Apple to tighten iPhone data security by closing gap used by police to crack devices

This file photo taken on September 7, 2016 shows the Apple logo on the outside of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. Apple on January 31, 2018 confirmed it is fielding questions from US agencies about its move to slow down older iPhones as batteries weaken."

Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones

The company told Reuters it was aiming to protect all customers, especially in countries where phones are readily obtained by police or by criminals with extensive resources, and to head off further spread of the attack technique. The privacy standard-bearer of the tech industry said it will change default settings in the iPhone operating system to cut off communication through the USB port when the phone has not been unlocked in the past hour.

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.

Take Advantage Of Amazon Selling Apple Products With This $400 Off MacBook Deal

For years, Amazon and Apple have fought over whether the former would feature the latter's products in its online storefront. Recently, the tech giants' relationship experienced some dA tente, most notably when Amazon began listing AppleTVs for sale, even though they are a competitor to the Amazon Fire TV and Fire Stick .

Watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone

FBI officials could have tried harder to unlock an iPhone as part of a terrorism investigation before launching an extraordinary court fight with Apple Inc. in an effort to force it to break open the device, the Justice Department's watchdog said Tuesday. The department's inspector general said it found no evidence the FBI was able to access data on the phone belonging to one of the gunmen in a 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, as then-FBI Director James Comey told Congress more than once.

Harvard students will be able to report professors

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Ivanka Trump’s South Korea trip fuels White House tension

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Apple may offer rebate to users who bought full-price batteries: Report

San Francisco, Feb 7 : After a US senator asked Apple questions about its controversial decision to quietly slow the performance of older iPhones, the Cupertino-headquartered company replied that it may offer rebates to users who paid full price for a battery replacement. "Apple told a US senator it is 'exploring' whether to offer a rebate to customers who paid full-price for a battery replacement," CNET reported late on Tuesday.

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.

iPhones and Children Are a Toxic Pair, Say Two Big Apple Investors

Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails - Stephen Miller needed to be escorted off a CNN set on Sunday. - His appearance on "State of the Union" ended abruptly after host Jake Tapper pressed him on damaging claims about President Donald Trump.

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.

Supreme Court rejects Samsung appeal of patent loss to Apple

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to step back into the years-long feud over patents between the world's top smartphone makers, declining to hear Samsung's appeal of a lower court ruling that reinstated a $120 million jury award in favor of Apple. The justices left in place a 2016 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that upheld a verdict that found South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had infringed Apple Inc's patents on several popular features of the California-based company's iPhone.

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.