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Tag: U.S. Congress

U.S. Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of patent tribunal used by Apple

Monday, March 1, 2021 4:59 pm10 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday said they will rule on constitutionality of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal used by Apple…

Apple lobbies White House for lower taxes to boost U.S. chip production

Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:06 pm29 Comments

Apple has been lobbying the U.S. government on tax breaks to support domestic chip production. The company lobbied the White House…

Apple CEO Tim Cook praises narrow Supreme Court decision on DACA

Thursday, June 18, 2020 4:16 pm33 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said President Trump’s 2017 move to cancel his predecessor Barack Obama’s DACA order failed to follow administrative…

U.S. lawmakers propose $22.8 billion to spur construction of chip factories in America

Wednesday, June 10, 2020 5:43 pmWednesday, June 10, 202022 Comments

U.S. lawmakers want to provide more than $22.8 billion in incentives for semiconductor manufacturers, aiming to spur the construction of chip factories …

Apple accused of competition abuse in EU over item tracking tech

Friday, May 29, 2020 9:41 am3 Comments

In a move that could ratchet up Apple’s regulatory woes in Europe. Apple has been accused by smaller rival Tile of abusing its power to unfairly favor…


Some Americans spend $1,200 stimulus checks on non-essentials including electronics

Thursday, May 21, 2020 12:27 pmThursday, May 21, 202024 Comments

There’s evidence that some Americans are spending their $1,200 stimulus checks on non-essentials including electronics, video games, sporting goods…

Entrepreneur to Congress: Apple’s App Store appeals process would make ‘Kafka blush’

Friday, January 17, 2020 3:51 pm22 Comments

Basecamp founder David Heinemeier Hansson said that Apple’s system of appeals is so difficult to navigate that it would make Kafka blush…

Tile will testify against Apple in U.S. Congressional antitrust hearing today

Friday, January 17, 2020 9:45 amFriday, January 17, 202021 Comments

Tile will testify against Apple, as one of four companies testifying at the latest hearing of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee on Friday…

U.S. Senators threaten Apple and Facebook with mandated encryption backdoors

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 4:00 pmTuesday, December 10, 20199 Comments

U.S. senators grilled Apple Inc and Facebook Inc executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unless…

Apple tells U.S. Congress they’ve lost money on repair services since 2009

Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:39 pm10 Comments

Apple has told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that the company loses more money than it makes when repairing devices…

Meet Jeffrey Miller, President Trump ally and Apple’s newest lobbyist

Friday, November 15, 2019 2:14 pmFriday, November 15, 20192 Comments

Apple is poised to spend millions to bolster efforts by lobbyist Jeff Miller, a long-time ally of President Trump and a prominent Republican fundraiser…

U.S. Congress asks Spotify to detail alleged Apple antitrust abuses

Friday, October 4, 2019 1:34 pmNo Comments

U.S. lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe…

Apple’s Tim Cook files brief with U.S. Supreme Court to support DACA

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 5:33 pm35 Comments

On Wednesday, Apple filed a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy…

Apple CEO Cook discusses protection of customers’ private data: ‘You are not our product’

Saturday, May 4, 2019 10:30 am9 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook is worried about the protection of personal data…

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Technology needs government regulation

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 4:52 pm18 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has called for more government regulation on the technology industry…

Laurene Powell Jobs ready to invest more in journalism, says democracy at risk

Saturday, March 2, 2019 11:44 amFriday, April 26, 201971 Comments

Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire philanthropist and wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs…

Apple headlines coalition of companies urging Congress to save ‘Dreamer’ immigrants

Monday, February 11, 2019 10:00 amMonday, February 11, 201920 Comments

More than 100 major companies including Apple are renewing their push for immigration reform…

Maybe only Apple can correct Facebook’s penchant for trampling users’ privacy

Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:57 pmThursday, January 31, 20196 Comments

Tim Cook, who has called privacy a ‘fundamental human right’ and taken Facebook and Google to task…

Apple CEO Tim Cook says new U.S. privacy regulations are ‘inevitable’

Monday, November 19, 2018 9:42 amTuesday, April 23, 20194 Comments

I think the Congress and the administration at some point will pass something…

California strikes deal with FCC to delay state’s ‘net neutrality’ law

Friday, October 26, 2018 4:34 pm4 Comments

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cast the delay as a victory for the Commission…

Apple to Australia: This is no time to weaken encryption; access only for ‘good guys’ is a false premise

Saturday, October 13, 2018 12:12 pm57 Comments

Apple has filed its formal opposition to a new bill currently being proposed by the Australian government…

Apple urges Australian government not to destroy encryption with ‘backdoors’

Friday, October 12, 2018 5:37 pmFriday, October 12, 20188 Comments

Apple has submitted its formal response to a draft bill undergoing debate by the Australian government…

Internet provider groups sue over California ‘net neutrality’ rules

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 3:43 pmFriday, October 26, 201819 Comments

Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit…

Apple, other tech giants denounce proposed Australian law seeking encryption ‘backdoor’

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:35 amWednesday, October 3, 20188 Comments

Four global tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon – will oppose an Australian law…

Trump administration sues California over ‘net neutrality’ law

Monday, October 1, 2018 5:04 pm35 Comments

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai described California’s law as illegal and bad for consumers…

Prompted by U.S. tax cuts, Apple and others dump bonds and create $300 billion market hole

Friday, August 31, 2018 2:49 pm16 Comments

As U.S. tax cuts prompt Apple Inc. and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards…

U.S. broadband investment is up after end of FCC’s so-called ‘Net Neutrality’ rules

Friday, August 31, 2018 1:20 pmFriday, August 31, 201824 Comments

Despite many studies showing that consumers would be worse off under command-and-control internet regulations, the Obama administration…

Apple’s mobile privacy letter to U.S. Congress omits an awful lot of context

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:00 amTuesday, August 28, 20185 Comments

Apple’s official letter of response to the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce…

More proof that iPhone backdoors are a stupid idea: Massive cache of law enforcement personnel data leaks

Monday, July 2, 2018 9:30 amMonday, July 2, 201821 Comments

A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials…

U.S. Supreme Court rules states can require online retailers to collect sales tax

Thursday, June 21, 2018 1:56 pmThursday, June 21, 201837 Comments

Online shopping will soon become more expensive after the U.S. Supreme court ruled Thursday that states…

Applying the Trump Doctrine to net neutrality

Friday, June 15, 2018 5:01 pmFriday, June 15, 201844 Comments

President Trump’s approach to trade qualifies as a master class in political negotiation…

Apple highlights user privacy as Facebook exec steps down

Thursday, June 14, 2018 5:35 pmFriday, June 15, 20188 Comments

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook takes every opportunity to highlight his company’s commitment to privacy…

FCC’s repeal of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules now official

Monday, June 11, 2018 4:28 pmMonday, June 11, 201821 Comments

The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules is now official…

Verizon shows 5G going the distance

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:00 pmWednesday, May 23, 201812 Comments

Verizon may not have to put a 5G cell site every four blocks to provide high-speed coverage to homes…

U.S. Senate democrats stage a phony vote on so-called ‘net neutrality’

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:02 pmWednesday, May 16, 201853 Comments

One extreme part of the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ is outrage, including death threats…

Bipartisan ‘Secure Data Act’ would make it illegal for U.S. government to demand backdoors

Friday, May 11, 2018 2:55 pmFriday, May 11, 20189 Comments

A new bill introduced in Congress gets encryption right…

Apple’s corporate debt holdings drop for first time since 2013

Friday, May 4, 2018 2:56 pmFriday, May 4, 20185 Comments

A whale in the corporate bond market is going on a diet…

Investors look to Apple’s cash, services as analysts fret over iPhone unit sales

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 1:30 pmTuesday, May 1, 20183 Comments

Apple Inc’s multi-hundred billion cash stockpile and stalling growth in services such as iCloud present…

Apple CEO Cook says DACA shouldn’t have been revoked and that he’s ‘personally offended’ by the situation

Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:02 pmThursday, April 5, 201856 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook reaffirmed his strong support for DACA…

Woz speaks out on ‘net neutrality,’ privacy, and Star Trek vs. Star Wars

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:02 pmWednesday, February 21, 201845 Comments

Wozniak got the loudest applause from the nearly 5,000 people in the audience at the USF Sun Dome…

U.S. FCC reversal of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules expected to be published Thursday

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 7:04 pm42 Comments

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to publish on Thursday its December order…

Bill Gates thinks Apple should unlock iPhones at the government’s request

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:56 amTuesday, February 13, 201862 Comments

In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government…

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