U.S. judge on Monday expressed strong doubts that he had the legal authority to order Apple Inc…
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US DOJ claims Apple lacks legal standing to refuse iPhone unlock order
A federal filing has shed some light on the court matter involving Apple’s unwillingness to unlock…
Apple and Dropbox oppose controversial U.S. ‘cybersecurity’ bill
Apple and Dropbox said Tuesday that they do not support a controversial cybersecurity bill…
Apple tells U.S. judge it can’t unlock iPhones running iOS 8 or higher
Apple Inc. told a federal judge that it ‘would be impossible’ to access user data on a locked iPhone…
Apple CEO Cook defends encryption, opposes back door for government spies
Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday…
With Apple court order, activist federal judge seeks to fuel debate about data encryption
A federal judge in New York is seeking to expand to the courts the hot debate over whether tech companies like Apple…
Judge declines to order Apple to disable security on device seized by U.S. government
A federal magistrate in Brooklyn is temporarily refusing to order Apple to disable security on a device seized by the U.S. government…
Apple refused to give iMessages to the U.S. government
The Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages…
NY Times Op-Ed calls for Apple to decrypt iPhones for law enforcement
Last September, Apple and Google, whose operating systems…
Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption
As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…
Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier
The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…
Apple’s iOS encryption has ‘petrified’ the U.S. administration, governments around the world
Stronger encryption in Apple’s iPhones has ‘petrified’ the U.S. government because…
The CIA campaign to steal Apple’s secrets
Researchers working with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort…
Apple CEO Cook: Unlike some other companies, Apple won’t invade your right to privacy
Apple’s Tim Cook has been on tour…
Apple CEO Tim Cook advocates privacy, says terrorists should be ‘eliminated’
None of us should accept that the government or a company or anybody should have access to all of our private information…
New Snowden documents show how the Britain’s GCHQ tracked iPhone users
Previous leaks have revealed specific NSA exploits used to compromise the famously malware-resistant iPhone….
New York prosecutor calls for law to fight Apple data encryption
Federal and state governments should consider passing laws that forbid iPhones…
Wyden introduces bill to ban U.S. government-mandated backdoors into Americans’ cellphones and computers
U.S. government officials have recently proposed to compel companies to build backdoors…
Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch in Washington D.C.
Apple CEO Tim Cook visited at least one Capitol Hill lawmaker…
U.S. feds want Apple’s help to defeat encrypted phones, invoke 18th-century All Writs Act
Newly discovered court documents from two federal criminal cases in New York and California…
U.S. DOJ turns to 225-year-old law to force Apple, Google to unlock password-protected devices
Prosecutors last month persuaded a federal magistrate to order…
DOJ warns Apple: iPhone encryption will lead to a child dying
The No. 2 official at the Justice Department recently warned top Apple executives…
U.S. Senate blocks legislation on curbing NSA’s bulk data collection program
The Senate blocked legislation that would have limited the National Security Agency…
PayPal co-founder: When it comes to tech, U.S. federal government is in the ‘Middle Ages’
Fewer than 35 of 535 members of Congress have backgrounds in science or technology…
iPhone unlocking again legal in U.S. as Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill into law
It first became illegal to unlock a cell phone in January of 2013…
Bill legalizing iPhone unlocking approved by U.S. House of Representatives
After the decision last year to make unlocking iPhones and cellular-capable iPads illegal…
Scholars debunk claims of high-tech workers shortage, question tech industry’s ‘free pass’
Four prominent scholars on Friday questioned why the high-tech industry gets a free pass…
White House ‘Big Data Privacy’ group unveils report, supports warrant requirement for email, cloud content
The staggering amount of data readily accessible in 2014 means the federal government must…
U.S. Senators sympathetic to targets of dubious patent assertions but want focused reform
Today the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate…
Apple’s Tim Cook and his slightly surprising support for the Employment Nondiscrimination Act
Rational discrimination is just that, rational…
Tim Cook: Workplace equality is good for business; one reason why congress should support the Employment Nondiscrimination Act
Long before I started work as the CEO of Apple…
U.S. Senate Democrat Al Franken demands answers from Apple CEO Tim Cook over iPhone 5s’ Touch ID
The iPhone 5s, released Friday, has a built-in fingerprint scanner…
Apple becomes latest target of the Beltway Shakedown
U.S. Senators are angry that Apple isn’t paying its fair share – not in taxes, but in campaign contributions and lobbying fees…
Jon Stewart covers U.S. Senate committee’s Apple hearing, envisions ‘taxcode nano’ (with video)
Starting off with the ubiquitous Apple Maps jokes…
Apple CEO Tim Cook pounds another nail into the Keynesian coffin
Technology giant Apple Inc. has in the past few days been the recipient of juvenile attacks…
Apple CEO Cook makes no apology for company’s tax strategy
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday…
Apple CEO Tim Cook charms Capitol Hill
By the time Mr. Cook walked out, the big cats on a Senate committee were practically eating out of his hand…
Nobody on U.S. Senate committee laid a glove on Apple CEO Tim Cook
It was with some trepidation that Apple investors tuned in…
Senator Rand Paul: Senate committee ‘should apologize to Apple for bullying one of America’s greatest success stories’ (with video)
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) attends the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee hearing…
Ireland: We have no special tax rate deal with Apple
There is no deal for any company to pay 2 percent corporate tax in Ireland…
Apple prepares for Washington onslaught: CEO Tim Cook isn’t taking any chances with senators looking to grandstand
Apple isn’t taking any chances with senators looking to embarrass CEO Tim Cook…
Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook’s live testimony before U.S. Senate, starting at 9:30am EDT
Apple CEO Tim Cook goes before a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations…
