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    Companies

    Companies brings together the latest on corporate deals, disputes and leadership shake-ups from across the business world, spanning household names in media, technology, retail and sport. Expect coverage of boardroom reshuffles, courtroom battles over mergers and settlements, and the financial fallout when firms face fraud allegations or regulatory scrutiny, alongside lighter stories about workplace disputes and unusual legal rulings.

    Much of the current activity centres on the entertainment and technology industries, from antitrust wrangling between major studios to shifting fortunes at prominent tech firms, as well as the ripple effects of high-profile ownership changes involving frozen assets and sports clubs. Smaller, fast-growing companies also feature, reflecting how emerging businesses jostle for investment and recognition alongside established giants.

    This topic matters because corporate decisions, however distant they may seem from daily life, tend to shape the products, services and workplaces that readers encounter directly. Tracking these stories helps make sense of how power, money and accountability move through the companies that increasingly influence culture, employment and public life.

    • Apple is raising iPhone prices by $100 on all of its old models

      Apple raised the prices of all its older iPhone models still on sale by $100 each, immediately after unveiling the new iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro at its “Surprise and shine” event. The increases mean anyone wanting a cheaper, previous-generation iPhone now pays significantly more than they would have just a day earlier, effectively…

    • Apple iPhone Duo launch event: The 5 biggest announcements

      Apple has concluded its iPhone launch event, held for the first time under CEO John Ternus rather than Tim Cook, unveiling its long-rumoured foldable handset alongside updated Pro phones, AirPods and Apple Watches. The headline device was the iPhone Duo, a passport-shaped foldable that lies flat when opened, marking Apple’s entry into a market already…

    • Apple extends Siri AI to five new languages in October

      Apple has announced that Siri AI, its redesigned digital assistant, will expand to five additional languages—French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish—from October, following an English-only beta launch. The update was revealed during Apple’s fall iPhone event and marks a significant step in the assistant’s international rollout after a long-anticipated overhaul. Siri AI is currently accessible…

    • Apple unveils foldable iPhone as new CEO Ternus makes debut

      Apple’s new chief executive, John Ternus, gave his first extended public glimpse of his leadership style on Wednesday, coming across as calm and unpretentious as he unveiled the company’s first foldable handset, the iPhone Duo, at its “Surprise and Shine” event in Cupertino, California. Analysts said the moment carried particular symbolic weight: with the foldable…

    • Apple reveals first foldable iPhone at new CEO’s debut keynote

      Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable handset, at a keynote that also marked John Ternus’s debut as chief executive following Tim Cook’s departure on 1 September. The launch sees Apple enter a foldable smartphone market pioneered by Samsung’s Galaxy Fold in 2019 and since joined by Honor, Google, Motorola and Oppo. Alongside…

    • John Ternus unveiled as Apple’s new chief executive at product event

      Apple’s product event on Wednesday marked the first public appearance of John Ternus as chief executive, the company’s first new CEO in more than a decade. Ternus, who succeeded Tim Cook, opened proceedings with a brief address and received a standing ovation, offering an early indication of how he intends to present himself as he…

    • Apple unveils folding iPhone as UK travel chaos and fuel prices bite

      Cupertino’s autumn showcase tips the first folding iPhone under new chief John Ternus, while UK flight cancellations top 1,300 and pump prices surge; also: scrutiny of the fatal Miami cargo crash, a Queensland farmer convicted of triple murder, Borthwick’s England extension and Tom Jones’s Voice UK row.

    • Xbox is bringing back startup animations from its console history

      Microsoft is rolling out a batch of new Xbox console features to Insider testers, including custom boot animations drawn from the console’s history, a local search tool, and improved Remote Play and voice chat quality. The update reflects Microsoft’s ongoing effort to refine the Xbox software experience with quality-of-life and nostalgia-driven personalisation features ahead of…

    • All the news from Apple’s ‘Surprise and shine’ event

      Apple held its “Surprise and shine” launch event on 9 September, expected to introduce the first phones in its iPhone 18 range, including a rumoured foldable device dubbed the “iPhone Duo”. The event carried added significance as the first major product launch overseen by John Ternus, who became Apple’s chief executive on 1 September after…

    • Apple unveils its first foldable iPhone at Ternus keynote

      Apple concluded a keynote unveiling its first foldable iPhone, marking the debut major product launch overseen by newly appointed CEO John Ternus. The event carried particular significance as Ternus’s introduction to leading Apple’s flagship announcements, having billed it in advance as “a huge launch” that would be “phenomenal,” with the folding handset positioned as the…