US backs EU's call for a global digital tax deal
The French government warns that failure to reach a single, international digital tax system would make business hard for firms including Apple — and the US Treasury agrees.
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William Gallagher
Apple, Google, Facebook lobby EU over AI regulation plans
Senior Artificial Intelligence executives from technology firms, including Apple, are in Brussels to make their case as the European Union aims to set regulations on artificial intelligence that could drastically affect machine learning globally.
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Apple's ARKit release left Google flat-footed
While Apple and Facebook push forward with augmented reality and virtual reality hardware, Google, burned by Google Glass and a late start to a smartphone AR framework, lags behind.
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Amber Neely
Coronavirus to hit Android's hopes for 5G, folding screens the hardest
As Apple deals with interruption of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, its Android competitors face all the same issues; except that they make far less money and operate on much thinner margins across fragile shipment volumes.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
FTC demanding info from Apple & other big tech companies about past acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is launching a probe into past acquisitions made by Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Google, and Facebook, going back to 2010.
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Google reabsorbing Jigsaw spin-off as it continues to undo Alphabet
Search giant Google is continuing to absorb what it once split from itself to form Alphabet, and has taken back a branch designed to combat online misinformation called Jigsaw.
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More email apps caught 'processing' and selling user data [u]
Apps such as Edison Mail are gathering data under the guise of providing personalized features, but then turn around and sell this information to big business.
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Google Maps turns 15, rolls out new app features
Google Maps turns 15 today, and in honor of the service's birthday, Google is revamping its Google Maps app for both iOS and Android.
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Google Photos has shared some users' private videos with strangers
Google has sent notices to some of its Google Photos users, telling them that that some of the videos stored in the service may have been exported to random users' archives.
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Wesley Hilliard
Malcolm Owen
AppleInsider Staff
Victor Marks
Mike Wuerthele
