• Apple Inc on Friday also gave the service 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to participants using the service to coordinate Wednesday’s siege of the U.S. Capitol building.

• Hyundai Motor shares soar 24% on Korea Economic Daily TV report.
• Hyundai says receiving EV project requests from various firms.

• The probes are among several still open USTR Section 301 investigations that could lead to tariffs before President Donald Trump leaves office or early in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden. Among these is a more advanced probe into France’s digital services tax.

• "We believe diversity drives innovation and is key to our success."

• As per details, at the January 14 virtual event, Samsung will unveil three different models of its new phone, including the 6.2-inch S21, the 6.7-inch S21 Plus and the 6.8-inch S21 Ultra.

• Twitter recently began letting a "very small" group of users create Spaces, which it described as online venues "built around the voices of the people using Twitter."

• As per details, there will be two types of displays on the keyboard which will show the pictures of the key label.

• But the bad news is that the customers of some old Apple and Android phones will have no choice but to give up and buy a new phone. Such phones are still used in large numbers around the world.

• Even some strategists who like other stocks aren't straying far from tech. BMO Capital Markets cut tech to "market weight" for 2021 but urged investors to maintain positions rather than sell.

• The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014 when it first started to design its own vehicle from scratch.

• Apple jumped over 3% on Tuesday, increasing the iPhone maker's stock market value by more than the entire value of General Motors.

• Apple’s goal of building a personal vehicle for the mass market contrasts with rivals such as Alphabet Inc’s Waymo, which has built robo-taxis to carry passengers for a driverless ride-hailing service.

• Wistron failed to implement proper working hour management processes, which “led to payment delays for some workers in October and November,” Apple said.

• Apple’s website showed that at least 12 stores were being shut starting Friday and Saturday, including those at Grove, Sherman Oaks and Beverly Center, just a week ahead of peak holiday season.

• In its final policy meeting of the year, the US central bank is expected to keep its key overnight interest rate pinned near zero and signal it will stay there for years to come.

• EU says rules aimed at protecting consumers, businesses.
• EU hitting successful firms - US Chamber of Commerce.
• Google warns of threat to innovation.

• Apple has been fighting for several years to become less dependent on the iPhone, which contributed to 40.8pc of overall sales during the last quarter.

• Apple said it was sending staff and auditors to the site and was cooperating with police in their investigation.

• The workers alleged that they have not been fully paid for four months and are being forced to work overtime.

• The AirPods Max model will compete with high-end headphones such as Bose’s Noise Cancelling 700 units, which retail for $340 with holiday discounts.
• At $549, AirPods Max headphones are more expensive than Apple’s entry-level iPhone, iPad and Watch models.

• It cited promotional claims relating to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11pro and iPhone 11 pro Max models.

Applications to the quality control agency, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), typically used to be processed within 15 days, but some are now taking up to two months or longer.

• The App Store Small Business Program will launch on January 1, 2021.

• 33 US states had claimed that the technology company Apple slows down the performance of old mobile phones so that its users buy new phones.

• Apple takes a 30% cut of most purchases made on the App Store, although the commission drops to 15% for subscriptions that remain active for more than a year.

The company is reportedly evaluating between OLED and microLED displays for a folding device.

• It is the first such major action against the U.S. technology group in regards to European Union privacy rules.

• The new iPhone charger is priced at $129, or Rs 20,530, which can charge the iPhone as well as the Apple Watch at the same time.

• As per media reports, the new iPhone 12 has a "Le DAR" sensor that can scan people through a camera and accurately measure their height to see how tall a person is.

• According to the report, Samsung's sales in the third quarter of 2020 have increased by about 2 percent compared to the quarter of 2019, after which Samsung is at the top with 80.4 million smartphone units sold.