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Apple has made multiple settlement offers this year in the DOJ's 2024 smartphone-monopoly case joined by 19 states, though no trial date has been set and Apple Watch–Android compatibility remains a sticking point.

China's internet regulator cleared Apple Intelligence for domestic deployment, with Alibaba's Qwen model powering most features and Baidu in a smaller role, ending a two-year delay.

The justices granted certiorari limited to whether Apple's App Store fees violated the "spirit" of a 2021 injunction, setting up arguments in the term beginning October 2026.

The General Court in Luxembourg rejected all of Apple's challenges to its DMA gatekeeper designation, ruling its five App Stores count as one service.

Bloomberg reports Apple is developing two redesigned Apple Pencil models with easier-to-replace batteries ahead of a 2027 EU rule mandating removable batteries in portable electronics.

Apple filed suit in federal court accusing OpenAI's hardware chief and a former engineer of stealing trade secrets as part of a scheme it calls 'rotten to its core.'

Cook told the WSJ that AI-driven memory shortages make price hikes unavoidable. TechInsights estimates the iPhone 18 Pro needs a $270 increase to hold margins.

Italy's competition authority launched its first DMA-powered probe on June 16, examining whether Apple blocks rival cloud services from offering full iPhone backups.

Apple's second Swift release of the WWDC 2026 cycle leans on ergonomics and performance: async cleanup in defer, condensed availability syntax, and a for-in protocol that borrows noncopyable elements.

The Fifth Circuit stayed an injunction against Texas SB 2420, letting the App Store Accountability Act take effect June 4 as Apple rolled out age-assurance rules.

Justice Kagan rejected Apple's emergency stay request in under an hour on May 6, and Apple has now formally petitioned the Supreme Court to review the contempt finding and injunction scope.

Apple and Intel have struck a preliminary agreement for Intel to manufacture some Apple chips, ending a six-year split and handing Intel Foundry its most consequential customer win yet.