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Taiwan university sues Apple over iPhone patents

Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University has filed a suit against U.S. tech giant Apple, claiming the company’s Siri intelligent assistant has infringed on two of its patents. Apple introduced the voice-activated assistant technology when launching the iPhone 4S in 2011. But Cheng Kung University in south Taiwan’s Tainan city said…

Apple pays lower corporate tax rate than Wal-Mart: report

Computer giant Apple isn’t just a pioneer of merging art and technology — the most profitable tech company in the world is also a tax innovator, having created some of its own accounting tricks to get around paying billions to the U.S. Treasury, according to a report from The New…

Apple manufacturer Foxconn promises to cut hours, raise wages

Workers at Foxconn, the massive factory complex in China that supplies U.S. tech giant Apple and dozens of other titans of electronic industry, will soon see reduced hours, higher wages and improved working conditions according to a company statement in response to a devastating new report by the Fair Labor…