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Stocks declined, while Treasury yields climbed after a stronger-than-estimated reading on the US services industry bolstered speculation the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer.

The European Union is targeting six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies

All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most ...

G20 Summit. The event on September 9-10 will be preceded by a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Andreas Schuller, known by his producer name Axident, has just started the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that give their owners a percentage of future streaming royalties to Justin Bieber’s song 'Company'. 

The Wall Street Journal. The move has been initiated in sensitive departments to government-backed agencies and state companies, instructing staff not to bring their iPhones to work. Apart from this, Beijing intends to extend that restriction far more broadly to a plethora of state-owned enterprises and other government-controlled organizations.

Apple is reportedly spending millions of dollars on research and development daily in order to boost the conversational features of Siri. Reportedly, Apple is working on multiple AI models across various teams. According to a report by The Information, Apple's unit that is working on Conversational AI is called Foundation models while the company has created two other teams that are working on developing image or language models.

Apple aims for a true black color rather than dark grey or blue. While not guaranteed to become products, it showcases Apple's creative exploration of design possibilities, suggested the report. The California based tech giant has recently received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a technology called "Anodised part having a matte black appearance," as initially reported by PatentlyApple.

duties on about half a dozen US products, including chickpeas, lentils and apples, which were imposed in 2019 in response to America's decision to increase tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products. India had imposed these duties on 28 US products in 2019 in retaliation to the US' move. The finance ministry through a notification dated September 5 informed about removal of duties on the products, including chickpeas, lentils (masur), apples, walnut in shell and almonds fresh or dried, as well as almond shelled. The move comes ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to India to attend the G20 Summit on September 9-10, which would be preceded by a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. During the prime minister's state visit to the US in June, both countries decided to terminate six WTO (World Trade Organization) disputes and also remove the retaliatory tariffs on certain US products. As part of the agreement, India will be removing additional duty on chickpeas (10 per cent), lentils (20 per cent), almonds fresh or dried (Rs 7 per kg), almonds shelled (Rs 20 per kg), walnuts (20 per cent), and apples fresh (20 per cent). In July, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha had said the government has decided to remove retaliatory customs duties on import of almonds (fresh or dried, in shell), walnuts, chickpeas, lentils, apples, medical diagnostic reagents, and boric acid. The removal of retaliatory tariffs or cuts in import duty with the US did not result in a loss to India, she had said. The US is the largest trading partner of India.

China plans to expand a ban on the use of iPhones in sensitive departments to government-backed agencies and state companies, a sign of growing challenges for Apple Inc. in its biggest foreign market and global production base. Several agencies have begun instructing staff not to bring their iPhones to work, people familiar with the matter said, affirming a previous report from the Wall Street Journal.

Apple is reportedly planning to switch to the USB-C port with the introduction of the new iPhone 15 lineup this year. A new survey done by smartphone trade-in platform SellCell has revealed that the introduction of the USB-C charging port on iPhone 15 could be a major catalyst for existing Apple users to upgrade to the new smartphone.

₹90,000 crore last year. Manufacturing behemoths like Samsung and Apple have not only transferred significant production lines to India but are also producing multiple models in the country, destined for global markets. But, while global manufacturers have shown a willingness to make in India, Indian manufacturers have not been as quick to explore global markets.

On Tuesday, amid mounting pressure, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce announced he was stepping down, handing over the reins to Vanessa Hudson two months earlier than expected.

By Caroline Valetkevitch

Investing.com — The Dow closed lower Wednesday as fresh inflation jitters renewed concerns about higher for longer interest rates, while a plunge in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) also dented sentiment on stocks. 

digital achievements, such as with Aadhaar, DigiLocker and Unified Payments Interface (UPI), senior officials said. The digital public infrastructure (DPI), which also includes platforms such as Bhashini, Open Network for Digital Commerce and e-Sanjeevani, developed under the aegis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, will also be demonstrated live to the attending delegates, a senior official from the IT ministry said. More than 1,000 delegates are scheduled to attend the two-day G20 meetings. They can use the money credited to the wallets to buy goods from the stalls at the venue of the summit, another IT ministry official said. «This will be a nominal sum to showcase the ease with which digital payments can be done in India.

Apple is testing the limits of how much people will pay for premium iPhones as it tries to drive revenue despite slowing global demand for smartphones. The tech company is expected by analysts to raise prices by as much as $100 for some updated models of its flagship device when it unveils the iPhone 15 at an annual promotional event set for Tuesday. Those new iPhone Pro models are expected to include titanium casing, improved processors and photography features.

Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant's alleged monopolistic control of app distribution for the software that runs most of the world's cellphones. The agreement, cited in a court filing late Tuesday by both sides, is subject to approval by the state attorneys general and the board of directors of Google's parent company, the execution of an agreement and court approval.

By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter

Jason Furman argues “The Fed Should Carefully Aim for a Higher Inflation Target" (op-ed, Aug. 21). Why does the Federal Reserve mark 2% as the inflation line in the first place? Boosting it to 2.5% or 3% doesn’t appear to be such a serious departure.