A few years ago, tensions between Apple and law enforcement boiled over when the Cupertino company refused to unlock an iPhone belonging to a man alleged to have carried out a terrorist act in San Bernardino, Calif. In the future, a new law could force Apple to build a door to iPhones whether it wants to or not. A New York Times report details a recently approved law in Australia that...
Maybe the White House’s conversations are open for listening. Donald Trump’s iPhone isn’t nearly as locked down as it should be, according to the New York Times. While there are three units in a rotation for the President of the United States, he’s using the unsecured one. It’s where his tweets are composed and sent out for the world to dissect. Aside from tweeting, this unsecured...
Many of our favorite Apple products could become more expensive if President Trump's tariffs on China are approved. That includes the AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Pencil. The tariffs would put a 25-percent tax on $200 billion worth of products imported from China. The Cupertino company sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative this week, arguing that American companies and...
Update (2:40PM PT): YouTube experienced an active shooter situation on Tuesday afternoon, leaving several victims in the hospital with injuries. The San Bruno Police Department confirmed there's one individual left deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a female who is the suspect. It's unknown if the suspect worked at YouTube or another Google subsidiary. Original (1:15PM PT...
If the Animoji name seemed familiar to you when Tim Cook announced it, there’s a good reason for that. There was already an Animoji app in the App Store. According to a report from The Recorder, Susman Godfrey LLP has filed a lawsuit against Apple on the behalf of Enrique Bonansea. Bonansea, a U.S. citizen living in Japan, is the developer of an app called “Animoji – Free Animated...
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects American citizens from incriminating themselves, but it seems 'forgotten' passwords don't always fall under that. The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling of contempt from a lower court over a man's claimed inability to remember his drive-decryption password. A computer, pair of iPhones, and two external drives...
New York City has filed a lawsuit against Verizon, claiming that the carrier has failed to provide its fiber-based FiOS service to the entire city. Verizon, which was supposed to complete the project by 2014, says that it has lived up to its obligations and that 2.2 million households out of a total of 3.1 million currently have access to the service, meaning that 1 million households...
Patent trolls have been a thorn in the side of the tech industry for as long as we can remember, claiming ownership over general ideas like Wi-Fi or podcasts and then suing anyone who uses that technology. Now one developer is fighting back after he was sued for putting his flight simulator app on Google Play. Austin Meyer is the developer behind X-Plane. A few years ago, he uploaded...
Apple engineers would rather quit their jobs than be forced to create an iPhone backdoor, according to a new report. Some are already discussing how they will respond should the FBI win its ongoing battle with Apple. As you probably know, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies want Apple to create a way into an iPhone used by a San Bernardino shooter. The only way to do that,...
Ryan Collins has plead guilty to the theft of hundreds of nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande and more celebrities. Collins is a 36-year-old male from Lancaster, PA. He signed the plea agreement with the US Attorney in Los Angeles on Tuesday of this week. Collins admitted that he used a phishing scheme to get the usernames and passwords to roughly 50 iCloud...