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OK, we can relax. The iPhone 'hang up' button might not be moving much after all 08/16/2023 03:30am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Almost a week after the Apple faithful collectively gasped at the first evidence that the iPhone���s red ���end call��� button might soon be vacating its center position to take up residence one column to the right, it looks like it might have been mostly a false alarm. The 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 08/15/2023 08:00pm • One of the hardest lessons for many investors to learn is that they are not good at picking stocks. There's no shame in this, though. After all, some of the most prominent investors on Wall Street can be bad at it, too! Consider that 2022 was yet another year that so-called active managers underperf Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA's 'interim agreements' 08/15/2023 07:30pm • The actors and writers strikes have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the ���Gladiator��� sequel to the live action ���Lilo & Stitch.��� But some independent films and television productions are are still filming after reaching agreements with the S US-Apple-Podcasts-Top-Podcasts 08/15/2023 11:43am • Top New Shows (US): 1. The Really Good Podcast, Bobbi Althoff 2. How Rude, Tanneritos!, iHeartPodcasts 3. The RE���CAP Show: World Cup Edition, RE���INC 4. The Meatball Pod, Audioboom 5. Joy, a Podcast. Hosted by Craig Ferguson, iHeartPodcasts 6. Detective Perspective, Derrick Levasseur 7. Let���s B US-Apple-Books-Top-10 08/15/2023 11:41am • Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell - 9781982179021 - (Atria Books) 2. Happiness by Danielle Steel - 9781984821935 - (Random House Publishing Group) 3. Home Front by Kristin Hannah - 9781429942218 - (St. Martin���s Publishing Group) 4. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted 08/15/2023 11:41am • SALZBURG, Austria (AP) ��� The opera world is split in two: European regietheater productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, while traditional stagings favored in the U.S. and parts of Italy are condemned by some cognoscenti as pass��. Martin Ku��ej���s vision of Mozart���s ���Le N Apple TV app - Top Movies 08/15/2023 11:40am • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2. The Little Mermaid (2023) 3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 5. John Wick: Chapter 4 6. Cobweb 7. To Catch A Killer 8. The Flash 9. Guy Ritchie���s The Covenant 10. Insidious: Th Apple App Store - Top Apps 08/15/2023 11:39am • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. MONOPOLY GO!, Scopely, Inc. 3. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 4. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies, WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 5. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 6. Google, Google LLC 7. WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp I Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists partially win bid to quash convictions over 2019 protest 08/14/2023 10:25pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Seven of Hong Kong���s most prominent pro-democracy advocates had part of their convictions quashed Monday over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019. Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper; Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the Chance the Rapper will discuss his career and the impact of hip-hop at an Apple store in Chicago 08/14/2023 08:17pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Chance the Rapper will take Apple store customers in Chicago on his hip-hop journey as part of an audio series celebrating the genre���s 50th anniversary. Chance the Rapper will discuss becoming a rap star at the Apple Michigan Avenue location in his hometown, the technology com What Is a Single-Stock ETF? 7 Options to Consider 08/14/2023 08:00pm • Every investor looks for assets that can generate returns and align with their financial goals. While most stock investors interpret that as picking individual stocks or exchange-traded funds, there is a new type of investment that is attracting attention. Single-stock ETFs are investment opportunit Best Budget Apps 08/14/2023 08:00pm • With smartphones playing a pivotal role in our daily lives, it only makes sense that they would eventually become an integral part of money management. Today, consumers who want to budget and track their spending can choose from a variety of robust app options. These often go beyond basic budgeting Warren Buffett's firm invests in the biggest homebuilders while reducing GM stake in portfolio moves 08/14/2023 07:26pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Warren Buffett's company appears to be betting on the housing market picking up because Berkshire Hathaway bought more than $700 million worth of homebuilder DR Horton's stock this spring along with smaller stakes in fellow builders Lennar Corp. and NVR Corp. Berkshire revealed Ford lures Apple executive to oversee its new software subscription services unit 08/14/2023 12:02pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Ford has hired away a key Apple executive to run a new business unit that will sell software-related subscription services to vehicle owners. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Monday it hired Peter Stern, who was Apple's vice president of services. He'll be president of Ford In Author-illustrator Loren Long, who has worked with Barack Obama among others, has 6-figure book deal 08/14/2023 09:58am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The illustrator of bestselling children's books by former President Barack Obama, Madonna and poet Amanda Gorman has a six-figure deal with a Macmillan imprint for two of his own projects. Loren Long's first book under his new contract is ���The Yellow Bus," scheduled for June 2024