U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Monday introduced a proposal that would ban companies with a market value of more than $100 billion from conducting mergers and acquisitions.
The court dealing with the May 3 Apple and Epic trial over App Store rules has used a motion denial to remind the two sides that the trial is meant for measured consideration of evidence, not surprises. In the filing published on Monday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denies a motion by Apple to prevent Epic from allowing certain third-party witnesses from taking part in the Apple-Epic trial. Apple motioned to the court to exclude three third-party witnesses for Epic, namely Vivek Sharma of Facebook, Microsoft s Lori Wright, and Benjamin Simon of Yoga Buddhi. Apple reckoned that Epic violated rules for failing to disclose the witnesses as individuals, as it had instead listed their employers.
An LG and Magna partnership is claimed to be "very near to signing contracts" to produce an "Apple Car," although similar leaks allegedly scuttled previous deals between Apple and other car companies.
An image from a Twitter leaker with no previous track record, appears to show that Apple is to release at least four new iPhone 12 cases, in different colors. Last year, Apple released a series of cases in spring colors for the iPhone 11 range in mid-March. Now it s rumored that it is about to do the same for the current iPhone 12 range, according to an image leaked on Twitter. The leaker, called Tommy Boi and claiming to be from Seoul in the Republic of Korea, has no previous track record in reporting Apple leaks. However, the colors are mostly the same as a recent leak of MagSafe case ones.
The data of approximately 1.3 million Clubhouse users have been posted to a hacker forum, but the iOS app's developers claim the platform wasn't hacked, and that the data was publicly available information.
All Apple Stores in the UK are now open following the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England and Wales. As all Apple Stores in France remain closed over COVID lockdown restrictions, the UK s 38 stores are now open. It follows the easing of restrictions put in place in England and Wales, which began in January 2021. We re currently open for shopping by reserving a one-to-one session with a Specialist, pickup of online orders, and Genius Support by making an appointment, says a notice on the websites of the newly reopened UK Apple Stores. We are open with health and safety measures and look forward to welcoming you.
Apple says that the App Store now supports more than 243,000 jobs in Canada, an increase of 18% year-over-year, adding that the marketplace has become a resilient source of opportunity. The Cupertino tech giant on Monday highlighted the App Store as an engine of economic growth in Canada, particularly during the global health crisis. Apple says that developers have generated more than $2 billion CAD in total earnings, growing 20% year-over-year in 2020. The App Store has become a powerful engine of economic growth in Canada and around the world since it launched in 2008, Apple says. As entrepreneurs moved their businesses online and established developers built on their successes, users discovered new apps to help them adapt to an increasingly virtual world.
Apple TV+ movie Emancipation will no longer be filmed in Georgia as producer and star Will Smith plus director Antoine Fuqua protest against the state s new and more restrictive voting law. Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously spoken out against Georgia s new law limiting access to voting, and now an Apple TV+ production is withdrawing from the state. Emancipation, which Apple reportedly bought for $100 million, is now looking for an alternative state to film in. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is the first major production to leave the state because of this new law. At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice, star/producer Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua said in a joint statement.