Apple stock fell amid a downgrade to sell. The analyst cited concern over China, a U.S. government antitrust lawsuit and iPhone 16 demand.

Buying a smart home product today means checking which ecosystems it works with by looking for the little “Works with Apple Home” or “Works with Google” badge on the package. Matter was supposed to get rid of those because if a product works with Matter,

"Despite the steady melt-up in Apple shares over the past few months, there has actually been a steady drumbeat of bad news," an analyst said Tuesday.

Android is changing as Google narrows the gap to iPhone. For many longtime Android users, these changes will land badly as their phones lock down for the first time. But for the vast majority it will help them keep safe. As far as Google might be going on this catch-up mission, Samsung is about go much further.

The tech giants agree to put more trust in the Matter smart home standard and its interoperability testing results, which could mean faster product development cycles.

TikTok creators are posting videos promoting ways to get around a looming shutdown of the app in the US, which could spell trouble for Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other American tech companies required by law to enforce the ban or risk potentially billions in fines.

Gmail didn’t get off to a good start on the security and privacy front, but it’s much better now and its new upgrades make it an account worth keeping. But only if you use the new security upgrades and common sense to ensure you don’t lose your Gmail account (and those it leads to) to hackers or simply through lack of use.

Apple reminds us of its strong privacy commitment for Siri, saying voice data isn't used for ads ahead of a crucial Apple Intelligence update.

Apple downgraded by MoffettNathanson to Sell, citing weak iPhone sales in China and threat to Google's default search engine deal due to antitrust lawsuit.

EU courts demanded Apple equalize feature availability between EU countries based on a newly enforced law. Here's how closely Google falls in line