal with Apple regarding built-in Gemini integration on iPhones by the middle of this year, according to Bloomberg. The report said that Pichai shared this remark in court today, during the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing antitrust trial against Google. Pichai confirmed that he held a series of discussions with Apple CEO Tim Cook about Google Gemini integration... Read more ›
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Apple's is continually working with suppliers on successive iPhone models simultaneously, which is why we often get rumored features so far ahead of launch. The iPhone 18 series is no different, and we already have a picture forming of what to expect from Apple's 2026 smartphone lineup. If you're skipping this year's upcoming iPhone 17 series, or just plain curious about Apple's plans further out, here are the rumored features... Read more ›
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On April 28, 2003, Apple introduced the iTunes Store, its iconic digital marketplace for downloading music. 22 years later, most of us don't purchase songs and albums individually anymore, and the iTunes Store doesn't exist as it once did, but played a major role in Apple history. Early Years When it launched, the iTunes Store was only for the Mac, but it expanded to Windows PCs before the end of... Read more ›
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On iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, the Voice Memos app includes a recording feature that lets you record a second audio layer – like vocals, narration, or an extra instrument – over an existing memo, all without needing headphones. Keep reading to learn how it's done. Thanks to the A18 Pro chip's advanced audio processing, iPhone 16 Pro models can play an original Voice Memo recording through... Read more ›
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