Obama sided with law enforcement Friday in the debate pitting encryption and personal privacy versus U.S. government overreach…
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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch backs U.S. government overreach on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
As the iPhone unlocking case becomes more heated, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch went on late night television…
Want to see what the future holds if Apple loses? Look no further than Microsoft
If you want to see what a world with built-in backdoors looks like should congress rule on the side of the FBI…
Apple tops (short) list of tech companies where women report equal treatment
The technology sector can be a lonely place for women workers…
Amid Apple’s FBI fight, app developers are ramping up encryption
While Apple fights the demands of the FBI over encrypted iPhone data…
Apple’s Eddy Cue: FBI’s encryption stance would benefit criminals
The FBI’s stance on encryption benefits criminals, according to Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue…
Obama lists the ‘tech leaders’ involved in new U.S. Cybersecurity Initiative and purposely snubs Apple
So with the help of companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Visa…
Apple continues to dominate U.S. smartphone marketshare
198.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (79.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in January…
U.S. Congress likely to side with Apple vs. FBI in iPhone unlocking fight
In the days after the attacks of Sept. 11, law enforcement and national security agencies brought Congress a lengthy list…
The FBI’s case against Apple got kneecapped in Brooklyn: The judges rebuke couldn’t have been stronger
Using the word ‘tyranny’ once and ‘absurd’ nine times, Judge Orenstein accused the DOJ of trying to…
Apple will tell Congress that strong encryption protects against terrorists
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell plans to tell Congress on Tuesday that strong encryption in iPhones protects users…
U.S. Magistrate Judge: The U.S. government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPhone in New York drug case
The U.S. government cannot force Apple Inc. to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug case, a federal judge ruled…
Warren Buffett says ‘privacy has its limits’ in Apple vs. U.S. government case
Billionaire Warren Buffett declined to take sides in Apple’s tussle with the FBI over an iPhone related…
Manhattan D.A. claims Apple is crippling investigations across the country
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance wrote in prepared testimony set to be delivered at a House Judiciary Committee hearing…
Apple’s top lawyer: U.S. government order weakens security for all iPhones
The FBI’s effort to force Apple to help unlock one of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhones would weaken security for all devices…
Apple CEO Cook decried Obama’s ‘lack of leadership’ on encryption during a closed-door meeting last month
Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, was relentless during a private meeting
Apple CEO Tim Cook can probably defy the US government all he wants and not go to jail
Does Apple CEO Tim Cook risk going to jail by opposing the US government request for help hacking into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone?
Apple CEO Cook picks up where Snowden left off in privacy debate
Edward Snowden stoked the debate over mass government surveillance. Tim Cook may be the one to rein it in…
Obama administration set to expand sharing of data that N.S.A. intercepts
The Obama administration is on the verge of permitting the National Security Agency to share more of the private communications it intercepts…
If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that’s unlocked: Access to your security cameras would be just a judge order away
In a recent interview about Apple’s ongoing legal battle with the Department of Justice, Tim Cook said…
The Apple vs. FBI fight is about something more basic than software and laws
The FBI wants Apple’s help breaking into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters…
Apple’s shareholders, Jesse Jackson praise CEO Cook for stance against U.S. government
Jesse Jackson, thanked Apple CEO Tim Cook for the company’s efforts to fight a court order that would force Apple to aid the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
PayPal co-founder on why he’s changed his mind on Apple-FBI fight
Over the course of the ongoing battle between Apple and the government over unlocking the iPhone…
Apple’s Cook is second most favorable tech CEO in poll of registered voters
Apple CEO Tim Cook has the second-highest approval rating of tech leaders, according to a new Morning Consult poll…
Apple privacy battle with Washington looms as watershed moment
Apple’s fight has exposed an unresolved tension between the law and digital technology that has been building towards this flashpoint for decades…
Apple’s lawyer: If we lose, it will lead to a ‘police state’
Apple’s attorney painted a scary picture if Apple loses its fight with the FBI…
Apple: The law already exists that protects us from U.S. government demands to hack iPhone
The U.S. Congress has already decided not to require electronic communication service providers, like Apple, to do what the government seeks…
While Apple defies U.S. government, just how accommodating are they to Chinese authorities?
Apple Inc. has come out swinging in its pitched battle with the government on its home turf…
In Republican debate, candidates back U.S. government over Apple
During Thursday’s GOP debate, CNN’s Dana Bash asked about the court order the FBI recently obtained demanding that Apple help the government hack into an iPhone…
Ten engineers and a month of work – that’s what it would take for Apple to comply with FBI demand to hack iPhone
Ten engineers and a month of work — that’s what it could take for Apple Inc. to write the program…
Apple and the FBI will face off at a U.S. Congressional hearing on March 1st
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell will argue Apple’s encryption case in front of the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee…
Google, Facebook, Twitter, EFF, ACLU, others to file unsolicited amicus brief on behalf of Apple against FBI demand
Tech giants are gathering in Apple’s corner over the Silicon Valley giant’s battle with the federal government…
Microsoft ‘wholeheartedly’ backs Apple’s refusal to assist U.S government in unlocking iPhone
Make no mistake about who Microsoft sides with in the case of Apple versus FBI…
Apple wants judge to rule if it can be forced to unlock defendant’s iPhone
Apple has requested a court in New York to rule finally whether it can be compelled to assist investigators…
Putin’s new internet czar wants to force apple to pay more taxes
In a 90-minute interview peppered with expletives, Klimenko said forcing Apple to pay more taxes…
Sony PS4 trounces Microsoft’s Xbox One over the 2015 holiday season
2015’s all-important holiday quarter saw Sony continuing to extend its sales lead over the competition…
SAP: Apple’s Macintosh is key for any modern enterprise
Apple’s enterprise business now represents $25 billion in annual revenue, up more than 40 percent year over year….
Microsoft app used to tally Iowa caucus votes falls short
As Republican and Democratic caucus voters used new Microsoft tallying apps during the Iowa caucuses, some took to Twitter to say the sites were crashing…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone is Zuned
With a lack of hardware, lack of sales, and less than 2 percent market share, it’s time to call it: Windows Phone is dead…
Bernie Sanders camp suspicious of Microsoft’s influence in Iowa Caucus
The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is raising questions about the involvement of Microsoft…
Microsoft opens early access ‘Office Insider’ program to Mac users
Microsoft officials said on January 21 the Office Insider program which the company made available to Office for Windows…
Apple’s Mac sales continue to outgrow Windows PCs
The Mac computer line that started it all for Apple is largely forgotten nowadays by analysts…
