The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk’s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings

Guardian Book Blog

29.04.2025

The Guardian view on the EU and big tech: Brussels must lay down the law | Editorial | The Guardian

Editorial: Washington is seeking to bully its way to the deregulation of US digital giants. In the interests of European citizens, the pressure must be resisted

Guardian Book Blog

26.04.2025

Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on China | Apple | The Guardian

Report suggests tech firm – swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war – will make change as soon as 2026

Guardian Book Blog

24.04.2025

The EU fined Apple and Meta – but failed to really hold them to account. Was that to appease Trump? | Alexander Hurst | The Guardian

Instead of bazooka-level fines on global turnover, this €700m was no more than a slap on the wrist. It’s a missed opportunity, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Guardian Book Blog

24.04.2025

EU fines Apple and Meta for breaching fair competition rules | Technology sector | The Guardian

First penalties under landmark Digital Markets Act are fines of €500m to Apple and €200m to Facebook owner

Guardian Book Blog

17.04.2025

Apple iPad Air M3 review: the premium tablet to beat | iPad | The Guardian

New iPad has laptop-level power, reliable battery life, great video call camera and a choice of screen sizes

Guardian Book Blog

16.04.2025

Apple airlifted iPhones worth $2bn from India in March as Trump tariffs loomed | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Tech giant stepped up production and chartered cargo flights with at least six jets to ensure sufficient inventory

Guardian Book Blog

15.04.2025

Trump administration freezes $2.3bn in funds after Harvard defies demands – as it happened | US news | The Guardian

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Guardian Book Blog

15.04.2025

‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years | US taxation | The Guardian

Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average

Guardian Book Blog

14.04.2025

US stock markets expected to recover after Trump drops tariffs on mobiles | Stock markets | The Guardian

Exemption, seen as a climbdown, includes laptops and chips, and is likely to help firms such as Apple and Nvidia

Guardian Book Blog

13.04.2025

Trump administration to exempt smartphones and computers from tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Announcement says tariffs – including those imposed on China – will also not apply to other electronic devices

Guardian Book Blog

13.04.2025

Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton | The Guardian

The president’s gambit to bring the production of goods such as iPhones back to the US ignores huge supply chain complexities

Guardian Book Blog

12.04.2025

$2,150 for an iPhone? Trump tariffs are ‘category 5 price storm’ | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

US is not set up to supply mobile phones and would cost estimated $30bn to move just 10% of chain from China

Guardian Book Blog

11.04.2025

Apple said to be flying iPhones from India to US to avoid Trump tariffs | Apple | The Guardian

Tech firm has reportedly flown 600 tonnes of handsets from Indian factories as Chinese goods face huge tariffs

Guardian Book Blog

10.04.2025

White House insists iPhones will be US-made – but Apple calls it a non-starter | Trump administration | The Guardian

Experts doubt Trump line that tariffs and company’s $500bn investment will shift manufacturing from Asia

Guardian Book Blog

10.04.2025

Apple MacBook Air M4 review: the laptop to beat, now cheaper | Apple | The Guardian

Chip, memory and webcam upgrades are joined by welcome price cut for the top premium notebook

Guardian Book Blog

10.04.2025

Why you can’t just repair your phone in the US to avoid Trump tariffs | Technology | The Guardian

Business owners warn taxes may increase parts prices, making electronics repairs more costly than before

Guardian Book Blog

09.04.2025

Tech’s Trump ties are starting to burn | Elon Musk | The Guardian

Big tech bet on Trump – now tariffs are tanking stocks, IPOs are stalling, and Musk’s role in Washington may be ending

Guardian Book Blog

08.04.2025

UK Home Office loses attempt to keep legal battle with Apple secret | Home Office | The Guardian

Judges reject Home Office’s attempt to withhold from public details of case concerning access of Apple users’ data

Guardian Book Blog

04.04.2025

Global stock markets fall and dollar dives after Trump announces sweeping tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

European markets and US futures dip sharply after news triggers sell-off across Asia

Guardian Book Blog

27.03.2025

From Meanjin to Warrane, Apple Maps adds more than 250 Indigenous place names in Australia | Apple | The Guardian

App to also show land borders for Indigenous protected areas and reserves following similar updates in Canada and the United States in 2023

Guardian Book Blog

26.03.2025

Australians can now use Apple AirPods Pro as hearing aids – but experts warn they’re not for everyone | Health | The Guardian

Experts hope the use of the headphones for mild to moderate hearing loss will reduce stigma and persuade people to test their hearing

Guardian Book Blog

23.03.2025

Did AI mania rush Apple into making a rare misstep with Siri? | John Naughton | The Guardian

The company that prides itself on announcing products only when they’re ready grossly underestimated the demands of personalising its virtual assistant

Guardian Book Blog

21.03.2025

Trump urged to target ‘coercive and discriminatory’ Australian media laws by Musk’s X, Apple, Google and Meta | Donald Trump | The Guardian

The Computer and Communications Industry Association named Australia’s news media bargaining incentive in its submission

Guardian Book Blog

21.03.2025

Big stars, little shine: is anyone actually watching Apple TV+ shows? | Television | The Guardian

The service might boast A-listers like Natalie Portman and Colin Farrell but in a competitive streaming landscape, it’s struggling to be heard

Guardian Book Blog

20.03.2025

Activist alerts ICC to spyware attack while sharing Libya torture victims’ details | Italy | The Guardian

David Yambio, founder of Refugees in Libya, urges international criminal court members to have phones checked

Guardian Book Blog

20.03.2025

EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash | Technology sector | The Guardian

Tech companies could be fined billions if EU finds they have breached the Digital Markets Act

Guardian Book Blog

19.03.2025

Why is Elon Musk still CEO of Tesla? | Technology | The Guardian

The tech billionaire and his EV company suffer, Apple castigates itself over Siri failures and a Meta tell-all book evokes a strong reaction

Guardian Book Blog

15.03.2025

Apple’s UK encryption legal challenge heard behind closed doors | Apple | The Guardian

Media organisations including the Guardian and the BBC fail to gain entry to proceedings

Guardian Book Blog

14.03.2025

What could Apple’s high court challenge mean for data protection? | Technology | The Guardian

The UK’s battle for access to encrypted services could define how companies are able to safeguard customer data in the future

Guardian Book Blog

13.03.2025

Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing | Apple | The Guardian

Guardian understands tech company’s appeal against Home Office request for encrypted data is to be heard by tribunal on Friday

Guardian Book Blog

11.03.2025

iPhone 16e review: Apple’s cheapest new phone | iPhone | The Guardian

Stripped back iPhone offers latest chips, AI and longer battery life, but with only a single camera on the back

Guardian Book Blog

06.03.2025

Too much Meghan? Too much criticism | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex | The Guardian

Brief letters: With Love, Meghan | Thank you, Marina | American tech | A love to cherish | Trompé v trompe

Guardian Book Blog

05.03.2025

A proper British welcome for Donald Trump | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Letters: Anne Cowper has a couple of suggestions for those who oppose the US president’s state visit. Plus letters from Laura Conyngham, Jan Kamieniecki and Richard Harley

Guardian Book Blog

04.03.2025

The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction | Editorial | The Guardian

Editorial: Donald Trump’s threats to global tax reform have backfired, leaving the US isolated as nations push ahead with a new UN tax convention

Guardian Book Blog

04.03.2025

Our eight-year-old daughter spent £8,500 on the Apple app store | Money | The Guardian

We did not realise our HSBC debit card had been linked to her iPhone and she was sending money to YouTube channels

Guardian Book Blog

28.02.2025

New Apple technology could allow social media apps to tell whether users are under 16 | Social media | The Guardian

Company’s plans to introduce ‘declared age range’ technology for apps this year could play a role in Australia’s social media ban for children

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Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector | Technology | The Guardian

Apple quarterly earnings beat Wall Street expectations amid Trump trade policy chaos | Apple | The Guardian

Apple referred to federal prosecutors after judge rules it violated court order | Apple | The Guardian

Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley? | Meta | The Guardian

The Guardian view on the EU and big tech: Brussels must lay down the law | Editorial | The Guardian

Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on China | Apple | The Guardian

The EU fined Apple and Meta – but failed to really hold them to account. Was that to appease Trump? | Alexander Hurst | The Guardian

EU fines Apple and Meta for breaching fair competition rules | Technology sector | The Guardian

Apple iPad Air M3 review: the premium tablet to beat | iPad | The Guardian

Apple airlifted iPhones worth $2bn from India in March as Trump tariffs loomed | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Trump administration freezes $2.3bn in funds after Harvard defies demands – as it happened | US news | The Guardian

‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years | US taxation | The Guardian

US stock markets expected to recover after Trump drops tariffs on mobiles | Stock markets | The Guardian

Trump administration to exempt smartphones and computers from tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton | The Guardian

$2,150 for an iPhone? Trump tariffs are ‘category 5 price storm’ | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

Apple said to be flying iPhones from India to US to avoid Trump tariffs | Apple | The Guardian

White House insists iPhones will be US-made – but Apple calls it a non-starter | Trump administration | The Guardian

Apple MacBook Air M4 review: the laptop to beat, now cheaper | Apple | The Guardian

Why you can’t just repair your phone in the US to avoid Trump tariffs | Technology | The Guardian

Tech’s Trump ties are starting to burn | Elon Musk | The Guardian

UK Home Office loses attempt to keep legal battle with Apple secret | Home Office | The Guardian

Global stock markets fall and dollar dives after Trump announces sweeping tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

From Meanjin to Warrane, Apple Maps adds more than 250 Indigenous place names in Australia | Apple | The Guardian

Australians can now use Apple AirPods Pro as hearing aids – but experts warn they’re not for everyone | Health | The Guardian

Did AI mania rush Apple into making a rare misstep with Siri? | John Naughton | The Guardian

Trump urged to target ‘coercive and discriminatory’ Australian media laws by Musk’s X, Apple, Google and Meta | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Big stars, little shine: is anyone actually watching Apple TV+ shows? | Television | The Guardian

Activist alerts ICC to spyware attack while sharing Libya torture victims’ details | Italy | The Guardian

EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash | Technology sector | The Guardian

Why is Elon Musk still CEO of Tesla? | Technology | The Guardian

Apple’s UK encryption legal challenge heard behind closed doors | Apple | The Guardian

What could Apple’s high court challenge mean for data protection? | Technology | The Guardian

Apple to appeal against UK government data demand at secret high court hearing | Apple | The Guardian

iPhone 16e review: Apple’s cheapest new phone | iPhone | The Guardian

Too much Meghan? Too much criticism | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex | The Guardian

A proper British welcome for Donald Trump | Donald Trump | The Guardian

The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction | Editorial | The Guardian

Our eight-year-old daughter spent £8,500 on the Apple app store | Money | The Guardian

New Apple technology could allow social media apps to tell whether users are under 16 | Social media | The Guardian

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