The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking help from engineers at Apple to help it unlock two iPhones owned by a gunman suspected of carrying out a shooting attack that took place last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.
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Shareholders may force Apple to clarify how it responds to government demands that limit free speech
Shareholders may reportedly get a rare chance to grill Apple executives about how exactly the tech giant will respond to future demands from national governments or other groups that limit free speech after it took a beating for removing a map app used by Hong Kong protesters.
Apple admits U.S. sanctions violations in settlement over Slovenian developer
Apple paid a heft fine after it voluntarily disclosed that it had violated US sanctions by inadvertently allowing a Slovenian developer's apps into the App Store for more than two years even though they were blacklisted by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Apple pulls Hong Kong protest app and Quartz news app at the behest of Chinese government
Apple's complicated relationship with China is making headlines again with news reports revealing that the Cupertino firm has bowed to political pressure from the Chinese government by removing an App Store app that activists have relied on to report police movements.
Analyst: Apple cut iPhone component cost by $30-$50 to offset the impact of Trump tariffs
While Apple said Trump’s tariffs would affect product costs and give its global competitor Samsung an edge, analysts believe the company has a few tricks up its sleeve to absorb the effects of the tariffs and avoid passing the tariff cost to customers.
Kuo: Apple will absorb most of the additional costs due to tariffs
Apple has argued that Trump's additional tariffs, effective September 1, could have a wide range of negative impact on its earnings while tilting the playing field in favor of its global competitors, but one analyst is out with a new report predicting that the iPhone maker will absorb most of the additional costs stemming from tariffs.
Trump declines to give Apple tariff exemptions on the new “Assembled in China” Mac Pro
Apple won't be exempt from any new tariffs, US President Donald Trumpt tweeted today.
Eight US states could separately launch antitrust investigations of Apple & others
Following the unusual step of announcing a broad antitrust review of major Silicon Valley platform giants on part of the United States Department of Justice, a new report released Friday alleges that eight US states could separately probe the tech giants.
Anti-robocall bill would require all carriers to implement caller identify verification technology
The House of Representatives today took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by approving a new act aimed at boosting anti-robocalling technology.
Some British government services now accept Apple Pay to approve online transactions
Payments for the British Government's Global Entry Service can now be made through Apple Pay, meaning transactions can be approved with fingerprints or facial recognition.
UK government spooks want to join encrypted chats and calls as an invisible eavesdropper
As major technology companies in the United States like Apple, Google and Facebook find themselves in the spotlight over various security and privacy snafus, government spooks in the United Kingdom are looking to exploit critical flaws such as the group FaceTime bug as a feature, hoping to secretly listen in on encrypted Messages chats and FaceTime calls.
Is China stealing Apple’s technology secrets?
Could China be really stealing Apple's technology secrets?