Keyword being "probably" here, it's on the news, but it also has a big impact on tech and even on startups, so it may very well be worth discussing.

The submission guidelines also state:

"Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups."

In other words, if it gets up-voted here hackers probably find it interesting and it's a useful post. Considering the discussion generated when Apple releases a new product and it's relevance to hackers (e.g. a new version of iOS means a new SDK + many new API's for hackers) those posts seem relevant.

Keyword: probably. Also, "TV news". The rule is supposed to weed-out regular news stuff (from the Kardasians to what Obama said).

It obviously doesn't rule out tech related news, e.g Facebook buying Whatsapp for 16 billion would surely have made TV news, but it's obviously a topic of interest for here too.