SHOPPING – Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Shopping Finder article are selected by our shopping writers. If you make a purchase using links on this page, Dailymail.co.uk will earn an affiliate commission. The day Apple fans have been waiting for is nearly here. After many months of rumours, the tech giant is finally due to unveil a slew of new products on Wednesday.

Axios reported on Friday that Apple CEO Tim Cook will donate 1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration, the latest tech company figure to do so. These donations--which aren't covered by campaign finance law and can be unlimited--signal a clear willingness to work with the Trump administration and a desire to curry favor with the once and future president. The tech sector is particularly eager to suck up. In December, Meta and Amazon donated 1 million to the inauguration committee, and OpenAI's Sam Altman said he planned to do the same. Uber and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi have both donated 1 million apiece (even as the company's chief legal officer Tony West is vice president Kamala Harris' brother-in-law).

Now the tech giant is gearing up to host its first one of the year – and it's taking place in less than two weeks. Apple CEO Tim Cook has posted a cryptic animated teaser for the event, which he confirmed will be streamed online on May 7. The animation features the Apple logo being drawn in a variety of bright colours and artistic styles, including one with a hand holding a stylus. The Apple boss also told his X followers to'pencil us in', alluding to what the company has in store. The Apple boss also told his X followers to'pencil us in', alluding to what the company has in store. The event will be streamed online on Apple TV and Apple's website from 10am Eastern Time (3pm BST) on May 7 Apple's website also features an abridged version of the animation and confirms further details about the event.

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Apple stores across the US are seeing lines form on Friday with people waiting to purchase the new 3,499 Vision Pro that went on sale at 8am ET. Those waiting outside are set to receive one-on-one demonstrations with the device that features a single, thick band on the back of the head, connecting a large and sleek screen that sits over the eyes. Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived at the flagship Apple store in Manhattan for the launch and greeted early risers who were standing in line before the doors had opened. The Vision Pro is over five times as expensive as the rival Meta Quest 3, but Apple sold out pre-orders for the device on January 19 - 200,000 units were reserved. While the headset starts at nearly 3,500, customers can purchase upgrades like storage and 149 prescription inserts.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, 60, revealed to he does not see himself running the tech firm in 10 years. The CEO spoke with Kara Swisher for The New York Times Monday about Apple's upcoming technologies, specifically AR and an autonomous car, along with his own future. But I can tell you that I feel great right now. And the date's not in sight,' he told Swisher. Along with the announcement, Cook also augmented reality is'critically important' to Apple's future and said it could be used to enhance conversations.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that Apple CEO Tim Cook refused to meet with him about a possible acquisition of his electric vehicle company when it was in dire straits. His claim came after the publication of a Reuters report that Apple is developing electric vehicle technology that could result in the production of a car for consumers or self-driving vehicle systems for automakers. If any of that comes to fruition, Apple would be competing directly with Tesla. "During the darkest days of the Model 3 program, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value)," Musk said on Twitter. "He refused to take the meeting."

Apple CEO, Tim Cook spoke up for privacy at a conference of European privacy commissioners in Brussels this morning. The themes of this year's conference is "Debating Ethics: Dignity and Respect in Data Driven Life", Cook is the first tech CEO to serve as the keynote speaker for the conference and was invited to speak. He talked about data, put in a bid for a bill of U.S. digital rights, slammed competitors for profiting while unleashing powerfully negative forces, and spoke up for a GDPR-style privacy protection in the U.S. What follows is the transcript of his speech. "It is an honor to be here with you today in this grand hall…a room that represents what is possible when people of different backgrounds, histories, and philosophies come together to build something bigger than themselves. "I am deeply grateful to our hosts.

Xbox's latest release, the Adaptive Controller, allows compatibility external joysticks, pedals, switches and buttons. Microsoft's Seeing AI for the iPhone tries to identify a person's gender, approximate age and mood. Retiree Douglas Wakefield is a tech enthusiast. The 76-year-old begins a typical day by donning his Apple Watch and listening to its synthesized voice deliver the weather. Over coffee, the Arlington, Virginia, resident catches up on overnight news on his iPhone X and consumes books read out loud on topics like coding – his goal is to write apps for the iPhone.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks Monday during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at the San Jose Convention Center. Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks Monday during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at the San Jose Convention Center. Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Steve Inskeep: Thank you very much for taking the time. This is really great to talk with you. Apple CEO Tim Cook: It is great to be here with you. I want to begin with some news that you made -- and by the time people will hear this interview we will have explained essentially what it was -- having to do with screen time and parental controls. I want to get at the thinking behind that: What, if anything, bothers you about the amount of time people are spending on your phones? If you back up and think about what we've -- what we're about -- we've never been about maximizing usage of our devices. It's never been a focus of ours. What we've always try to do is infuse humanity into our products, and give you something that amplifies something you want to do, or enables you to create something that you couldn't create otherwise. And it -- sort of to make your difference in the world.