OpenAI says it has seen no evidence supporting Apple’s trade secret theft claims

OpenAI has issued a new statement in reaction to Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of trade secret theft. Here are the details. OpenAI ‘not aware’ of evidence supporting Apple’s claims Last Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company and several former Apple employees of stealing confidential hardware information to advance OpenAI’s consumer-device ambitions. Shortly after Apple filed its lawsuit, OpenAI’s Director of Strategic Communications, Drew [...]

Apple says Epic’s arguments against pausing the case are ‘wrong’

Apple has responded to Epic’s opposition to its request to pause lower-court proceedings over App Store commissions while the Supreme Court reviews part of the case. Here’s what that means. Apple argues Epic’s reasoning is wrong Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to review whether Apple was properly held in civil contempt for charging a commission on purchases completed outside the U.S. App Store. This specific dispute stems [...]

Safety regulator says Apple needs to do more to combat sextortion

An online safety regulator has said that tech giants need to do more to combat sextortion (sexual extortion), naming Apple, Meta and Google among the companies who need to do better. Victims of sexual blackmail tend to be younger, including children below the age of 16 … A typical sextortion attack involves impersonating someone of the same age as the victim, engaging in online flirtation. The attacker at [...]

OpenAI could force Apple into an awkward fight with Jony Ive

While Apple did its best to insulate Jony Ive in its lawsuit against OpenAI, the company may not be able to keep its former design chief out of the fight. Here’s why. OpenAI has a chance to make things very awkward for Apple In its lawsuit accusing OpenAI of trade secret theft, Apple went out of its way not to mention Jony Ive, whose company, io Products, partnered [...]

Apple lawsuit reveals how many of its former employees now work at OpenAI

Apple filed a blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the company of trade secret theft. There are a lot of interesting tidbits throughout the initial filing, but one stat in particular stood out to me: the number of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI. More than 400 Apple employees now work at OpenAI According to Apple’s filing, more than 400 former Apple employees now work at [...]

Report: Apple hits record 20% global smartphone shipment share as market plunges

According to a new Counterpoint Research report, Apple grew iPhone shipments by 3% year over year and captured a record 20% share of global smartphone shipments despite an industry-wide downturn. Here are the details. Lowest second-quarter levels since 2013 Counterpoint Research says that during the second quarter of 2026, Samsung led the global smartphone market with a 24% shipment share, followed by Apple at 20% (a record for [...]

OpenAI hardware timeline reportedly unchanged after Apple trade secret theft lawsuit

Despite facing its second trade secret theft lawsuit in a little more than a year over its hardware ambitions, OpenAI still plans to unveil its first product this year and release it in 2027, Bloomberg reports. Here are the details. First product announcement still planned for 2026 Last Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company and several former Apple employees of stealing confidential hardware information [...]

AAPL stock rallies 15% as investors favor AI caution and welcome price increases

Apple stock slid significantly downwards in the wake of the WWDC keynote, with some attributing that to disappointment in the company’s AI announcements. While we disagreed with that analysis, investors do now seem to be welcoming the company’s caution when it comes to AI spending, with the stock rallying 15% since that June low … The company’s shares slid 4% the day after the keynote, but there were [...]

Should Apple get out of the ad business altogether? [Poll]

An open letter written by Tim Cook back in 2014 contrasted Apple with ad-funded services where customers are the product. That letter has been removed from the company’s website ahead of ads coming to Apple Maps for the first time. Apple commenter John Gruber has suggested that incoming CEO John Ternus should pull the plug on this and the rest of the company’s ad business … Gruber quotes [...]

Gurman: Apple’s ‘Back to School’ deal for U.S. students likely launching later this week

Every year, Apple has a ‘Back to School’ promo for students – offering some kind of special incentive if they buy a Mac or iPad during the promotional window. Typically, this has come in the form of free accessories (like AirPods), or a $100-150 Apple gift card. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the offer should be returning later this week. Usually, this deal would’ve kicked off by now [...]