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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2020
Apple finds no evidence hackers exploited Mail flaw on iPhones and iPads
The technology giant is countering assertions by cybersecurity company ZecOps Inc. that hackers may have been able to infiltrate iPhones and other iOS devices for more than a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2020
Apple plans to ditch Intel and make its own chips for some Macs
By next year, Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers that contain main processors it has made itself, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 23, 2020
Apple iPhones and iPads vulnerable to hackers by flaws in mail app
Apple Inc. plans to release a patch after the cybersecurity company ZecOps Inc. found vulnerabilities that may have allowed hackers to exploit iPhones, devices used by hundreds of millions of people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2020
Apple and Google’s huge coronavirus partnership
The tech giants are using smart engineering to use their power as a force for good without compromising privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2020
Apple tells staff U.S. stores will remain closed until early May due to pandemic
Apple Inc. on Thursday told employees that its retail stores in the U.S. will remain closed and that work-from-home procedures will stay in place until early May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2020
Apple's Tim Cook expands U.S. remote working offer to many global employees
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook is offering employees at most of its global offices the ability to work from home, calling the coronavirus outbreak an "unprecedented event" and a "challenging moment."
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 26, 2020
J&J and iPhone maker team to study if app for Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation early
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would partner with Apple Inc. on a study to use an iPhone app and the Apple Watch to study how earlier detection of atrial fibrillation impacts stroke in people aged 65 or older.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2020
Comcast's Peacock streaming service to offer free and $5- or $10-a-month options
Comcast Corp.-owned NBCUniversal's new Peacock service, its belated entry into the streaming video wars, will offer free and $5-per-month options with advertising, the company announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2020
Tesla once again most shorted American stock
Tesla Inc. bears won't let anyone steal the title for the most-shorted stock. Not even Apple Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2020
Amazon to ramp up counterfeit reporting to law enforcement
Amazon.com Inc is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement in a further crackdown on fakes listed on its e-commerce sites, a person familiar with the program told Reuters.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 21, 2019
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai awarded $242 million pay package
Sundar Pichai is getting a hefty pay raise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2019
Apple, Google and Amazon seek standard for smart devices
Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Amazon.com Inc. — three of the biggest providers of smart-home and voice-assistant technology — are joining forces to make internet-connected homes easier to set up and safer to use.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2019
Cobalt fallout: Tesla and Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo
Five of the world's largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2019
Japanese panel wants to establish team to fight fake news, with help from U.S. tech giants
A government panel has drafted a proposal to create a public-private team to fight fake online news that U.S. tech giants would be asked to join.
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2019
Apple shows annexed Crimea as part of Russia — for Russian users
Apple has started displaying Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, as Russian territory in its Maps and Weather apps — but only for users within Russia.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2019
Under pressure, Apple shows annexed Crimea as Russia on apps
AFP-Jiji
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2019
Trump to tour Apple's Austin manufacturing plant Wednesday
President Donald Trump is scheduled to tour an Apple Inc. manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, the White House said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2019
Apple under fire for new credit card's apparent unequal treatment of women
Apple Inc. pitches its new card as a model of simplicity and transparency, upending everything consumers think about credit cards.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2019
Netflix bets on Japanese anime to battle Disney and Apple in streaming wars
As Netflix Inc. prepares for a bruising battle against the Walt Disney Co. and Apple Inc. for streaming subscribers, it's playing a card that may deliver enough of an edge to fend them off in Asia: Japanese anime.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2019
Manipulation of search results may violate antitrust law, says Japan's FTC
The Fair Trade Commission said in a survey report Thursday that the practice of online shopping site operators prioritizing products made by themselves or their affiliates in users' search results could be in violation of the anti-monopoly law.

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