Apple reportedly moved Kim Vorrath, a vice president in charge of program management who is known for fixing troubled projects, to the company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning division to work on AI and Siri.The move comes at a time when Apple has fallen behind its competitors in both AI and chatbots, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 24).Vorrath’s move has not been announced publicly but was shared with Bloomberg by unnamed sources, according to the report.Apple did not immediately reply to PYM ...

Much speculation surrounds Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL ) upcoming earnings announcement scheduled for January 30th, showing the company’s financial performance for the first quarter of 2025. The immediate impact on its stock price and the trend forAuthor of Autonomous Vehicles: Opportunities, Strategies, and Disruptions. Michael E. McGrath is a proven expert on the strategies of technology-based companies. He has researched autonomous vehicles for the last 3 years, leading to the original publication of this ...

Apple and Google are facing fresh scrutiny in the UK over the dominance of their mobile ecosystems, including their app stores, browsers and operating systems. British regulator the Competition and Markets Authority announced dual investigations into the companies on Thursday, with the potential to demand Apple and Google open up their ecosystems if it was in the best interests of mobile users.The CMA said it will look into three potential issues: the competition between and within Apple and Google that may ...

About this content About Josh Lamb After graduating from the University of Kent in the summer of 2022 with a degree in History, Josh joined Proactive later that year as a journalist in the UK editorial team. Josh has reported on a range of areas whilst at Proactive, including energy companies during a time of global crisis, aviation and airlines as the sector recovers from the pandemic, as well as covering economic, social and governance issues. Read more About the publisher Proactive financial news and ...

The UK’s competition watchdog has launched investigations into the impact of Apple and Google’s mobile platforms on consumers and businesses, days after the government faced criticism for installing a former tech executive as the organisation’s new chair.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate the tech firms’ mobile operating systems, app stores and browsers to determine whether both companies require tailor-made guidelines to regulate their behaviour.The move follows the government den ...

About this content About Josh Lamb After graduating from the University of Kent in the summer of 2022 with a degree in History, Josh joined Proactive later that year as a journalist in the UK editorial team. Josh has reported on a range of areas whilst at Proactive, including energy companies during a time of global crisis, aviation and airlines as the sector recovers from the pandemic, as well as covering economic, social and governance issues. Read more About the publisher Proactive financial news and ...

Apple and Google, the tech giants behind massive mobile ecosystems, are facing dual antitrust probes in the U.K.The investigations, launched by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), aim to determine whether Apple and Google hold “strategic market status” in their respective mobile ecosystems, including operating systems, app stores and smartphone-based browsers. According to CNBC, the probes will examine the impact on users and businesses developing innovative services or content for mobile devi ...

Meta Platforms' CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't a big fan of Apple (AAPL 0.53%). In a recent interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, he was critical of the company and its lack of innovation over the years.And Zuckerberg really isn't necessarily wrong. Apple has been relying on making minor improvements to its iPhones and iPads over the years, and there hasn't been a major innovation from the company in a long time.Apple definitely feels like a different company under CEO Tim Cook than it was under the late Steve ...

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching so-called “strategic market status” (SMS) investigations into the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google. The investigations constitute part of the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) which passed last year and came into effect in January. The Act includes provisions for digital markets regulation — this includes giving the CMA the powers to designate specific companies as having strategic market status. The CMA announce ...

Britain's competition regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google's huge mobile ecosystems to determine whether the tech titans are in breach of the U.K.'s strict new digital competition rules.The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said it was opening dual probes into both U.S. tech giants seeking to assess the position they hold in their respective mobile ecosystems, including operating systems, app stores and smartphone-based browsers.The investigations will "explore the impa ...