98 m. ago Apple announces $500 billion investment in US amid tariff threats that could affect the iPhone

Apple announced Monday that it plans to invest more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas

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4 h. ago Apple announces $500bn in US investments over next four years

Spending ranges from new AI server factory in Texas to film and TV content and may add 20,000 jobsApple said on Monday it would spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country in that time.That $500bn in expected spending includes everything from purchases from US suppliers to US filming of television shows and movies for its Apple TV+ service. The company declined to say how much of the figure it was already planning to spend with its US supply base, which includes firms such as Corning that makes glass for iPhones in Kentucky. Continue reading...

Economics

4 h. ago Apple announces $500B investment in America including 20,000 new jobs and a new AI factory in Texas

The Silicon Valley tech giant pledged its 'largest-ever spend commitment' after Trump pushed companies to shift their manufacturing back home.

Economics

5 h. ago Apple announces $500 billion US investment including huge AI factory

Official announcement comes after Donald Trump and Tim Cook were rumoured to have met – and ahead of potentially substantial tariffs on Apple’s products

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5 h. ago Apple cheers Trump with $500bn US investment plan; UK defence firm Chemring ‘targeted’ by private equity firm – business live

One of the world’s largest private equity investors has made an approach to buy Chemring, the FTSE 250 defence group, Sky News reportsGerman election live: Merz says priority is to make Europe independent from US on defence as coalition talks to beginShares in some European weapons makers are rising in early trading too.German tank maker Rheinmetall jumped 3% at the start of trading, while in London BAE Systems are up 1.7%.‘’A dose of more certainty has been injected into European politics, with the Germany’s Conservatives winning the elections. It comes at a crucial time for the continent. Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, high stakes deal making between the US and Russia continues, Ukraine is out in the cold and the outcome will have huge implications for security in Europe.There is a dawning realisation that European nations will have to pull together and present a more united deterrent force, and Friedrich Merz, the CDU leader, is reading from that script. He has pled...

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6 h. ago Apple announces plans to create 20,000 US jobs in latest pitch to Trump

iPhone maker commits to building a facility in Houston at a time when it is vulnerable to new tariffs on China

Politics

6 h. ago Apple announces plans to create 20,000 US jobs in pitch to Trump

iPhone maker commits to building a facility in Houston at a time when it is vulnerable to new tariffs on China

Politics

4 d. ago Apple iPhone 16e launch: Cheapest Sky, Three, and EE deals ahead of Friday pre

Apple has announced its latest addition in the iPhone 16 series with pre-orders starting on Friday.

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4 d. ago Popular TV channel on Freeview and Virgin closing down after more than a decade of broadcasting

A University has announced that there will not be an application to renew Notts TV's Ofcom licence and the channel will close later this year

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5 d. ago Apple launch live updates: 'Budget' iPhone SE 4 set to be announced today

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the iPhone maker will introduce the “newest member of the family” on Wednesday.

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6 d. ago iPhone SE 4: Release date, price and more ahead of highly anticipated Apple announcement

Will it be the iPhone SE 4? Will it be the iPhone 16E? The jury’s out but something is coming

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7 d. ago Awkward moment stars don't know whether to clap Emilia Pérez star after she skipped BAFTAs over racist tweet controversy

This is the awkward moment Karla Sofía Gascón's Lead Actress nomination announcement received a very muted applause at last night's BAFTA Film Awards in London.

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