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Apple chief Tim Cook says he’s “confident” the EU ruling would be overturned. He says his company is the biggest taxpayer in Ireland, the United States and the world.

A US judge wants Apple to help the FBI hack one of its phones. But so far, Apple wants nothing to do with that.

Within days of launching the iPhone 6, Apple faced major problems with updates to iOS and claims that its new phones were bending in the pockets of users. Apple is downplaying the reports, but does the raft of problems mean people might think twice about buying the new phone?

Thousands of Chinese workers, many of them teenagers, become seriously ill from chemicals used in factories producing Apple products. A new documentary called “Who Pays The Price?” is following the lives, and deaths, of some workers and may have already led to changes in the Apple’s foreign practices.

Wearable technology has been around for a few years. Now, with Apple entering the market, analysts say it could really take off … and maybe more as a fashion statement than as an indispensable computing and body sensing tool.