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Apple CEO Tim Cook Featured in Latest South Park Episode
Juli Clover, MacRumors
Popular cartoon series South Park has been satirizing U.S. President Donald Trump, and the latest episode, titled "Sickofancy," includes Apple CEO Tim Cook. A cartoon version of Cook is depicted visiting Trump in the White House to provide him with a gif…
Aug 21, 2025, 7:27 PM
Apple's iPhone 17 Manufacturing Expands Across Five Indian Plants
Tim Hardwick, MacRumors
Apple is ramping up iPhone production in India across five factories as it continues reducing dependence on China for U.S.-bound devices. For the first time, all four iPhone 17 models will be manufactured in India in preparation for launch next month, reports…
Aug 19, 2025, 9:18 AM
US Government May Buy a Stake in Intel
Hartley Charlton, MacRumors
The Trump administration is in preliminary discussions to acquire an equity stake in former Apple chip supplier Intel, a move aimed at accelerating the company's delayed manufacturing expansion in Ohio (via Bloomberg). The proposal reportedly emerged fol…
Aug 15, 2025, 12:22 PM
Will the iPhone 17 Cost More? All the Rumors About a Price Increase
Juli Clover, MacRumors
With Apple paying tariffs on imports from many of the countries where it sources devices and device components, there have been multiple rumors about possible price increases for the iPhone 17 models. The tariff situation has been in flux for most of the…
Aug 12, 2025, 8:42 PM
iPhone 17 Models 'Likely' to Have Higher Prices, Another Analyst Says
Joe Rossignol, MacRumors
iPhone 17 models will "likely" be more expensive than iPhone 16 models in the U.S., according to Jeff Pu, an analyst at investment firm GF Securities. In a research note this week, Pu attributed the potential iPhone 17 price increases to the U.S. imposin…
Aug 10, 2025, 12:33 AM
Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Semiconductors, With Exemptions for Companies Building in the U.S.
Juli Clover, MacRumors
U.S. President Donald Trump today said that there will be a 100 percent tariff on chips and semiconductors imported into the United States, but with a major exception. Companies that are building in the United States, or that have made a commitment to bu…
Aug 6, 2025, 9:43 PM
Apple's Q3 Sales Boosted by Consumers Scrambling to Beat Tariff Price Hikes
Juli Clover, MacRumors
Apple customers afraid of massive price hikes because of tariffs helped Apple's device sales during the fiscal third quarter of 2025, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today. Speaking to Reuters, Cook said that approximately one percentage point of Apple's 10 perc…
Jul 31, 2025, 9:23 PM
Apple's Tim Cook and Eddy Cue Attend 2025 Sun Valley Conference
Hartley Charlton, MacRumors
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue are attending the 2025 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Idaho, joining an exclusive gathering of global leaders from the technology, media, finance, and political sectors (via Fortune).…
Jul 14, 2025, 5:38 AM
Apple Remains in Trump's Crosshairs as Trade Advisor Again Criticizes China Reliance
Juli Clover, MacRumors
U.S. trade director Peter Navarro took aim at Apple again today, causing the company's stock to briefly drop. In an interview with Fox Business, Navarro said that Apple thinks that it is "too big to tariff," suggesting that Apple might be expecting a tariff e…
Jul 9, 2025, 9:26 PM
Trump Administration Reignites Criticism of Apple's China Dependence
Hartley Charlton, MacRumors
Apple is once again under pressure from the Trump administration over its dependence on Chinese manufacturing, as senior trade advisor Peter Navarro publicly criticized CEO Tim Cook for failing to shift iPhone production to the United States. In an inter…
Jul 8, 2025, 1:51 AM
Amid Third TikTok Ban Extension, Trump Claims to Have Potential Buyer
Juli Clover, MacRumors
Popular social network TikTok is still operating in the United States under a ban that has been paused by U.S. President Donald Trump, but it's possible that a deal for the sale of company is closer to being completed. Trump this week said that he identi…
Jul 1, 2025, 9:28 PM
Trump to Delay TikTok Ban for Another 90 Days
Juli Clover, MacRumors
U.S. President Donald Trump will extend the looming TikTok ban for another 90 days later this week, the White House said today (via Axios). It will be the third extension Trump has put in place since taking office in January. Trump's second TikTok extens…
Jun 17, 2025, 11:15 PM
U.S. DoJ Again Calls for Google to Sell Chrome
MacRumors
There is a good chance that Google will be forced to sell off its Chrome browser, as the U.S. Department of Justice under Donald Trump is continuing...
Mar 10, 2025, 11:32 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook Will Attend Trump Inauguration
MacRumors
Apple CEO Tim Cook will be one of several tech CEOs in attendance at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, reports Bloomberg. Earlier...
Jan 15, 2025, 11:29 PM