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Among the devices Apple is expected to launch Tuesday is an iPhone potentially priced at around $1,000. It's expected to include facial recognition and do away with the home button.

In the 1800s, still-life painting was the bottom feeder of the art world, but that's where the French painter chose to leave his mark. "I want to astonish Paris with an apple," he's said to have said.

A New Jersey state court jury has awarded $4.5 million in a lawsuit filed by a man who suffered a heart attack while taking Vioxx, made by Merck & Co. The award of $4.5 million to John McDarby, 77, is for compensatory damages. On Thursday, the jury will decide whether Merck should face punitive damages as well.

Apple's plans to scan iPhones for images of child sexual abuse is raising concern among some security researchers who say the system could be misused.

Noah talks to Alan Kay, a computer technology writer about an announced agreement between IBM and Apple, in which IBM will license the Apple Macintosh operating system, and its impact on the computer market, and the recent 2 billion dolllar Internet sale.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with John Dimsdale of Marketplace about how the iPod is fueling computer maker Apple's impressive earnings.

In his new book, "The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coast," Pulitzer-prize winning author Gilbert Gaul takes a...

The struggle of the dot-com industry has left many failed Internet companies struggling to pay back investors. Ruby De Luna, of member station KUOW in Seattle, reports on the aftermath of the dot-com bust -- the dot-com auction.

The controversial practice dates back to the 1990s when Apple introduced a service called Watson that critics say ripped off another company's tool. Since then, small apps have said it has become a pattern.

Apple's new feature to fight child sexual abuse is encouraging to families of survivors. But privacy advocates are trying to convince Apple to drop its plans, fearing they could lead to surveillance.

NPR's John McChesney reports that computer-maker Apple is expected to announce a restructuring that will involve selling off parts of the company and substantial layoffs. A decision could come later today or tomorrow.

The tech world is mourning Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday from complications of pancreatic cancer. But what will become of Apple without its charismatic co-founder? The company aims to keep the Jobs magic alive — from his management style to his infectious enthusiasm for the products.

A federal court is battling Apple over encryption. The Mozilla Foundation launched a pro-encryption campaign. Steve Inskeep talks to Mark Surman, the foundation's executive director.

The tech giants' app stores are multibillion-dollar money-makers. Now the services are under threat like never before.

Beijing has become determined to maintain China's place as the dominant tech manufacturer.

Dorie Greenspan knows how to make an elaborate tiered wedding cake cascading with flowers, or a sculpted Darth Vader cake. But she's pretty clear that she doesn't want to.

For years, former sports agent Josh Luchs provided money and other benefits to college athletes, in clear violation of NCAA and NFL Players Association rules. He comes clean in a new memoir, Illegal Procedure.

Apple is replacing the mute switch on its iPhones with a button that lets users do more things with their phones. A closer look at what Apple calls the "action button."

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay authors $3,000 per book in a landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.

Before Jobs adopted his classic black turtleneck, he approached Japanese designer Issey Miyake to see if he could create a uniform for Apple employees. But company employees were not fans.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

When you're buying a smartphone, chances are you don't dig too deeply into the personal assistant. Google aims to change that — and in the process, it's testing our appetite for privacy in a big way.

A 911 operator told the three-year-old who managed to dial emergency services to take the watch to his mother. His mom had given him the disused watch to use as a toy.

The tech giant is accused of monopolizing the smartphone market and snuffing out competition. Apple is also facing challenges in the European Union.

It could feature a generic charging port for the first time in Apple's history. EU regulators require all new mobile devices to have a standardized connection for data transfer and charging by 2024.