Bloomberg Apple Inc. is refusing to participate in an upcoming Senate hearing about anti-competitive practices at online app stores, according to a letter addressed to CEO Tim Cook from Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee, a Republican. The letter says the Cupertino, California-based company declined to send a witness for an upcoming hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co.’s profit for the first quarter rises 44% from the prior year as the early release of a new flagship smartphone and strong gadget sales softened the blow from a Texas power failure that took one of its factories offline. South Korea’s biggest company posted operating income of 9.3 trillion won ($8.3 billion) for the three months ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE Government announced that it will employ biometric face recognition (Facial ID) to register customers in the “UAE Pass” application, as part of its plan to launch the first safe digital national ID for citizens and residents. The UAE Pass app is the first national digital identity and signature solution that enables users to identify themselves ...