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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…
Obama considers selfie ban after Big Papi’s Samsung stunt
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz might have snapped the last White House selfie…
Obama not happy with Big Papi’s Samsung selfie stunt
Obama had no idea his now famous ‘selfie’ with David Ortiz was an orchestrated marketing stunt…
Will Apple’s HealthBook app draw government regulation?
With the “Affordable Care Act” suffering from a lack of enrollment…
Obama to meet again with tech CEOs about NSA spying
Top executives from Facebook, Google and other tech giants will…
Obama administration testing Samsung and LG Phones, not Apple iPhone
The White House is testing smartphones from Samsung Electronics Corp. and LG Electronics Inc…
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…
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 needs more cash
Chances are that you think Apple has more cash than…
Twitter threatens to sue Obama administration over government surveillance requests
Twitter says it is prepared to sue the Obama administration…
Obama tax rhetoric on Apple, other companies’ offshore profits falls short of action
Few in Washington expect much action from the White House…
New Zealand needs to take a bigger tax bite of Apple
Like many, I have been watching the debate over the amount of tax paid by multinationals like Apple…
Apple pledges $100 million in iPads, computers and other tools for Obama’s ConnectED education initiative
Apple is pledging $100 million in iPads, computers and other tools…
Tim Cook, other CEOs pledge help to Obama on long-term unemployed
Obama is meeting today with chief executives from Bank of America Corp. to EBay Inc…
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A Norwegian member of parliament nominated former U.S. National Security Agency…
Obama thanks Apple Inc. for ConnectED work
Obama on Tuesday gave his 2014 State of the Union Address…
Obama seeks broader trade deal authority, changes to immigration laws; announces education partnership with Apple, others
Obama reprised tax, energy and transportation initiatives he has failed to move through Congress…
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…
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…
The NSA, Apple’s iPhone and a whole lot of bad reporting
With the treasure trove of classified information Edward Snowden…
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…
How the U.S. NSA remotely bugs your Apple iPhone
Following up on the latest stunning revelations released yesterday…
Report: U.S. NSA intercepts computers during shipping to install surveillance malware
The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon…
Research shows how Mac webcams can spy on their users without warning light
The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail…
U.S. government panel recommends new limits on NSA spooks
A panel of presidential advisers who reviewed the National Security Agency…
What Obama’s anti-‘human trafficking’ order means for Apple Inc.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook visited the White House on Tuesday…
Tech leaders challenge Obama over NSA surveillance at White House meeting
A White House meeting meant to get technology executives…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Obama tech meeting was ‘great’
Obama today faced a group of executives including Apple’s Tim Cook…
White House names former Microsoft exec to manage Healthcare.gov website fiasco
Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will take over the job…
Obama to face Apple CEO Tim Cook, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, other tech execs pressing for NSA limits
Obama today will face a group of executives including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook…
Obama to meet Apple’s Tim Cook, other tech execs to discuss healthcare.gov website fiasco on Tuesday
Obama will meet executives from leading technology companies like Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook…