As WWDC 2022 nears, Apple has begun notifying the winners of its latest Swift Student Challenge, and has updated its coronavirus protections for attendees.
At least one model of iPhone 14 is reportedly weeks behind schedule because of the COVID lockdowns in China, and Apple is working with suppliers to get back on schedule.
Apple is reinstating its mask mandate for retail employees at about 100 brick-and-mortar locations throughout the U.S. in response to a national rise in cases.
Blaming a rise in coronavirus cases, Apple has told staff they will have to work from offices two days per week, instead of three.
Production of laptop computers in China, including the MacBook Pro, is considerably slower now that it was a few months ago — and not expected to be fully restored before July 2022.
Apple moving orders from lockdown-hit factories and suppliers has led iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to report its highest Q1 net income since 2014.
Workers at the Quanta factory in Shanghai have clashed with authorities over China's strict coronavirus measures, with hundreds of employees surging over barriers and shoving past security guards.
Apple employees are not happy with the iPhone maker's return-to-office policy, with a survey claiming half of workers are looking to leave the company over the issue.
A pair of Foxconn factories in Kunshan, China, have halted operations following a COVID-19 scare, but the Apple assembly partner insists production output won't be affected.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple's previous desire to reduce its reliance on China has become "an action plan" since the country's recent lockdowns.
A coronavirus quarantine imposed in Zhengzhou, China, has not affected Foxconn's facilities, the largest single iPhone production line in the world.
Officials in Zhengzhou, China have implemented lockdowns near Foxconn's primary iPhone manufacturing facilities, a move that may affect supply of Apple devices.
Apple may be able to shift iPhone and MacBook production to circumvent China's coronavirus precautions in the short term, but it can't compensate well if the country goes for a two-month lockdown.
Supply issues caused by Covid-19 lockdowns in key Chinese manufacturing cities are unlikely to significantly affect Apple, according to Piper Sandler.
Strict Covid-19 lockdowns in China are affecting more operations in Apple's supply chain, including key manufacturers of iPhone, iPad, and MacBook models.
Apple corporate employees are starting to return to in-office work on a hybrid schedule as of Monday, including workers at the company's Apple Park headquarters.
China's latest COVID lockdown has seen Pegatron halt iPhone operations at its Shanghai and Kunshan plants, but Foxconn is unaffected, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
A new Covid-19 outbreak in the Chinese city of Kunshan has resulted in fresh lockdowns and testing mandates, potentially snarling Apple's iPhone and iPad production.
As Shenzhen authorities lift the coronavirus lockdown, Foxconn reports that it is back to normal operations for its iPhone manufacturing plants in the region.
Production is beginning resume in Foxconn's iPhone assembly plant in Shenzhen, although the city continues to be under coronavirus lockdown.
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