Mon. 12/10 - iPhone Sales Banned in China

Fired OpenAI safety researchers disputed their dismissals and OpenAI pushed back. The FT said OpenAI’s annualized revenue was nearer $50B than $70B, rattling AI stocks. SpaceX bought spectrum to take on carriers, and Apple lined up a second October event. AI researcher Mikita Bal ...  Show more

Scott Aaronson said AI labs had started testing whether their newest models could break cryptography, and Vitalik Buterin urged taking it seriously. Anthropic launched Haiku 5.5, Google unveiled a universal Gemini agent, and Microsoft opened Surface Laptop Ultra preorders. A theo ...  Show more

Apple postponing the launch of its new iPhone Air model in China, as regulatory issues hit the tech giant. How they’ll clear that hurdle, and what a top tech analyst sees in store for the stock after a muted Apple event response. Plus A new report threatening vaccine makers, a ...

Apple, in a rare move, admitted that iPhone sales had slowed down, and it would sell fewer than expected in the holiday quarter, putting much of the blame on changing conditions in China. Stop the excuses and look in the mirror argues Jefferson GrahamSee Privacy Policy at https:/ ...  Show more

China has barred government officials from using foreign-branded devices, according to the multiple published reports. Is the move because China’s own smartphone company is catching up to U.S.-designed ones, or is it a result of still-icy U.S.-China trade relations, especially wh ...  Show more

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests have ensnared a number of companies, including one U.S. company that has the most to lose in China: Apple Inc. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Alistair Barr breaks down the iPhone maker's controversial decision to reject an app bu ...  Show more