Apple’s newest, most affordable iPhone isn’t inexpensive, precisely-and that’s where the engineering story gets interesting.

This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on Aug. 1, 2025. One of the hardest jobs of a policymaker is to weigh trade-offs. Few policies are clean, absolute, and ...

Chris Mufarrige, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, speaking at the NAD annual conference in Washington, DC on Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo: Brian O ...

Governments across both advanced and emerging market economies have increasingly rolled out new support for targeted companies and industries over the past decade and a half. Industrial policy, as ...

Apple has officially unveiled the iPhone Air, its thinnest iPhone ever, during the September 2025 launch event. With its titanium frame, new Ceramic Shield 2 glass and pro-level performance, the ...

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