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Apple's Tim Cook talks LGBT rights, Syrian refugees in accepting 'Ripple of Hope' awardOn Tuesday night, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook formally accepted his "Ripple of Hope" award from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, s…
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The search for Apple's next big thingFor years, Apple's detractors have predicted that the company's industry-leading profits from Macs, iPods, iPhones and iPads would erode away as chea…
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FAA sets out official drone regulations with Feb. 19 registration deadlineAll drones between 0.55 and 50 pounds must be registered by Feb. 19, 2016, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday.<br /> <br /…
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Dealers say GM's rapid adoption of Apple CarPlay is helping them sell carsAmerican automaker General Motors has rolled out support for Apple's CarPlay iPhone integration faster and across more models than its rivals, result…
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Cook, other Apple execs open up on company's future in extensive '60 Minutes' featureA "60 Minutes" special that aired Sunday saw interviewer Charlie Rose gain rare access into Apple's Cupertino headquarters, where he discussed a wide…
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Apple lodges challenge to UK digital surveillance bill, rails against weak encryptionIn an "unprecedented" move, Apple on Monday issued a formal challenge to the UK House of Parliament over a proposed Investigatory Powers Bill that wo…
... Apple's stance on data privacy. "The bill threatens to hurt ... -
Did China Just Legally End iPhone Sales In China?According to the text of the article below, it appears that China just unanimously passed an anti-terror law that would make the security and privacy…
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Cook, tech execs to meet with White House on terrorists' use of social mediaApple CEO Tim Cook and a host of tech industry executives will meet with White House officials on Friday to explore ways in which terrorist activity …
... affect [by cracking down on privacy] are the good people. They ... want to eliminate everyone's privacy. If you do, you not ... -
Tim Cook pushes for strong encryption at White House summitAs expected, Apple CEO Tim Cook urged White House and government officials to come to terms with strong encryption practices that protect consumer da…
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New York state considers bill mandating backdoors in smartphone encryptionA bill up for consideration by the New York state assembly would force Apple and other smartphone makers to ensure their products can be decrypted fo…
... versions of Android may help privacy, the bill argues, but "severely ... -
Sen. Franken asks Google to address concerns about Chromebooks, Google Apps collecting student dataU.S. Senator Al Franken has sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, asking his company to describe what it's doing with the private data of studen…
... the U.S. Senate's Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee ... its commitment to the Student Privacy Pledge, which asks that companies ... , and easier administration. Worries about privacy could potentially draw some schools ... -
After abandoning iAd revenue, Apple Inc can reintroduce an ad-free internetApple's five year effort to radically enhance iOS app advertising with its own ad sales has now been scuttled. That opens the door for an even more r…
... hardware--by offering more privacy than from offering more ... gain nothing but further privacy protections from Apple, because ... iAd, given that more privacy-encroaching alternatives existed. But ... gain nothing but further privacy protections from Apple, because ... -
Apple promises to compensate for iAd layoffs with new job openingsThe decision to scale back iAd will see some people lose sales jobs, although new positions should be created to compensate, an Apple spokesman ackno…
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Another new kernel flaw that Google won't fix for Android users prompts more switching to Apple's iA new kernel privilege escalation flaw discovered in the Linux kernel requires server operators to install a patch, but is not going to be fixed for …
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AT&T CEO says US encryption policy is up to Congress, not AppleUS government policies on device encryption should be decided by the public and Congress, not companies like Apple, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said …
... respecting the importance of personal privacy. The full-disk encryption in ... on AT&T in the privacy debate. The company was one ... -
Google paid Apple $1B to be default iOS search bar provider in 2014Court documents from Oracle's copyright lawsuit against Google show the Internet search giant paid some $1 billion to Apple in 2014 in return for mak…
... Tim Cook's stance on privacy. The Apple chief has on ... ," Cook said at the Electronic Privacy Information Center's Champions of ... -
iOS's News app to incorporate some subscription-only content - reportApple will soon reportedly allow publishers to offer subscription-only articles through iOS's News app, gating some content behind paywalls normally …
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US & Europe miss deadline for new 'Safe Harbor' agreement on overseas data transfersIn spite of late-hour talks, U.S and European officials missed a deadline on Sunday to renegotiate a "Safe Harbor" agreement allowing companies like …
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U.S., EU reach breakthrough on new 'Safe Harbor' data transfer agreement - report [u]Having already missed the original Sunday deadline, U.S. and European officials are reportedly on the verge of cinching a new "Safe Harbor" deal on t…
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Dutch National Police working to train anti-drone eaglesAs remotely-controlled drones become smaller and more sophisticated, authorities are working to counter the potential security and privacy implicatio…
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Late-night 'motor noises' emanate from Apple's mysterious car testing centerApple's top-secret Sunnyvale, Calif., automotive testing facility has been the source of loud "motor noises" late at night that irked at least one ne…
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Apple working on systems for 'high-end cars' at California 'auto testing center'A year and a half ago, Apple received approval to build an "auto testing center" in the town of Sunnyvale, Calif., and the city manager's office even…
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Harvard study says Apple's Tim Cook was right: encryption bans, backdoors wouldn't workEfforts by the FBI and certain lawmakers seeking to ban Apple and other U.S. companies from selling products with real encryption will not be effecti…
... has made privacy--and the encrypted security protecting users' privacy from corporate ... all have a right to privacy. We shouldn't give it ... want to eliminate everyone's privacy. If you do, you not ... -
Google addresses EdTech data collection concerns but leaves questions unansweredAfter requesting details on Google's data collection policies in relation to its education technology program, Sen. Al Franken on Tuesday published t…
... with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, including ... it's important for the privacy of our students." Franken asked ... purview. The kerfuffle over student privacy comes amid a struggle for ... -
Tim Cook calls FBI backdoor demand 'dangerous,' vows to fight caseApple chief executive Tim Cook has promised to oppose a court order that would have the company create a compromised version of iOS with weakened enc…
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Lawmakers, advocacy groups, Snowden take sides in polarizing Apple encryption debateU.S. legislators, public rights groups and security experts are planting their collective flags in a debate that could have serious ramifications for…
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Protestors gather at San Francisco Apple Store to support fight against government backdoorsInternet rights advocacy group Fight for the Future held a rally outside a flagship San Francisco Apple Store on Wednesday in a show of support as Ap…
... ." "It began as a basic privacy issue, but the more we ... hold little regard for public privacy to demand identical levels of ... and other reasons related personal privacy, security and digital rights concerns ... -
Inside iOS 9.3: Apple will allow third-party apps to add music to your iCloud Music Library [u]With its forthcoming iOS 9.3 update, Apple plans to allow third-party apps to add songs to a user's iCloud Music Library, eliminating the need to use…
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Apple's opposition to backdoors in FBI case gains global, animated attentionDigital animators in Taiwan have turned the legal case between Apple and the FBI into an animated movie short that clearly depicts key details and po…
Digital animators in Taiwan have turned the legal case between Apple and the FBI into an animated movie short that clearly depicts key details and potential ramifications of the issue that even many industry pundits have had trouble grasping. Source: ... -
Senate committee chair mulls bill to punish companies that refuse decryption requestsAmid a raging digital security debate sparked by Apple's fight to protect encryption FBI, the Senate Intelligence Committee is said to be working on …
... companies panned the proposal citing privacy concerns. More recently, Burr highlighted ...
