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EU orders Apple to pay up to €13B, or around $14.5B, for undue tax benefits in Ireland — The European Commission has concluded that Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up to €13 billion to Apple. This is illegal under EU state aid rules, because it allowed Apple to pay substantially less tax than other businesses.
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Apple to appeal EU ruling and is confident decision will be overturned, says decision would be harmful for investment and job creation — Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. — After a three-year investigation …
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Apple: EU's claim that Ireland gave Apple a special tax deal “has no basis in fact or in law” — Thirty-six years ago, long before introducing iPhone, iPod or even the Mac, Steve Jobs established Apple's first operations in Europe. At the time, the company knew that in order …
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EU says there was “no factual or economic justification” for Ireland's tax deal with Apple — EU says Irish deal slashed iPhone maker's taxes from 2003-2014 — Ireland has vowed to appeal tax decision in European courts — Apple Inc. was ordered to repay a record 13 billion euros … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple working on new pro software features for iPad expected 2017, a 5K monitor, and Mac updates, including a thinner MacBook Pro with flatter keyboard — Deeper stylus integration, faster displays planned for iPads — New MacBooks, iMac, and 5K monitor with LG in product pipeline
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Apple invites media to event on Sept. 7 at 10AM PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, expected to announce new iPhones and updated Watch line — September 7 will be the day of the iPhone 7. — Apple sent invitations to the press for a September 7 product launch event …
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Facebook's Trending section shows fake Megyn Kelly story days after firm lays off curators; company removes story, says is working on better detecting fake news — That didn't take long. — Facebook cut its Trending Topics team on Friday in favor of employing algorithms to surface news stories on the social networking platform.
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FBI issued warning that two state voter registration databases were breached by suspected foreign hackers; sources: Arizona, Illinois databases were the targets — The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple sued by iPhone owners over unresponsive screen issue affecting iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus; warranty extensions, repairs, more sought alongside damages — Thomas Davidson of Pennsylvania, Todd Cleary of California, and Jun Bai of Delaware have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's new Crowdsource app for Android asks users to perform short 5-10 second tasks to improve Google services, currently offers no incentives — A new Google application called Crowdsource has quietly appeared on Google Play, asking users to perform brief tasks that will help improve …
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Alphabet's David Drummond stepped down from Uber's board several weeks ago due to overlap of interests between the two companies — Move comes amid increasing competition between two tech companies — Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said a longtime Alphabet Inc. executive has left …
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