• Apple’s new, lower-priced iPhone SE is a hit in China

    Apple’s new, lower-priced iPhone SE is a hit in China

    The recent release of Apple’s new budget iPhone has helped prop up the tech giant’s faltering business in China, new data shows. The Cupertino, California-based company sold 3.9 million iPhones in China last month, a 160-percent increase from March when the country was locked down by the coronavirus, according to data obtained by CNBC from …
  • Americans use their stimulus checks to splurge at Walmart, Target and Best Buy

    Americans use their stimulus checks to splurge at Walmart, Target and Best Buy

    While many Americans have used their stimulus checks to cover basic needs such as groceries and paying off their mortgage or rent, there’s evidence people are also spending the money on non-essentials including electronics, clothes and toys, according to major retailers. “Call it relief spending, as it was heavily influenced by stimulus dollars, leading to …
  • Rob McElhenney shot episode of his Apple+ series ‘Mythic Quest’ on iPhones

    Rob McElhenney shot episode of his Apple+ series ‘Mythic Quest’ on iPhones

    Rob McElhenney wasn’t going to let a global pandemic stop him from making his Apple+ workplace comedy series “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet.” The show, which follows a zany team of engineers and creatives at a video game studio, has a special episode premiering Friday called “Mythic Quest: Quarantine.” “The motivation was simple — ‘How do …
  • Lisa Rinna has one major ‘RHOBH’ regret

    Lisa Rinna has one major ‘RHOBH’ regret

    Lisa Rinna is owning all of her iconic “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” moments, except for one. During a a rapid-fire game of “Do! You! Regret It!?” on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” on Wednesday, the 56-year-old actress admitted she regrets confronting Yolanda Hadid about Munchausen Syndrome. During the sixth season of the …
  • Apple, Google debut COVID-19 smartphone technology

    Apple, Google debut COVID-19 smartphone technology

    Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. The companies said 22 countries and several US states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their software. It relies on Bluetooth wireless technology to detect when someone who downloaded the …
  • Apple may soon stop shipping iPhones with free earbuds

    Apple may soon stop shipping iPhones with free earbuds

    Apple’s next iPhone may no longer come with a pair of the company’s iconic, white-wired earphones, according to a top tech analyst. The Cupertino, California, tech giant will not include a complimentary pair of earbuds in the iPhone 12’s packaging in order to increase demand for its already mega-popular AirPods wireless headphones, according to TFI …
  • Tom Hanks movie ‘Greyhound’ jumps to AppleTV+

    Tom Hanks movie ‘Greyhound’ jumps to AppleTV+

    The coronavirus pandemic has scuttled another major movie release — and proved a boon for AppleTV+. “Greyhound,” a World War II drama written by and starring Tom Hanks, will now premiere in 100 countries on the six-month-old streaming service and skip a traditional wide release, Deadline reports. Apple has not announced a new release date. …
  • Matthew Perry joins dating app after Molly Hurwitz breakup

    Matthew Perry joins dating app after Molly Hurwitz breakup

    Could dating be anymore difficult right now? Matthew Perry has rejoined dating app Raya after splitting from Molly Hurwitz, Us Weekly reported. The former “Friends” star, 50, is “messaging girls and getting back into online dating again,” a source told the magazine. Perry originally deleted his account after getting together with Hurwitz, who works as …
  • Apple reopening 25 more US stores, will soon top 100 worldwide

    Apple reopening 25 more US stores, will soon top 100 worldwide

    Apple Inc will this week reopen more than 25 of its branded stores in the United States, the company said on Sunday, continuing a gradual process that has unlocked doors at nearly a fifth of its worldwide retail outlets. The iPhone maker in March shut all its stores outside of Greater China in response to …
  • China Threatens to Place Apple, Boeing, and Other U.S. Firms on ‘Unreliable Entities’ List

    China Threatens to Place Apple, Boeing, and Other U.S. Firms on ‘Unreliable Entities’ List

    China is preparing to place U.S. companies including Apple and Boeing on an “unreliable entities list” in response to newly announced sanctions on tech giant Huawei. “China will take forceful countermeasures to protect its own legitimate rights,” a source told China’s government-owned Global Times. The country could cease purchasing planes made by Boeing, and impose restrictions …