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Let Apple CEO Tim Cook speak (about business)
Those who make their living from rules and more rules are muttering darkly about Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Apple’s Dr. Dre apologizes for past abuse of women, Apple issues statement
Dr Dre. was often physically abusive, hitting her with a closed fist and leaving black eyes, a cracked rib and scars…
Hackers release 9.7GB of adultery website Ashley Madison customers’ names, email, street addresses, credit card transactions
The group of hackers that previously stole massive amounts of user data…
Teen arrested after snatching iPad from 4-year old boy
16-year-old Lauderhill boy was arrested Monday, accused of snatching an iPad…
Detroit-area teens charged with selling iPhone boxes filled with Play-Doh
Three Detroit-area teenagers have been charged with selling…
Beijing police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation
Police in Beijing have busted a factory that produced more than 41,000 fake iPhones…
18-year-old Canadian man shot dead after using ‘Find my Smartphone’ app
The shooting death of an 18-year-old man trying to retrieve his lost smartphone…
Man survives shotgun attack – thanks to his green iPhone 5c
A man miraculously survived being shot near his home with a sawed-off shotgun…
It’s currently far too easy for thieves to sell a stolen Apple Watch
Apple Watch is now also the easiest Apple gadget to steal…
Apple Watch lacks necessary security features to dissuade theft
The Apple Watch contains security measures to prevent thieves from accessing your data…
Bungling burglar loses iPhone during crime, sets home on fire; iPhone survives blaze, leads police to him
A bungling burglar who set fire to a home after losing his mobile left behind…
Apple iPad ‘test model’ stolen during robbery, kidnapping at Cupertino home
An iPad ‘test model’ was one of the items taken during a robbery and kidnapping at a Cupertino house…
Suspects armed with AK-47 rob man of Apple iPhone near Liberty Bell
According to investigators, the 52-year-old victim was driving home…
Apple iPhone vs. Android argument turns bloody, ends with beer bottle to the head
According to Tulsa police, Jiaro Mendez and Elias Acevedo were outside their apartment…
Banks at fault for high fraud rates in Apple Pay
When Apple was planning its Apple Pay electronic payment system last summer…
Apple’s kowtow to China undermines Obama’s tough talk on snooping or something
US president Barack Obama was sharply critical of China’s newest security demands…
Apple Pay offers state-of-the-art security; dangers of fraud wildly overhyped
This is a tempest in a teapot…
Banks rush to stem tide of fraudsters using stolen credit cards with Apple Pay
Criminals in the US are using the new Apple Pay mobile payment system…
Security researchers: Over 5 Billion Android apps open to hacking
Android Apps designed to steal financial data were especially popular…
With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards
On Thursday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said it has indicted five people…
‘Vindictive’ South Korean FTC targets Apple, others
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is accused of being biased and vindictive…
Criminals use Apple Pay to make fake virtual ‘credit cards’
For some issuers, fraud levels are as high as 6%…
China nabs iPhone thieves who tunneled into warehouse
Beijing police said Wednesday that they had detained three men…
Even thieves don’t want Android devices
Typically, authorities do not expect thieves to return the items they stole…
Apple security faces biggest test in 2015
Apple’s platforms are where the money is, other platforms are where the money isn’t…
Why you didn’t get your iPhone on launch day despite getting in line at 4am: iPhone credit-mule fraud
Middlemen were dispatched to seemingly random American cities, where they trolled homeless shelters and halfway houses…
Morgan Stanley paying $4 million to SEC over unauthorized purchase of $525 million in Apple stock
Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $4 million to settle federal charges…
Corrupt former Apple executive sentenced to 1 year in prison, fined $4.5 million
Paul S. Devine was sentenced in San Jose federal court…
Woman tracks stolen iPhone to Starbucks; employee inexplicably kicks her out of shop
A woman claims she was kicked out of a Starbucks coffee shop after…
I caught the thief who stole my iPhone 6 Plus
You often hear about phones getting stolen, but I never thought it would happen to me…
Ex-NSA lawyer says encryption could ‘BlackBerry’ Apple and Google
The battle over encryption of consumer internet users’ data…
U.S. NSA director makes another visit to Silicon Valley
Adm. Michael S. Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, said on Monday…
Mother’s iPhone lost in Coundon pub turns up – in China
Clare Kerrigan had given up hope of ever finding the missing phone after she lost it in a pub…
Edward Snowden’s privacy tips: ‘Get rid of Dropbox,” avoid Facebook and Google
According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from Google, Facebook, and Dropbox…
Apple’s iPhone encryption is a godsend, even if government snoops and cops hate it
It took the upheaval of the Edward Snowden revelations to make clear to everyone…
BadUSB: The unfixable flaw that infects USB devices is now on the loose
USB security architecture would need to be fundamentally redesigned…
Short-timer U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder blasts Apple for protecting users’ privacy against government overreach
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urged Apple to preserve law-enforcement access to smartphones…
Signaling post-Snowden era, Apple’s iPhone, iPad lock out N.S.A.
This distinguishes Apple from companies that make a profit from collecting and selling users’ personal data to advertisers…
What if Osama bin Laden had an iPhone?
Apple’s decision to release a mobile operating system that is so thoroughly encrypted that the company cannot unlock its devices for authorities…
FBI blasts Apple for protective users’ privacy by locking government, police out of iPhones and iPads
FBI Director James B. Comey sharply criticized Apple on Thursday…
No, by safeguarding user’s privacy, Apple is not picking a fight with the U.S. or any other government
Apple is setting a precedent that users, and not companies, should hold the keys to their own devices…
