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Apple hits milestone, becomes world’s first trillion dollar publicly traded company

Apple has officially become the world’s first and only trillion dollar publicly traded company. Apple achieved this milestone by hitting a stock price of $207.05 and above in intraday trading today, giving it a market cap slightly over $1,000,000,000,000, based on its 4,829,926,000 outstanding shares as of July 20, 2018, which the company disclosed in […]

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Chase Bank announces Apple Pay functionality on 16,000+ ATMs in the United States

Chase Bank on Wednesday announced that customers can now use Apple Pay, as well as other mobile wallet services, at nearly all all of the company’s 16,000 ATMs, which have been upgraded with card-free access. To access an ATM and withdraw money, customers no longer need a physical debit card or access code for authentication, […]

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Rumor: HomePod to receive extensive new feature set via software update this fall

The HomePod is rumored to have a fairly significant set of updates coming its way. While the HomePod has gotten positive reviews in terms of its audio capabilities, it’s a bit behind the eight ball when compared with Amazon and Google’s smart speaker offerings. According to a rumor from French web site iGeneration, a beta […]

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Apple to meet with industry group members in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss privacy-based concerns

Representatives from several major technology firms will meet in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica. The companies include a part of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington trade group, as well as Apple, […]

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Apple hires Jaime Waydo, previously of Alphabet’s Waymo and NASA, to assist with self-driving car project

Apple’s added another powerhouse staff member to its self-driving car team lineup in the form of Jaime Waydo, previously a senior engineer at Alphabet’s Waymo as well as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Waydo was “instrumental” at Waymo, some of her former coworkers have stated. Specifically, she was responsible for checking the safety of prototypes, and […]