Tech giant Apple this week bought the Boylston Street building that includes its three-story flagship Boston store for $88 million, according to a deed posted Wednesday. At about $3,500 per square foot, the deal is one of the most expensive of its kind statewide in recent years, Boston Business Journal reported.

Apple is making an internal staffing change that it hopes will improve Siri and its artificial intelligence offerings, reports Bloomberg.

A rapidly growing scam dubbed the "Phantom Hacker" is targeting users of Apple, Android and other platforms, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) warns. The scheme exploits trust in banks and other financial institutions, and it has already led to major losses across the country.

Apple announced on Thursday a new API called the Advanced Commerce API to support more in-app purchase formats, such as subscriptions and

People in China consume a lot of apples on Christmas Eve, known in the country as "Peaceful Night," because the Mandarin word for "apple" sounds so close to ​​"peace." But Apple (AAPL) wasn’t as lucky in the Chinese market during the recent holiday season.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple, alleging that some Apple Watch wristbands contain potentially hazardous levels of harmful chemicals.

Peaslee has previously found PFAS in other consumer products like cosmetics, fast food wrappers, contact lenses, and dental floss, among others. Researchers say chemicals in these products can migrate from the material into humans through “multiple paths of exposure” including “inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption.”

The feature is still technically considered a beta, but it will now be enabled on every device that is able to run Apple Intelligence, once they upgrade to the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, or macOS. You will be able to turn off Apple Intelligence in Settings if you don’t want the features active on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

It's also time for Apple's first product announcement of the year. Last year, Apple said it would be launching Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025,

In China, Apple’s second largest market, iPhone sales fell 18% in the December ending quarter, according to Bloomberg.

Whether you're shopping online or in-store at Walmart, you can't use Apple Pay, Google Pay or other digital wallets to make a purchase. And that won't be changing any time soon. You can still use most major credit and debit cards when buying something in-store or online.

With Apple’s M5 chip expected to launch this year, what kind of performance and features should you expect? We’ve scoured the rumor mill to find the answers.