Warning for Android users over malware threat that can control phone, access bank details

Warning for Android users over malware threat that can control phone, access bank details

Android users are being warned of a new type of malware connected to the Chrome internet browsing app, which has the potential to take control of users’ phones and potentially access banking information. The new malware, named Brokewell, reportedly disguises itself as an update for Chrome. Once downloaded, it can allow cybercriminals to access sensitive … Read more

Apple is Buffett’s biggest stock but moat thesis faces questions

Apple is Buffett’s biggest stock but moat thesis faces questions

Tim Cook and Warren Buffett Getty Images (L) | CNBC (R) Berkshire Hathaway‘s Warren Buffett was still using a flip phone as late as 2020, four years after his investment behemoth started amassing a huge stake in the company that makes iPhones. “I don’t understand the phone at all, but I do understand consumer behavior,” … Read more

Apple stock on pace for best day since 2022 after earnings beat

Apple stock on pace for best day since 2022 after earnings beat

Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook attends the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24, 2024.  Pedro Pardo | AFP  | Getty Images Apple shares popped more than 6% on Friday morning after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and the largest-ever stock buyback program. If the gains hold until the market closes, it … Read more

Apple’s falling iPhone sales not a problem as margins, buybacks grow

Apple’s falling iPhone sales not a problem as margins, buybacks grow

A 10% decline in iPhone sales sounds like a problem for Apple, considering the company counts on the devices for half its revenue. But investors didn’t seem to mind on Thursday, when Apple revealed the year-over-year drop in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report. The stock rose more than 6% after the market close, a rally … Read more

Apple (AAPL) earnings report Q2 2024

Apple (AAPL) earnings report Q2 2024

Apple reports earnings for the second fiscal quarter on Thursday after the markets close. The company has set investor expectations low and could surpass them even if sales growth is weak. In February, Apple said it expected sales similar to last year’s $94.84 billion during the same period and flat iPhone sales. Here’s what analysts … Read more

Anthropic iPhone AI app, business plan to compete with OpenAI announced

Anthropic iPhone AI app, business plan to compete with OpenAI announced

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Anthropic on Wednesday announced its first-ever enterprise offering and a free iPhone app. The generative artificial intelligence startup is the company behind Claude, one of the chatbots that, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google‘s Gemini, has exploded in popularity in the past year. Anthropic, founded by ex-OpenAI research executives, … Read more

Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks. Its Competitors Have Ideas to Improve It

Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks. Its Competitors Have Ideas to Improve It

A few representatives from smaller browser companies also expressed that they wanted more information included with Apple’s choice process, like definitions of what a browser is for less tech-savvy users and descriptions of the different browsers’ specialties. “Giving people information about the choice, and also information about what they’re choosing is really, really important,” says … Read more

Intel dominated U.S. chip industry. Now struggling to stay relevant

Intel dominated U.S. chip industry. Now struggling to stay relevant

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while showing silicon wafers during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Seth Wenig | AP Intel’s long-awaited turnaround looks farther away than ever after the company reported dismal first-quarter earnings. Investors pushed the stock down 10% on Friday to their lowest level of the … Read more

Apple iPhone sales drop 19% in China as Huawei demand soars: Counterpoint

Apple iPhone sales drop 19% in China as Huawei demand soars: Counterpoint

TOPSHOT – The Apple iPhone 15 series is displayed for sale at The Grove Apple retail store on release day in Los Angeles, California, on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Apple’s iPhone sales dropped … Read more

Why Apple is betting big on India

Why Apple is betting big on India

“There are a lot of people coming into the middle class, and I really feel that India is at a tipping point, and it’s great to be there,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in May last year. His comments underscore one reason Apple has recently made an aggressive play to expand operations in India: the … Read more