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Apple, others to defy U.S. government authorities, notify customers of secret data demands
U.S. tech companies will ignore the instructions stamped on the fronts of subpoenas…
Apple and Google woo game developers for exclusives
A long-running battle between Apple Inc and Google Inc…
Two new Apple biometric patents reveal anti-spoofing measures and more
One invention delves into various methods that Apple’s Touch ID…
Apple patent reveals larger Apple TV heat sink right for gaming
Today’s Apple TV supports a 32-bit single-core A5 processor, but…
Microsoft to dig up millions of failed 1980s ‘E.T. The Extraterrestrial’ Atari video game cartridges
A planned excavation of an old Alamogordo landfill to search for…
As U.S. government discusses expanding digital searches, ACLU sounds caution
Late last month, we reported on new federal efforts to gain an expanded ability…
Apple reveals new multi-touch with FTIR and capacitive sensing that might be used for advanced on-screen gaming controls
Apple’s implementation senses different pressure levels which could be used for an on-screen gaming controller…
Obama to meet again with tech CEOs about NSA spying
Top executives from Facebook, Google and other tech giants will…
Flappy Bird to return to Apple’s App Store
Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has plans to return his hit game to the App Store…
Apple co-founder Woz and Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee voice support for Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee…
US NSA used Facebook to hack into computers
The National Security Agency is breaking into…
Star Trek Online free-to-play MMORPG now available for Apple Macintosh
Star Trek Online, the award-winning free-to-play MMORPG, is now live on Mac…
Rand Paul: ‘What you do on your cellphone is none of their damned business!’
Paul put his concerns about the NSA on front pages with a class-action lawsuit…
Orwellian: UK government, with aid from US NSA, intercepted webcam images from millions of users
Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency…
Apple reportedly grounding ‘Flappy Bird’ clones
The Flappy Bird phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down…
Apple shifts to hardware-first TV strategy with revamped set-top box
Apple is gearing up to launch a revamped Apple TV…
This isn’t the Apple TV that Steve Jobs ‘finally cracked’ – or is it?
Can this be what Steve Jobs had in mind when he said…
Apple in talks to revamp Apple TV set top box; scaled-back plans would rely on cable providers
Apple Inc. appears to be scaling back its lofty TV industry plans…
Apple to debut new set top box in April for Christmas launch; currently negotiating with Time Warner Cable, others
Apple Inc. is planning to introduce a new Apple TV set top box…
Thousands flock to eBay to sell iPhones with Flappy Bird installed
Since the game was pulled, thousands of iPhones have cropped up on eBay…
Why ‘Flappy Bird’ creator Dong Nguyen pulled his game – permanently
Flappy Bird is dead. Permanently.
iOS 7 builds contain references to new Apple TV hardware
We reported last fall that a revamped Apple TV set-top-box is in the works….
‘Flappy Bird’ creator pulls game from App Store
If you didn’t think he’d actually do it, you were wrong…
Twitter threatens to sue Obama administration over government surveillance requests
Twitter says it is prepared to sue the Obama administration…
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A Norwegian member of parliament nominated former U.S. National Security Agency…
Next-gen Apple TV may feature integrated 802.11ac AirPort router, built-in TV tuner; focus on gaming
Versions of the new Apple TV in testing are said to include an integrated 802.11ac wireless router…
U.S gov’t reaches deal with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn to allow data disclosures on national security orders
The Justice Department on Monday reached agreements with…
U.S. NSA watching, tracking phone users with Google Maps
The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been…
Apple issues update on U.S. NSA and law enforcement orders
Apple Inc. has released the following statement…
Apple’s Tim Cook on U.S government surveillance: ‘There is no back door, the government doesn’t have access to our servers’
Cook touches on his concerns regarding the NSA and their deeply controversial PRISM surveillance program…
Take a peek at a few key patents that Apple gained with PrimeSense acquisition
Little did we know at the time that Apple’s Tel Aviv research center…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer calls on Obama administration to provide greater U.S. NSA transparency
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.’s chief executive…
Obama’s NSA proposals fall far short of real change
The White House’s tepid plan aims to calm the public, not curtail U.S. government surveillance programs…
U.S. NSA devises radio pathway into computers to conduct surveillance, launch cyberattacks
The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers…
Apple’s iBeacon tech promises new possibilities for location-based games
Apple’s iBeacons have a lot of potential for inclusion in location-based games…
The NSA, Apple’s iPhone and a whole lot of bad reporting
With the treasure trove of classified information Edward Snowden…
Touch Arcade reviews SteelSeries Stratus iOS 7 Bluetooth Controller: The best of a lackluster bunch
When I first heard that SteelSeries was making an iOS 7 controller…
U.S. NSA seeks to build quantum computer to crack most types of encryption
In room-size metal boxes secure against electromagnetic leaks…
Jacob Appelbaum’s extraordinarily disingenuous claims about NSA penetration of Apple iPhones
Jacob Appelbaum has yet another revelation from the Edward Snowden trove…
Apple: We’ve never worked with U.S. NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone
Apple just responded to newly released documents claiming that the U.S. National Security Agency…
Ex-NSA chief calls for Obama to reject commission’s recommendations to rein in NSA surveillance
etired general Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency…
