On Wednesday, a federal judge in Seattle allowed Microsoft’s lawsuit against the government to go forward. US District Judge James Robart ruled that the company does, in fact, have standing to sue the Department of Justice on behalf of its customers. Microsoft’s case has drawn support from a number of major tech companies, including Apple, […]
97 Tech Companies Including Twitter, Netflix File Legal Brief Condemning Trump’s Immigration Order…
The onslaught targeting President Trump’s immigration executive order continued overnight, when virtually all US tech corporations, from Apple to Zynga, including Twitter, Netflix, Google, and Microsoft, banded together late on Sunday to file an “impassioned” brief condemning Trump’s temporary immigration ban, arguing that it “inflicts significant harm on American business”…
And Now Tim Cook of Apple Is Weighing a Challenge…
Trump Tells Tech Leaders ‘There’s nobody like you in the world’…
Ringed by tech’s elite, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to do “anything we can do” to help the industry he often baited during the presidential campaign. “This is truly an amazing group of people,” Trump said at Trump Tower to kick off a meeting with Silicon Valley’s top leaders. “I want to add that […]
‘Snoopers Charter 2’ to Pass Into Law, Giving Government Sweeping Spying Powers on its Citizens…
The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill, putting the huge spying powers on their way to becoming law within weeks. The bill – which forces internet companies to keep records on their users for up to a year, and allows the Government to force companies to hack into or break things they’ve…
iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says…
Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification…
Apple Is Named the Biggest U.S. Corporate Tax Avoider Booking $218 FRIGGIN BILLION Dollars of Profit in Offshore Accounts…
Apple has been named as the biggest corporate tax avoider in the United States after booking $218.55 billion (£171.6 billion) of profit offshore last year. The tech giant was able to save $65.08 billion (£51.1 billion) that it should have paid in tax thanks to its convoluted arrangements…
German Politicians Accuse U.S. Of “Economic War” Against Deutsche Bank…
Steve Jobs Held Billions of Dollars Offshore. Was He Unpatriotic?
At the end of September 2011, just days before his passing, the company that Steve Jobs founded had a $25 billion cash hoard. Nearly half of this was stashed overseas…
Make Way for Our Future Overlords: Robots to Take 6 Percent of Jobs by 2021…
Robots are poised to replace interns as the unrewarded and unpaid worker ants of industry. A study by Forrester Research has projected that by 2021, artificial intelligence will be sophisticated enough to push…