Tim Cook

Tech 11/16/22, 20:26

Images of people escaping from a factory facility in China at the end of October swept the world. Workers jumping over fences and fleeing cross-country or walking along roadsides to escape the harsh working conditions and quarantine measures put one of the most emblematic companies of these times, Apple, in ...

China 01/05/22, 18:56

Cliff Sims, Trump's former intelligence official, spoke about the responsibility of Wall Street and tech companies in the economic growth of communist China, which seeks world domination, at the expense of the U.S., during an interview with Breitbart. In his criticism on Saturday, Jan. 1, one of the companies he aimed ...

China 12/17/21, 15:38

A group of Republican representatives sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking why his company, which publicly claims to be a defender of human rights, censors words like 'Falun Gong,' 'Freedom of the Press' or 'Human Rights' on its products sold in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong when even local ...

Tech 08/28/21, 16:14

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has been awarded more than five million shares in the company as he celebrates ten years in the position. The stock bonus is the tenth and final payout of the stock component of his 2011 contract, earning him a total of $750 million in company ...

U.S. 11/16/19, 21:54

President Donald Trump will tour a new Apple manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, with its CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday, Nov. 20. A White House official reported that President Trump is expected to tout Apple’s recent expansion, including the creation of thousands of new jobs.  President Trump will travel with U.S. Treasury Secretary ...

U.S. 10/01/19, 05:21

President Trump praised the announcements of new investments and new jobs in the auto and tech industries in the country. One of the investments is a $4 billion joint venture of auto giants Hyundai, Kia and Aptiv to develop driverless car technologies in the United States, bringing "great jobs" to Americans. "BIG ...

Business 09/10/19, 17:13

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Tuesday in Cupertino, California, unveiled the iPhone 11 series that will be on the market on September 20. The new series will look like recent models, but will be equipped with improved cameras and new colors. Speaking at the press conference, Cook said, “Today, I ...

U.S. 08/18/19, 06:16

President Donald Trump announced Friday night, Aug. 17, that he was having dinner with Apple CEO Tim Cook, noting that Apple "will be spending vast sums of money in the U.S. Great!"                                     ...

Business 03/26/19, 05:47

China's former internet censor, who once held high-profile meetings with industry leaders such as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges Tuesday.The Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Ningbo said Lu Wei had confessed to accepting ...

Business 03/25/19, 16:49

Apple trotted out few details on its long-awaiting streaming service on Monday, but it didn't skimp on high-wattage celebrity.Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Jennifer Aniston were part of a parade of A-listers who took the stage at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, where the main attractions are usually the company's ...

Business 03/23/19, 01:56

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he's "extremely bullish" about the global economy based on the amount of innovation being carried out, and he's urging China to continue to "open up."In a speech at an economic forum in Beijing on Saturday, Cook said Apple is less concerned with the short term ...

Business 03/11/19, 10:26

President Donald Trump says he didn't slip up when he referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as "Tim Apple" at a White House meeting. Trump tweeted Monday: "I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all ...

Business 03/07/19, 17:50

To President Donald Trump, it was an awkward slip of the lip. To Apple CEO Tim Cook, it was an opportunity to poke some sly fun at a president who has often clashed with the tech industry. A day after the president mistakenly referred to Cook at a White House meeting ...

Tech 01/29/19, 16:40

Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales drooped during the holiday shopping season.Now, CEO Tim Cook is grappling with his toughest challenge since replacing co-founder Steve Jobs 7 ½ years ago. ...

Business 01/03/19, 10:04

Apple's warning that its sales in China weakened over the holidays added to investors' fears that the global economy is losing strength, with the trade fight between the U.S. and China making the situation worse. U.S. stock indexes fell sharply Thursday morning.Apple's stock plunged 8.9 percent and other big exporters ...

Business 01/03/19, 07:38

Apple's $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to Chinese consumers jittery over an economic slump and the trade war with Washington.CEO Tim Cook told shareholders Wednesday that iPhone demand is waning, mainly in China. That makes the tech giant the latest global company grappling with Chinese consumer anxiety.Other brand names ...

Europe 11/21/18, 04:42

In the battle for online privacy, U.S. search giant Google is a Goliath facing a handful of European Davids.The backlash over Big Tech's collection of personal data offers new hope to a number of little-known search engines that promise to protect user privacy.Sites like Britain's Mojeek , France's Qwant , ...

Europe 10/24/18, 08:34

The head of Apple on Wednesday endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S. and renewed the technology giant's commitment to protecting personal data, which he warned was being "weaponized" against users.Speaking at an international conference on data privacy, Apple CEO Tim Cook applauded European Union authorities for ...

World 10/18/18, 22:02

China's former internet censor, who once held high-profile meetings with industry leaders such as Apple chief executive Tim Cook and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was standing trial Friday on corruption allegations, state media reported.Lu Wei is accused of accepting 32 million yuan ($4.6 million) in bribes and has admitted to ...