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Apple’s TV Plans: What We Know So Far, Including a List of Shows

It’s one of the biggest mysteries in Hollywood: Where will viewers watch Apple shows, and how will they be marketed? All may be revealed later this year. Michael Schneider writes: It’s the biggest question in Hollywood that everyone is [...]

Apple Greenlights TV sci-fi Based on ‘Foundation’ Book Trilogy from ‘Altered Carbon’ Producers

Peter Cao reports: Apple is reportedly working on yet another TV sci-fi for its growing catalogue of shows as part of an unannounced streaming video service. The show will be based on the Foundation book trilogy written by Isaac Asimov [...]

Apple Shares Photos of New Shinjuku Retail Store Ahead of Grand Opening Saturday

Michael Steeber writes: Coinciding with a media preview of Apple’s new retail store in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku shopping district, the company has shared new photos of the facility ahead of its 10 a.m. grand opening this coming Saturday. We [...]

Apple’s China Problem Highlights Conundrum for Tech Sector

Apple’s decision to bow to Chinese officials by removing apps to sidestep online censorship underscores the dilemma faced by US tech companies seeking to uphold principles while expanding their business. The iPhone maker is the latest from [...]

Software made by foreign companies to help users skirt China’s internet filters has vanished from Apple’s app store on the mainland. Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

In Defending China Demands, Apple Loses Privacy High Ground

Deep dive analysis: Apple says it will ‘follow the law’ wherever it does business. But questions remain over what happens — and how the company will react — when the laws fall foul of the company’s privacy promises. By [...]

Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship

HONG KONG — China appears to have received help on Saturday from an unlikely source in its fight against tools that help users evade its Great Firewall of internet censorship: Apple. Software made by foreign companies to help users skirt the [...]

Apple will build its first Chinese data center in the southern province of Guizhou.Photo: Wang Gang/Zuma Press

Apple to Build China Data Center to Meet New Cybersecurity Law

Apple’s compliance comes as it faces increasing regulatory headwinds in China. BEIJING — Eva Dou reports: To comply with tough new cybersecurity rules, Apple will for the first time begin storing data for its customers in China with a [...]

iPhone Manufacturing Partner Confirms Features Coming to the iPhone 8

‘Though new features like waterproof and wireless charging now require some different testing, and waterproof function will alter the assembly process a bit.’ Yoni Heisler reports: An iPhone assembler recently confirmed two new iPhone 8 [...]

The bid to acquire Whole Foods by Amazon, and its CEO Jeff Bezos, is just the most extreme example of a larger phenomenon. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Amazon Is Leading Tech’s Takeover of America

Tentacles of a handful of tech giants are reaching into industries no one ever expected them to, reshaping our world in their image. Christopher Mims reports: Why does a phone maker get into banking transactions? Why does a social network build a [...]

[VIDEO] Copycats of Chinese Tech Pop Up in U.S.

More U.S. tech companies including Apple and Snapchat are providing services, such as bike-sharing apps and mobile wallets, that imitate those offered by Chinese rivals, says venture capitalist Connie Chan at the WSJ D.Live Asia conference. More [...]

In China, iPhone users’ information is highly prized on the black market because of the belief they are more affluent. PHOTO: WANG GANG/ZUMA PRESS

Apple iPhone Data Theft Tests China’s New Cybersecurity Law

Foreign technology companies said they were uncertain how the new law would affect their operations. BEIJING—A week after China’s first cybersecurity law took effect, an investigation over the alleged theft and sale of iPhone users’ [...]

Apple Premieres First Original Series, ‘Planet of the Apps’

Todd Spangler reports: Apple’s first original series — reality competition show “Planet of the Apps” — premieres Tuesday, but how far the tech giant delves into Hollywood content remains an open question. The show’s first episode is [...]

Apple’s HomePod Puts Siri in a Speaker

Pierce reports: It’s hard not to watch Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant invade millions of living rooms and not feel like Apple blew an opportunity. Almost six years after Apple announced Siri as a feature on the iPhone 4S, Siri’s [...]

Apple Announces HomePod, a Smart Home Audio Speaker

Janko Roettgers reports: Apple is taking on Amazon Echo and Google Home: The company announced a new voice-controlled speaker during its WWDC developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Monday. Dubbed HomePod, the new speaker features voice control [...]

Elon Musk: Robot Software Will Make Tesla Worth as Much as Apple

Elon Musk thinks his robot software can make Tesla Inc. worth as much as Apple Inc. He has the chance to prove it very soon. Jeremy C. Owens writes: In three different facilities spread across America, Tesla’s TSLA, -5.15% robot-manufacturing [...]

Beijing Court Throws Out Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple

Yang Ge reports: A Beijing court has dismissed accusations by a Shenzhen firm that said Apple Inc.’s iPhone violated its external-design copyrights. The case is a victory for the U.S. tech giant as China tries to build up the capabilities of its [...]