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This artist rendering shows Apple CEO Tim Cook on the witness stand during a trial in San Ramon, Calif., on Friday, May 21, 2021. Cook described the company's ironclad control over its mobile app store as a way to keep things simple for customers while protecting them against security threats and privacy intrusions during Friday testimony denying allegations he has been running an illegal monopoly. The rare courtroom appearance by one of the world's best-known executives came during the closing phase of a three-week trial revolving an antitrust case brought by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite. (Vicki Behringer via AP)
Apple CEO faces tough questions about app store competition

By Michael Liedtke May. 21, 2021 05:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, the logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich. On Monday, April 26, 2021, Apple announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in North Carolina to build the company's first East Coast campus, in a move that is expected to bring at least 3,000 new jobs to the state. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Apple announces 1st East Coast campus in North Carolina

By Sophia Tulp And Bryan Anderson Apr. 26, 2021 07:32 AM EDT

The logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Apple’s delayed launch of its latest iPhones unleashed a holiday buying frenzy that propelled sales of the trendsetting company’s most popular product to its fastest start in years. The apparently pent-up demand for four different iPhone 12 models highlighted Apple’s latest quarterly report Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Apple posts big quarter on fast sales start for iPhone 12

By Michael Liedtke Jan. 27, 2021 05:04 PM EST

Fabian Rodriguez cleans a table in an outdoor tented dining area of Tequila Museo Mayahuel restaurant, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. California's unemployment rate has dipped below 10% for the first time since March. A new report from the state Employment Development Department shows California added 145,500 jobs in October as the state's unemployment rate fell to 9.3%. Those gains could be short lived as a surge of cases has already prompted new restrictions on businesses with most restaurants ordered to halt indoor dining and impose a 10 p.m. curfew in most areas that begins Saturday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
New virus rules threaten California's October job gains

By Adam Beam Nov. 20, 2020 02:45 PM EST

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Five technology giants reported mixed earnings results Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 a sign of varying fortunes as they try to rebound from an pandemic-related economic slowdown earlier this year. While all five — Amazon, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Apple and Twitter — exceeded analyst expectations, gloomy forecasts and other uncertainties led to share-price declines for all but Alphabet in after-market trading. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Tech giants report strong results, but murky outlooks

Oct. 29, 2020 04:32 PM EDT

In this still image provided by Apple from the keynote video of a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif., Apple's Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams unveils Apple Watch Series 6 on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Apple is introducing the cheaper version of its smart watch in its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its trend-setting products while more consumers are forced to scrimp during ongoing fallout from the pandemic. (Apple via AP)
Apple debuts discount watch, but no new iPhones ... yet

By Michael Liedtke Sep. 15, 2020 03:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 19, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and CEO Patrick Foye speaks during a news conference on new measures involving UV-C light technology to disinfect trains and buses during the coronavirus pandemic, in New York. New York's mass transit agency wants Apple to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks, as it seeks to guard against the spread of COVID-19 in buses and subways. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
MTA asks Apple's help to solve iPhone mask issues

By David Porter Aug. 10, 2020 09:00 AM EDT

An image provided by Google shows the Pixel 4A budget smartphone, which has the same high-quality camera and several other features available in fancier Pixel models. The phone, unveiled Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, will be available Aug. 20 after months of delay caused by supply problems triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. It will cost $349, a $50 discount from a cheap Pixel released last year. It's also a major markdown from other higher-end models in the existing product line-up that start at $799. (Google via AP)
Google unveils budget Pixel phone as pandemic curbs spending

By Michael Liedtke Aug. 03, 2020 05:27 PM EDT

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
4 Big Tech CEOs getting heat from Congress on competition

By Marcy Gordon Jul. 29, 2020 02:23 PM EDT

This combination of 2019-2020 photos shows Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, the four Big Tech leaders will answer for their companies’ practices before Congress at a hearing by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Evan Vucci, Jeff Chiu, Jens Meyer)
Spotlight on 4 Big Tech CEOs testifying in competition probe

By Marcy Gordon Jul. 28, 2020 12:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 file photo, European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels. A European Union high court on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 ruled in favor of technology giant Apple and Ireland in its dispute with the EU over 13 billion euros, 15 billion US dollars in back taxes. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Apple wins EU court case over $15 billion in claimed taxes

By Raf Casert Jul. 15, 2020 07:39 AM EDT

In this photo provided by Apple Inc., CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2020 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, June 22, 2020, in Cupertino, Calif. Apple on Monday provided a glimpse at upcoming software changes designed to make the iPhone even easier to use as people become ever more dependent on technology as they minimize personal contact during the worst pandemic in a century. (Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc. via AP)
Apple previews new iPhone software, changes to Mac chips

By Michael Liedtke Jun. 22, 2020 04:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 26, 2020, file photo, University of Pittsburgh graduate Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban congratulates members of the Class of 2020 during a virtual commencement on a computer screen in Pittsburgh. As the coronavirus leaves colleges holding “virtual graduation” events online, many schools are recruiting famous figures to deliver speeches over their laptops instead of the lectern. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Online graduations still bring stars to the virtual lectern

By Collin Binkley May. 15, 2020 01:22 AM EDT

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FILE - In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 file photo, an Apple logo adorns the facade of the downtown Brooklyn Apple store in New York. Apple’s new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet even more like a laptop computer. Apple says the trackpad will offer more precision than fingers in selecting text and switching between apps. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Apple pinched by pandemic; profit, iPhone sales decline

By Michael Liedtke Apr. 30, 2020 06:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018 file photo President Donald Trump talks with Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, left, and as California Gov. Jerry Brown listens during a visit to a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires in Paradise, Calif. Newsom and Trump, who are often critical of each other, are getting along during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
California Gov. Newsom finds new friend in Washington: Trump

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 23, 2020 08:08 PM EDT

FILE — In the April 14, 2020 file, Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses an outline for what it will take to lift coronavirus restrictions during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Newsom announced an 80-member Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery on Friday, April 17, 2020, to help revive California's economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Business, labor, politics have role in California task force

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 17, 2020 07:40 PM EDT

Food is loaded onto vehicles last a food distribution center Friday, April 17, 2020, in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. Food banks in the state have seen a spike in numbers as the state's unemployment level has jumped to to 5.3% for the month of March. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
California's unemployment rate soars, but worst yet to come

By Adam Beam And Jocelyn Gecker Apr. 17, 2020 12:42 PM EDT

In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020 photo, nurse Alisha Disbennett poses for a photo at a window inside The Inn at Chapel Grove, in Heath, Ohio. Disbennett, along with her fellow staff, have all decided to go on lockdown with the residents, essentially moving into the residence. They made this decision to keep from inadvertently bring the coronavirus into the building and infecting residents who are the most vulnerable population to this virus. Disbennett has two children who are remaining at home in the care of their father. (Jessica Phelps/The Advocate via AP)
Ohio governor announces coronavirus death of prison guard

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Apr. 08, 2020 11:20 AM EDT

Volunteer Pam Bean greets people at the Sheffield Fire Department produce distribution on Friday, April 3, 2020, in Sheffield Township, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
Governor provides list of 167 inmates eligible for release

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Apr. 07, 2020 01:23 PM EDT