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A leading technology company is launching a book club in a potential move to boost its books division. What Happened: Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) is launching a book club called “Strombo’s Lit” for members in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. The book club will be available on the Apple Books app on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touch and Apple Watch devices. The book club will feature fiction and non-fiction titles and be curated by George “Strombo” Stroumboulopoulos , the host of Apple Music Hits. Stroumboulopoulos is a … Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Apple kicked out suppliers who refused to participate in the annual audit or "did not otherwise meet our requirements for the responsible sourcing of minerals."

Apple said Thursday it plans to add more safeguards to AirTags to cut down on unwanted tracking following reports that the devices have been used to stalk people and steal cars.

Apple will notify people sooner that they''re possibly being tracked and make it easier for people to find AirTags planted without their knowledge.

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Apple has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that the so-called "jelly scrolling" issue on the iPad mini 6 renders the device "unusable."

The Nasdaq 100 slumped 1.7% in afternoon trading Thursday, with only 17 of its components gaining ground, after the technology-friendly index ran up 3.3% over the past two days. The index''s biggest gainer was Datadog Inc. stock , which shot up 14.3% over the monitoring and security software platform company reported before the open better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and provided an upbeat first-quarter sales outlook. Shares of Seagen Inc. tumbled 13.8% to pace the losers after the biotechnology company reported late Wednesday a wider-than-expected loss and provided a downbeat revenue outlook. Also acting as a big drag on the Nasdaq 100 was weakness in all four of the index''s trillion-dollar-plus market capitalization companies, as shares of Apple Inc. shed 1.7%, Microsoft Corp. dropped 2.6%, Alphabet Inc. slumped 1.5% and Amazon.com Inc. fell 1.1%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

The refineries and smelters were dropped because they refused to confirm their ore wasn''t being used to finance armed conflicts, Apple says.

Apple has released an update to fix the battery drain issue some MacBook users have been experiencing since installing macOS 12.2. The new update, 12.2.1, says the issue is related to Bluetooth.

Apple has announced that it will be offering its new service, Tap to Pay for iPhones, later this year. The new feature will allow businesses and merchants to use the iPhone as a point-of-sale option via contactless payments, reports CoinTelegraph .

Supply chain challenges that have hurt multiple industries for over a year now may have started improving. Apple, Inc.''s iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (OTC: HNHPF ), popularly known as Foxconn, on Wednesday issued positive commentary about the supply chain. What Happened: Component shortages will see a major improvement in the first quarter, while overall supply constraints will start easing in the second-half, Bloomberg reported, citing a Foxconn spokesperson. Power management chips remain in short supply, the spokesperson reportedly said. The … Full story available on Benzinga.com

Apple’s Tile-like AirTag trackers are useful for finding lost items, but stalkers have been using them to track potential victims too. The post Apple Finally Comments on AirTag Stalking appeared first on Thurrott.com .

Apple is introducing new privacy features to its AirTags following concerns the tracking devices could be use to stalk people or steal cars.

While investors focus on the recent rebound in big tech stocks like Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., shares of smaller technology companies remain in a deep hole.