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TopicTim Cook

Topic: Tim Cook

When Apple CEO Tim Cook apologised to China in Mandarin & flew to Beijing for a secret meeting

In 'Apple in China', Patrick McGee analyses how the American tech giant helped build China’s dominance in electronics—and passively cooperated with an authoritarian regime.

Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariffs if iPhones are made in India

In a post on Truth Social, the US President wrote that he has informed Tim Cook of the tax levies if the CEO insists on building and manufacturing in India or anywhere else rather than in the States.

iTrump Pro Max & Turkish Delight Deficiency

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Trump ‘alpha male’ but Modi ‘alpha male ka baap’, says Kangana, then deletes post on Nadda’s request

The BJP MP from Mandi in her post asked if Trump's actions reflect his 'personal jealousy or diplomatic insecurity'.

‘Don’t want you building in India,’ Trump warns Apple’s Tim Cook, urges US-based manufacturing

In Doha, Donald Trump claimed India has agreed to zero reciprocal tariffs with the US & advised the CEO not to build iPhones in the subcontinent & that the country could 'take care of itself'.

‘India offered US nearly no-tariff deal on reciprocal basis’—Trump

Addressing a press conference in Doha, the US president said that he encouraged Apple CEO Tim Cook to raise production in US, rather than expanding manufacturing in India.

Apple ‘the fruit company’s’ growing presence in India & challenges the country poses for Tesla

Global media also reports that Qatar, which supplied over 48% of India’s LNG imports in 2023, may see its share decline as India shifts toward US gas imports.

Apple ad just an example of Big Tech’s inflated sense of self, not the collapse of the world

Apple iPad Pro's ad is a science-fiction film come to life. It destroys every creative instrument and artefact to show our lives can be compressed into the 'thinnest product ever created'.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on a two-day visit to Vietnam, to meet students and content creators

Cook will also meet users of Apple products to better understand how they are employed, local news reported.

Bipartisan political consensus done. But US businesses yet to decouple from China.

US-China relations hit rock bottom this year but a flurry of American businessmen recently visited Beijing—Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and many others.

On Camera

World’s greatest cricket rivalry is now an off-field battle between BCCI, PCB, and ICC

An explosive email from ICC CEO to the PCB, accusing it of compromising ICC rules by making a video of match officials before the match with UAE, shows the fire isn’t doused yet.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.