Following the release of Apple’s earnings report for the second fiscal quarter of 2026, shares rose slightly in after-hours trading as the market digested the results and outlook for Q3 2026. Here are the details.

Apple’s stock rose as much as 5.35% after the company reported its Q2 2026 results and commented on them in the conference call that followed.

When the bell rang, Apple stock closed at $271.3

Apple’s spending on research and development hit an all-time high in the company’s latest quarterly results, reflecting an industry-wide continued push into AI development. Here are the details.

As part of its fiscal Q2 2026 results, Apple reported $11.4 billion in R&D expenses, up 34% from Q2 2025, making it the highest quarterly figure in the company’s history.

Over the past several quarters, Apple’s

Apple CEO Tim Cook said today that the company is seeking refunds for duties it paid under tariffs Donald Trump announced last year, which the Supreme Court recently ruled unconstitutional. Here are the details.

During today’s earnings call for fiscal Q2 2026, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is following “the established processes” to apply for refunds on tariffs it paid under the measures Donald Trump announced last year that were recently struck down by the Supreme Court.

In a , the Court found that the

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Apple today provided its guidance for the June quarter of fiscal 2026, outlining expectations for revenue growth, margins, and key business trends amid the ongoing memory shortage. Here are the details.

As part of today’s , Apple said it expects the June quarter total company revenue to grow between 14% and 17% year over year, reflecting what it described as its “best view of constrained supply.”

That “constrained supply” comment comes, of course, against the ongoing global memory

On its quarterly earnings call today, Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed the ongoing supply shortages for Apple’s pro desktop Macs. Many configurations of Mac mini and Mac Studio are completely out of stock at Apple Stores online.

Cook said customer interest in agentic AI use cases (like OpenClaw) is driving Mac mini and Mac Studio demand beyond what Apple predicted. Due to the ongoing industry constraints for advanced nodes and memory components, the company expects the supply shortages for these Macs to continue for the next several months.

It’

ChatGPT remains the top downloaded app on the App Store, and it sounds like OpenAI will launch a new iPhone app soon.

OpenAI has been investing heavily in its Codex desktop with updates arriving almost daily. Today’s includes a new prompt that asks users one question: “What type of work do you do?”

The feature adjusts the user interface for Codex based on the response. Options include engineering, product, finance, marketing, sales, operations, data science, design, student, and “something else

Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call included a notable addition this time around, as incoming CEO John Ternus joined the discussion alongside current CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh. Here are the details.

During today’s covering the company’s second fiscal quarter of 2026, Apple brought incoming CEO John Ternus into the conversation at the outset, where Tim Cook acknowledged the upcoming transition and praised Ternus before handing him the floor for a brief remark.

In his remarks, Ternus thanked Cook

Apple reported another record-breaking quarter of earnings today, and it came with a big announcement about the iPhone 17 lineup: it’s now the company’s most popular model family ever.