Intel promises it has a faster chip than the M1, but Apple seems to be earning a little cash anyway, and Spotify is still raking it in despite artists' protests.
Apple's famous need for secrecy within its supply chain has led to many of its suppliers refusing to refer to the iPhone maker by name, with it only referred to by various nicknames to avoid contract breaches and financial penalties.
Apple is rumored to be working with several car manufacturers to build the Apple Car, but eventually, it will need to turn to China if it is to succeed in that market, reports suggest.
Apple iPhone assembly partner Foxconn is working with Vedanta to produce semiconductors, a move that could help ease the global chip shortage by boosting production in India.
The parent company of iPhone assembler Foxconn says that shortages of certain components are reducing, and "overall supply constraints" will ease by Q3 2022.
Foxconn's iPhone plant in Zhengzhou is recruiting for experienced production line workers, and offering a signing bonus of $1,470.
Foxconn's main iPhone manufacturing plants in Zhengzhou are reportedly maintaining production speeds with the help of frequent staff and populace testing, and strict restrictions on travel.
Manufacturing has resumed at Foxconn's Sriperumbudur, southern India iPhone plant, with a fraction of the staff working that it had when it shut down.
Foxconn says it has implemented "corrective actions" following worker protests over living conditions, and Apple's placing the Sriperumbudur iPhone plant on probation.
You've been around Apple for a long time, so you know to expect bugs, but probably not worms. It's fair to say that Apple's December 2021 contained some ups and downs.
A new report details how Apple has increased its reliance on Chinese supply chain partners, including Luxshare, which is reportedly poised to unseat Foxconn as Apple's primary supplier.
As Apple puts Foxconn's southern India iPhone plant on "probation," workers have revealed more details of unsanitary conditions, and meals that had worms crawling through them.
Following the enforced closure of a Foxconn iPhone plant in India over poor working conditions, Apple has told the company it is "on probation."
A cluster of food poisoning incidents and a protest shut down an Apple iPhone factory in India, and the reopening has been postponed yet again because of poor worker living conditions.
Apple supplier Luxshare Precision is building a "mega-plant" in China to boost its iPhone assembly capabilities and challenge Taiwanese rivals like Foxconn and Pegatron.
Apple is trialling an expansion to the range of iPhones it manufactures in India, with the company starting a program of producing the iPhone 13 at Foxconn's Chennai plant.
Food poisoning of employees at an iPhone manufacturing facility in India prompted protests at the Foxconn factory, resulting in the detention of nearly 70 women and 22 men.
Apple continues to fall short of production goals rolling into the holiday season, citing supply chain restrictions and power regulations in China — but problems likely began well before the pandemic.
Major Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn has cautioned that the global chip shortage is likely to continue for longer than previously expected.
Foxconn has inked a deal to acquire an electric vehicle manufacturing factory in North America as part of a broader collaboration with U.S. EV startup Lordstown Motors.
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