Start-ups challenge Apple over curbs on AI ‘vibe coding’ apps

Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?

Apple has agreed to buy up to $30 billion-worth of additional chips and other wireless components from Broadcom over the next few years. The new agreement could lead to Broadcom making up to 15 billion more chips in the US, and enable it to modernize its manufacturing facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado, where it will produce radio frequency components including thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) filters and advanced wireless connectivity technologies, Apple said. The deal is part of Apple’s effort to create an end-to-end supply chain in the US. It has already been exploring options that could wean it off Chinese-made chips. Last year it launched its American Manufacturing Program (AMP) to accelerate manufacturing in the US, committing to “invest $600 billion in the US economy over four years” in support of local manufacturing and jobs. US companies have been keen to source chips manufactured in the US to eliminate supply-chain uncertainty in the face of President Trump’s ever-c

Apple's $30B deal with Broadcom strengthens US manufacturing, boosts job creation, and underscores strategic tech partnerships over vertical integration. The post Apple just handed Broadcom a $30B chip deal, and it matters beyond semiconductors appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

For those who wonder what the support window is for Apple products, the company now has an answer: it’s quietly ended support for some of its oldest iPhones and iPads, cutting off restore access for devices that first went on sale more than a decade ago.  While the move has prompted some complaints, the truth is that it underlines just how unusually long the company has kept aging hardware alive. Even today, it provides support in the form of access to signed software upgrades for non-cellular devices as old as some teenagers.  What devices have been cut? Among other things Apple has cut support for a range of older cellular-equipped devices, as it no longer supports the modems. Take the iPhone 4S, introduced about the same time iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs died. Apple has stopped signing iOS versions for that device, which means if you’re still running one, you won’t be able to restore or downgrade to several older iOS versions on it.  This isn’t the only older system for which Apple h

The post Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Soars Following Apple’s $30B+ Chip Partnership Expansion appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Quick Summary AVGO shares gained 4.83% Wednesday following Apple’s disclosure of a chip partnership valued at over $30 billion The tech giant plans a $1.5 billion capital investment to upgrade Broadcom’s Fort Collins, Colorado manufacturing site Premarket trading Thursday showed AVGO climbing another ~1.35%, reaching approximately $393.94 Analyst consensus stands at “Strong Buy” with a 12-month target of $516.91, suggesting roughly 33% potential growth Recent analyst activity includes an Erste Group downgrade to Hold on July 7, while UBS and Bank of America retained positive outlooks Shares of Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) surged 4.83% during Wednesday’s trading session, finishing at $388.69, following Apple’s disclosure that its semiconductor spending with the company will surpass $30 billion. Broadcom Inc., AVGO This development emerged as Apple outlined its ambitious $

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The following article originally appeared on Charity Majors’s Substack and is being republished here with the author’s permission. I recently attended a talk where one of the presenters made some pretty…astonishing claims about what they had achieved by the pure, uncut power of vibe coding. Difficult engineering problems solved, backlogs cleared. Rewrites that would have […]

The post Is Broadcom (AVGO) stock a buy after massive new Apple deal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. On Wednesday, July 8, Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) stock received potentially powerful tailwinds when the blue-chip technology giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced it would be increasing its spend with the company. According to the press release, the iPhone makers agreed to boost spending and now expect the deal to exceed $30 billion in an effort to bolster production of chips in the U.S.  Perhaps most notably, the agreement – which is part of Apple’s commitment to invest $600 billion in the American economy across four years – will involve a $1.5 billion capital expenditure (CapEx) investment earmarked for expansion and modernization of Broadcom’s facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado. Still, despite the scale of the deal, the question of whether AVGO is a ‘Buy’ after the announcement remains open given the equity’s performance so far in 2026. To begin with, the initial investor reactio