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Student workers under 18 are not directly protected by Chinese labor law.

Apple Illegally Used Student Labor in China to Fulfill iPhone X Orders

Apple's iPhone X is in short supply everywhere, and one Chinese factory was counting on teenagers to speed up production.
By Sissi Cao
Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi shows new features of iPhone X on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.

iPhone X Set To Debut On Time Despite Production Delay Rumors

Apple announced iPhone X pre-order date after weeks of rumors around production delays.
By Sissi Cao
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn treats its workers like "machines" a Hong Kong based labour group said on May 3, after a survey based on interviews with the firm's workers in mainland China. At least 13 Foxconn employees died in apparent suicides last year, which rights activists blamed on tough working conditions in a case that highlighted the challenges faced by millions of Chinese factory workers.

Apple’s Clean Designs Come at a Not-So-Clean Price in New Film

"I think their policy is to say as little as possible."
By Brady Dale
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at an Apple event at the Worldwide Developer's Conference on June 13, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Thousands of people have shown up to hear about Apple's latest updates. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Three Takeaways From Apple’s Big Show

By Rich Jaroslovsky
The overseas laborers behind many Apple products are out of a job.

Apple’s Supplier Is Replacing 60,000 Workers With AI Robots

By Sage Lazzaro

Your Next iPhone Will Probably Be Built By a Robot

By Jordyn Taylor
New, new Twitter. (Photo: Twitter)

Booting Up: Twitter’s Web Interface Is Getting a Nip/Tuck

By Jordan Valinsky
He's not included. (Photo: Hulu)

Booting Up: Hulu’s Bidders Down to 3, Russian Rocket Falls Out of Space

By Jordan Valinsky
(Photo: MakerBot)

The President of Foxconn Isn’t Impressed With Your Gimmicky 3D Printers

By Kelly Faircloth

Booting Up: Comcast Thinks We Can’t Handle Google Fiber’s Zippy Internet Speeds

By Jordan Valinsky
Wealthy man, Mr. Cook (Photo: News.au)

Booting Up: Foxconn Employees Still Have it Pretty Terrible

By Jordan Valinsky
Charlie Ergen? (Photo: NBC)

Booting Up: Dish Network’s Chairman Thinks He’s Jerry Seinfeld

By Jordan Valinsky

Booting Up: Foursquare Wants to Recommend Some Coffee Shops

By Kelly Faircloth
Future Twitterer? (Photo: flickr.com/whatcounts)

Booting Up: Media Mogul Board Member Edition

By Kelly Faircloth
Mr. Cook at a factory in Zhengzhou (cnn.com via Apple)

Foxconn Shuts Down Factory After Workers Riot

By Myles Tanzer
MWAHAHA! (Photo: flickr.com/oreilly)

Next Step in Amazon’s Path to World Domination Said to be a Smartphone

By Kelly Faircloth

Foxconn Worker Commits Suicide Months After Agreement with Apple to Improve Conditions

By Nitasha Tiku
Mr. Cook at a factory in Zhengzhou (cnn.com via Apple)

New Report Reveals ‘Serious’ Violations at Apple Foxconn Factories in China

By Jessica Roy
Mr. Daisey

Mike Daisey Finally Gives the Apology The Media Has Been Waiting For

By Jessica Roy

Mike Daisey Will Deconstruct His Agony and Ecstasy: ‘I Will Be Making a Full Accounting of This Work’

By Nitasha Tiku

At His Last New York Performance, Mike Daisey Wins Crowds Over with Fabricated Tales of Foxconn

By Nitasha Tiku
Workers in a Chinese Apple factory. (cultofmac.com)

Everyone Got Over Their Foxconn Guilt Just in Time to Buy a New iPad

By Jessica Roy

Finally: Apple and Foxconn to Participate in Fair Labor Audit

By Foster Kamer

The Grand Central Apple Store Protest Did Not Go Well

By Foster Kamer
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