Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, at the end of each week day, we’ll offer this wrap-up of news items you should check out.
Apple shares crossed the $200 mark in intraday trading today, setting a new all-time high for the company’s stock.
Chase has rolled out cardless transactions to nearly all of its 16,000 ATMs. Cardless ATM access allows customers to access Chase ATMs using an eligible Chase debit or Liquid card that has been loaded into an Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay mobile wallet.
Apple is based in Cupertino, California, which recently voted down the possibility of a “head tax” mainly affecting Apple at a city council meeting. At the meeting, one city council member said he was in talks to build a hyperloop in Silicon Valley — and he wants the tech giant to help.
The Trump administration says it will relax export controls on India, placing New Delhi on the same plane as Australia, Japan, South Korea and U.S. NATO allies and making it easier for American companies to sell high technology and military items there.
Under a new legislation, French students will be prohibited from using smartphones and tablets while at school. The law, which was originally parceled in President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign, was elevated to a matter of public health amidst concerns French youth has become super-connected.
Qualcomm, as part of its patent battle against Apple, claims Intel went back on its word by failing to produce technical documents and code covering how its latest radio frequency components are being used in Apple’s 2018 iPhones. So the chip designer filed a motion in its home state to force Intel to hand over what it has supposedly agreed to provide: blueprints detailing Intel’s cellular modems used in Apple’s latest smartphones.
