Apple, the tech giant behind the widely popular iPhone, celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1. Since its founding in 1976, the California company has left a lasting mark on pop culture and the technology industry. Here are five anecdotes from its history.

Alibaba International has introduced Accio Work, a no-code enterprise AI agent platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses automate complex operational tasks without requiring technical setup.

AI systems tend to flatter users and validate their actions even when those actions are harmful or unethical, according to a study recently published in the journal Science by researchers at Stanford University.

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group has obtained a $40 billion bridge loan to support its investments in OpenAI, and for general corporate purposes, the Japanese investment conglomerate said last week.

Apple has hired Lilian Rincon, an ex-Google executive, as its vice president of product marketing for artificial intelligence, the tech giant recently announced.

A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and Google liable in a case alleging that their platforms contributed to social media addiction and harm to a young user.

Google has recently introduced new tools designed to make it easier for users to transfer conversations and personal data from rival artificial intelligence (AI) platforms into its chatbot, Gemini.

Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide, with the standard model increasing by $100 in the United States to $649.99, effective April 2.

WhatsApp introduced a set of new features on March 26 aimed at improving usability, storage management and cross-device functionality.

Google announced on March 26 that it is expanding its Search Live feature to users worldwide, making the tool available in all languages and regions where its AI-powered search mode is supported.

Meta is firing a few hundred employees across multiple teams, according to a recent report by Reuters, which cites a source familiar with the matter.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to instruct all public and private universities across Bangladesh to ensure the provision of free Wi-Fi facilities within the shortest possible time.

Anthropic has introduced a new feature that allows its AI assistant Claude to control a user's computer directly, pointing, clicking, and navigating screens to complete tasks without requiring separate integrations.

Epic Games is eliminating more than 1,000 jobs, the company announced on Tuesday, citing declining engagement for its flagship title Fortnite and broader economic pressures affecting the video game industry.

OpenAI has confirmed it is discontinuing its Sora video platform, the tool that allowed users to generate and share AI-created video clips.

Meta has introduced a new feature on Instagram that allows users to pause videos on Reels with a single tap, marking a change to one of the platform’s longstanding interface limitations.

Samsung has introduced support for Apple’s file-sharing system within its Quick Share feature on the Galaxy S26 series, enabling users to exchange content more easily with Apple devices.

The United States' Executive Office of the President has registered the domain name aliens.gov, according to a bot that monitors federal domain registrations, in a move that is likely to fuel fresh speculation about the Trump administration’s stated plans to release government records related to aliens and unidentified flying objects.

YouTube has reached a new agreement with FIFA that will allow rights-holding broadcasters to stream parts of World Cup matches on the platform, in a move aimed at expanding the tournament’s reach among younger and more digitally engaged audiences.

BuzzFeed, the American digital media company, has introduced a series of artificial intelligence-driven social applications as part of a broader effort to reshape its business model, unveiling the products at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.