This Month
In Pictures: Tech titans gather for day three of Sun Valley billionaire camp
Jeff Bezos, Cliff Obrecht and Bill Gates are among the rich and powerful gathering for the third day at Allen & Company’s annual Sun Valley Conference in Idaho.
May
Is Trump’s ‘Made in America’ iPhone a fantasy?
The need for ‘small hands’ is just one of the several reasons supply chain experts say shifting iPhone production to the US would be unfeasible.
OpenAI taking on Apple is the beginning of the end of the iPhone
Sam Altman’s acquisition of a storied design firm positions him as a contender to the legacy of Steve Jobs: not just reshaping software, but also reimagining devices.
Trump has a ‘little problem with Tim Cook’
The US president said he spoke to the Apple boss about moving the assembly of devices to the US, rather than accelerating a shift from China to India.
Inside corporate America’s fight against Trump’s tariffs
The threat of a damaging trade war sparked a lobbying campaign by the world’s most powerful business leaders including Tim Cook and Jamie Dimon.
Cook, Dimon praise inspirational teacher Buffett
Luminaries from the technology and banking worlds rushed to praise the man whose lessons they partially credit for their success.
Warren Buffett caps a career built on humility
Operating in an era replete with purported Wall Street soothsayers, the 94-year-old Buffett always rejected the idea that anyone – even him – could predict the future.
Apple and Amazon have no idea what’s coming
Big tech earnings are holding up well for now, but it’s clear Amazon, Apple and other tech giants have little idea of how a protracted trade war might hurt them.
April
Apple to source all US iPhones from India as China trade war bites
The tech giant is planning to shift its assembly from China as soon as next year in response to Donald Trump’s tariff increases.
March
China prepared for ‘shock’ of trade war, says premier Li
Countries should open up markets in the face of growing economic fragmentation, he told a gathering of global business leaders.
Apple just pulled an iPhone ad. The move shows it’s now in crisis
An AI update to bring Siri into the agentic era has been delayed, placing the tech giant in a bind as it races to make other big changes to its devices.
Palantir’s Alex Karp vaults to top of best-paid US tech executives
The data intelligence group’s chief cashed in on surging shares to make $3 billion, behind only Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.
February
Apple’s dictation system transcribes the word ‘racist’ as ‘Trump’
The message blip provoked controversy after appearing in a viral TikTok post, raising questions about Apple’s artificial intelligence capabilities.
January
Trump’s first day shows the ‘triumph of toxic tech capitalism’
For all their previously progressive leanings, the tech sector billionaires know that Donald Trump is the most lucrative ally they could have wished for.
5 of world’s richest people line up for Trump ‘power’
The ceremony in the US Capitol underscored the president’s deepening ties to titans of industry and the shifting stances of those who previously scorned him.
November 2024
The top five billionaire tech bros who are on the Trump train
From fawning phone calls to huge donations, here’s how the historically progressive bosses of Tesla, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI are preparing.
August 2024
Why this earnings season is the end of an era for Apple
The AI era is upon Apple, and all of its tech peers, and the stories it tells its investors and customers about its products are about to change forever.
AI hype just collided with recession fears
Investors were already worried about how artificial intelligence investment will turn into profits. That’s being compounded by fears of a broader economic slowdown.
You can get iPhones much cheaper in China, but they still sell better here
As the tech industry obsesses about new AI features, sales of iPhones are still the core of Apple’s earnings reports.
June 2024
Twiggy’s hot air always seems to pass muster
The wind farm Apple walked away from now has environmental approval, having promised to destroy a little less of a koala habitat.