Apple Studies New Ways to Raise App Store Revenue
Last week, Apple lost the executive who had defended its App Store rules through the industry’s longest-running fights, and the company let him go with little public explanation. This week,…
Samsung Electronics Union Plans Protests at Chairman’s Home Over Pay Gap
Samsung Electronics has settled its labor disputes at factory gates and in meeting rooms at its campus south of Seoul. The next fight is scheduled for a different address: the…
Tesla Shares Fall 6% as Cybercab Update Disappoints
Tesla published an update on its Cybercab program on Friday, and investors answered with a sale. By the close, the company’s shares were down about 6 percent, one of the…
A BASF Unit Sues Apple Over Face ID Patents in Texas
The technology that lets an iPhone owner unlock the device by looking at it is now the subject of a patent fight in a Texas federal court. trinamiX, a subsidiary…
A Day After Tesla’s Cybercab Hits the Streets, a Federal Probe Begins
The timing could not have been tighter if it had been scripted. On Wednesday, Tesla put its first production Cybercabs on the streets of Austin, offering rides to members of…
Volkswagen’s Board Approves 100,000 Job Cuts as Germany’s Auto Industry Shrinks
The meeting lasted a day, and the plan it produced will reshape Volkswagen for a decade. The company’s supervisory board approved a future program on Wednesday that calls for another…
Oura Files for an IPO as the Smart-Ring Market Moves From Wrists to Fingers
The next battlefield in wearable technology is not on the wrist. It is on the finger, and the company that made the finger’s most famous device is heading to the…
Qualcomm Backs Ultrahuman’s Plan to Turn the Smart Ring Into a Computer
The smart ring was born as a health device, a quiet band of sensors that tells its owner how they slept and how hard they trained. Qualcomm is investing in…
ASML Plans to Grow Its Japan Team by 40 Percent as New Fabs Rise Nearby
The most valuable machine in the semiconductor industry is made in the Netherlands, but its next customers are building factories in Japan, and the company that makes the machines is…
Snowflake’s AI Assistants Accelerate Growth, and the Stock Jumps 23%
On an earnings call full of talk about models and agents, the number that moved Snowflake’s stock was a count of customer accounts. The company said its AI coding assistant,…
