insert_link Business / Economics EU issues Apple compliance warning The European Commission has warned Apple that it may be in breach of its Digital Markets Act. In preliminary findings, EU regulators have accused the tech giant of failing to sufficiently steer users away from its App Store. todayJune 24, 2024 7
insert_link Business / Economics US company Nvidia becomes most valuable public company Nvidia has overtaken Microsoft and Apple to become the world's most valuable public company.The computer chip maker — at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom — now has an overall market valuation of $3.34 trillion USD. Benji Hyer reports. todayJune 20, 2024 6
insert_link Business / Economics Apple loses top phone-maker title to Samsung Apple's smartphone shipments have dropped about 10% in the first quarter of 2024, hurt by intensifying competition by Android smartphone makers aiming for the top spot. Julian Satterthwaite reports for Reuters. todayApril 15, 2024 21
insert_link Uncategorized US launches anti-trust lawsuit against Apple The Biden administration and 16 state and district attorneys general have launched a major lawsuit against the iPhone maker accusing it of operating a monopoly. todayMarch 22, 2024 1
insert_link Business / Economics Morning Biznews update – 22 March 2024 With South Africa’s annual consumer price inflation increasing to 5.6% in February, exceeding economists' expectations, and rising closer to the top of the central bank's 3% to 6% target range, all hopes of an interest rate cut before the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in July have fallen. A number of economists are in fact now looking at September as the first opportunity for any easing of the country’s 8.25% repurchase rate. […] todayMarch 22, 2024 4
insert_link Environment HEATED: Challenging objectivity in climate journalism By Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald Objectivity has been a main tenet of journalism since early in the 20th century, but its application is loosely defined and humanly impossible to achieve, some media experts argue. Presenting an issue like climate change as a debate with two sides, as is still somewhat common, is often justified under the banner of objectivity, but it’s only one of many dissonant standards that environmental reporters are […] todayFebruary 14, 2024 9
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
