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Apple's secret weapon? The semiconductor

by Molly Wood
Sep 12, 2018
Apple unveils a new iPhone. What really makes it special? The computer chips inside.
An attendee looks at a new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.
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Amazon is 2nd U.S. company to reach $1 trillion market value

by Associated Press
Sep 4, 2018
Apple was the first.
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on June 18, 2014 in Seattle, Washington.
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The new Tesla will be the largest connected device you own

by Phoebe Unterman and Kai Ryssdal
Aug 7, 2018
What does that mean? Data collection, privacy settings and software updates ... for a car.
The day Tesla announced it was rolling out its new Model 3, Tesla stock had its best day since November 2015.
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Revenue from services drives Apple earnings

by Andy Uhler
Aug 1, 2018
The tech giant posted Q3 revenue growth in services of 30 percent compared to a year ago, but tariffs could pose headwinds in Q4.
The Apple Pay logo is displayed in a mobile kiosk sponsored by Visa and Wells Fargo to demonstrate the new Apple Pay mobile payment system on October 20, 2014 in San Francisco City.
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Apple's WWDC: Lots of new features, little talk of privacy

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Jun 5, 2018
"It was a soft sell rather than a hard sell," Axios reporter says.
Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at the San Jose Convention Center today in California.
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New Apple technology may help you spend less time on your phone. Really.

by Andy Uhler
Jun 4, 2018
Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose today. One of the things the tech giant is reportedly going to be rolling out is a series of tools that may help you spend less time on your phone … or at least be aware of how much time you’re spending. What does that […]
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Apple will reportedly replace Intel processors with its own microchips

by Jon Gordon , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 6, 2018
That would help its devices work more seamlessly together.
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Apple unveils a cheaper iPad aimed at conquering the classroom

by Erika Beras
Mar 27, 2018
It wasn’t that many years ago that Apple’s devices dominated classrooms, but now they are third behind Google’s Chromebook and Microsoft’s Surface. And the $7 billion education market isn’t the only thing at stake.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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Big Tech is slowly, carefully creeping into banking

by Molly Wood and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 13, 2018
After disrupting retail, bookstores and media, tech companies are tiptoeing into the highly-regulated world of banking.
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Why Western tech companies want more control over minerals in Africa

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 2, 2018
Modern electronics rely heavily on one thing: lithium ion batteries. With carmakers gearing up to increase electric vehicle production, the demand for lithium ion batteries doesn’t appear to be slowing down. These batteries rely on an increasingly important supply of the metal cobalt. Most cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central […]
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