Tech Stocks This Week: Apple's Big Event Gets a Date, Instagram Is Hacked, and More

Tech Stocks This Week: Apple's Big Event Gets a Date, Instagram Is Hacked, and More

Though earnings season is just about over, there has still been some hot news in tech. This week, investors turned to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), as the tech giant sent out media invites to what is anticipated to be its most important product event in years. And Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) grabbed big headlines twice: once when it announced an aggressive move to help curb fake news, and again when its Instagram suffered a major hack.

Tech giant Apple sent out media invitations to its annual iPhone launch event, scheduled for Sept. 12. Though there's no way to guarantee Apple will launch its latest iPhone at the event, a new smartphone from the tech company is basically in the bag, since Apple launches a new iPhone in September every year.

Apple CEO Tim Cook at last year's iPhone launch event. Image source: Apple.

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