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Apple's fiscal second-quarter earnings were slightly higher than Wall Street expectations, but showed overall revenue down 4%, and iPhone sales falling 10%. The iPhone maker announced that its board had authorized $110 billion in share repurchases, the largest in company history.Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that qua...

The Justice Department sued Apple in an antitrust case, saying that the iPhone maker has a monopoly over the phone market that harmed consumers, developers, and rival companies.Apple's ecosystem, from the Apple Watch to Apple Pay, supports that monopoly, prosecutors said.The challenge strikes at the core of Apple's ...

Disney is investing $1.5 billion for an equity stake in Epic Games in its biggest jump yet into the gaming world.The media giant will work with the Fortnite gaming studio on new games and an entertainment universe.Disney has previously collaborated with Epic to bring characters from Marvel, Star Wars, "The Nightmare...

Thierry Breton, France's European Union commissioner for internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy.JOHN THYSApple faces strong action if changes to its App Store do not meet incoming European Union regulations, the bloc's industry chief said on Friday.In a move designed to comply with th...

LOS ANGELES — Shares of Netflix jumped in extended trading Tuesday after the company reported adding 13.1 million subscribers during the fourth quarter, stronger growth than Wall Street expected as the streamer builds its ad-supported service and cracks down on password sharing.Netflix now has 260.8 million paid sub...