Apple briefly became the US’s first $900bn company on the day its stores around the world were inundated with customers trying to get their hands on the new iPhone X. Demand for the handset, which boasts a facial recognition
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Apple is fixing supply problems with the iPhone X, its most important device in years, setting the company up for a better-than-expected holiday period. Supported by resurgent iPad and Mac sales, the 10-year anniversary iPhone will
US President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account went down abruptly for about 11 minutes on Thursday evening, a brief deactivation the social media company blamed on an employee who was heading out the door. Attempts to
The speculation around bitcoin is the “very definition of a bubble”, Credit Suisse Group CEO Tidjane Thiam said as the currency exceeded US$7 000 for the first time. “From what we can identify, the only reason today to buy or sell bitcoin
Qualcomm issued a surprisingly bullish forecast for the current quarter, showing that robust demand for the company’s chips in China…
Netflix has suspended production of House of Cards following a sexual harassment allegation against star Kevin Spacey, putting the future of the company’s defining show in jeopardy. Production of the sixth and final
Jan du Plessis is moving from one tough job to another, as the departing chairman of Rio Tinto Group takes up the same post at troubled telecommunications carrier BT Group on Wednesday. At the world’s
Tokyo-based electronics maker Sony, which has staged a turnaround following a string of losses about a decade ago, increased its annual operating profit outlook to a record ¥630bn ($5.6bn) from ¥500bn for the current fiscal year to
Apple is designing iPhones and iPads for 2018 that don’t use components from Qualcomm amid an escalating dispute between the companies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The product plans are in the early stages and
Another day. Another record for bitcoin. The most widely used digital currency will now cost you about $6 125 apiece after blowing past the $5 000 and $6 000 price levels for the first time earlier this month. Bitcoin’s total value is