Trump, top aides talk trade with Apple CEO Cook at White House

FILE PHOTO: Chief Executive Officer of Apple Tim Cook and Lisa Jackson arrive for the State Dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File photo Cook, who has urged calm during the recent flare in U.S. trade tensions with China, held private talks with Trump in the Oval Office.

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As security and encryption for mobile devices grow more sophisticated, the same techniques that keep users' data secure also make it nearly impossible for law enforcement to examine the contents of a phone without the user's permission. Even if the phone's manufacturer agrees to help officials unlock the phone, unencrypted data may not be available.

Ivanka Trump’s South Korea trip fuels White House tension

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Apple mulls refunds for battery replacement on old iPhones

In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., waits to do a TV news interview at the Capitol in Washington. No details about a potential Apple rebate to customers who paid full price to replace the batteries on older iPhones were included in a five-page letter sent to Thune, who demanded last month that Apple provide more details about the iPhone slowdown.

Google Wants All Tech Companies To Share Styluses, A Technological Tool Once Despised By Steve Jobs

Google has reportedly joined a coalition with several other prominent tech companies supporting an effort to ensure that all touchscreen tools known as styluses work across the board for every major firm. Apple, Microsoft and Samsung have not signed on to the agreement known as the Universal Stylus Initiative , according to BBC.

One senator is probing Apple for more information on iPhone throttling issues

When it was discovered that iOS developers had quietly added a feature to the operating system that throttled processors in older phones with degraded batteries, the public was irate. In fact, people seemed more angry about the slowing down than about the phones that were unexpectedly shutting down which is what prompted the software modification in the first place.

Apple CEO Tim Cook gets a big bump in pay, use of private aircraft

For Apple CEO Tim Cook, fiscal year 2017 brought good tidings in the form of a hefty 47 percent pay increase and use of a private aircraft. Apple's CEO since 2011 saw his salary rise to about $12.8 million in fiscal year 2017, which ended in September, from about $8.7 million in the prior fiscal year, according to a SEC filing from Apple on Wednesday.

FCC votes to end ‘net neutrality’ unlikely to be end of debate

Lindsay Chestnut of Baltimore protested near the Federal Communications Commission in Washington on Thursday ahead of the vote on net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commission repealed the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules Thursday, giving internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T a free hand to slow or block websites and apps as they see fit or charge more for faster speeds.

Apple Shares Are Getting Hammered Over Lingering iPhone 8 Worries

Apple Inc's shares fell 1.5 percent in premarket trading on Thursday as brokers and traders speculated over poor demand and cuts in production of iPhone 8, ahead of the November launch of the 10th anniversary iPhone X. Apple no longer gives regular updates on sales numbers but indications from supply channels, phone operators and analysts who track the sector have fueled talk of poor sales for the latest update of the smartphone. KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst John Vinh reported earlier this week that a carrier store survey suggested the iPhone 7 was outselling the new phone just a month after the latter's launch.

Judicial Watch: Court Will Review Clinton Emails over Objections of…

Judicial Watch announced today that a federal judge will personally review, in camera , redacted material from emails discussing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of iPads and iPhones during her tenure at the State Department. Judge Kollar-Kotelly also ordered the State Department to file an affidavit addressing why it should not have to search new Clinton emails recovered.

Why it absolutely matters what Angela Ahrendts wore on stage…

Even if you missed Apple's big iPhone unveiling this past Tuesday, you may have seen the photo: Angela Ahrendts, Apple's retail boss, on stage wearing black-framed glasses, a white v-neck t-shirt, and a pale pink lace trench coat. The coat - made by the company Ahrendts used to run, Burberry - caused an immediate reaction.

Wisconsin working on incentives to lure Foxconn to state

In this Thursday, May 27, 2010, file photo, a worker looks out through the logo at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Two Republican state lawmakers said Thursday, July 20, 2017, that Wisconsin could announce it has landed a deal for Taiwanese iPhone manufacturer Foxconn to locate in the state as soon as the end of the month.

Apple Vs. Qualcomm Heats Up

We learned that Apple is stepping up its efforts against chipmaker Qualcomm in a new filing . This follows from the lawsuit filed in January of this year with Apple claiming that Qualcomm's business practices were unfair and that the company had withheld $1b in rebates from Apple after it had participated in aiding a South Korean antitrust investigation.

Here’s how the F-35 stacks up to Russia and China’s…

As the US starts to forward-deploy more of its F-35 Lightning, China and Russia have been putting the finishing touches on their own batches of fifth-generation aircraft - and they all express vastly different ideas about what the future of air combat will look like. For the US, stealth and sophisticated networks define its vision for the future of air combat with the F-22 and F-35.