The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority1 citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known global brands in the technology, […]
Apple Whistleblower Goes Public Over Data Privacy Protection…
A former Apple contractor who acted as a whistleblower regarding the tech giant’s program to listen in on users’ Siri recordings has gone public. In a letter announcing his decision, which The Guardian reports was sent to European data regulators, Thomas le Bonniec said: “It is worrying that Apple (and undoubtedly not just Apple) keeps […]
China Faces “Economic Reckoning” as Wuhan Virus Turns World Against Globalization…
Trump, Brexit, trade war… the forces against globalisation have been gathering pace since 2008. Now the coronavirus threatens the knockout blow…That’s bad news for an economic giant that is one of its biggest beneficiaries…One of the more worrying consequences of the coronavirus is that it looks likely to become a catalyst for deglobalisation. At the […]
Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Tech Companies with Contact-Tracing…
With the idea of contact tracing as a plan to help re-open businesses and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many Americans are skeptical about their privacy and how much data these tracing tools will collect on their lives. In a joint survey between the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, only 43 […]
Apple Aims to Sell Macs with Its Own Chips Starting in 2021…
Bloomberg’s daily technology newsletter is chronicling the impact of Covid-19 on the global tech industry. Sign up here. Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based […]
Flaw in iPhone, iPads May Have Allowed Hackers to Steal Data for Years…
Apple Inc is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers. The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took […]
Zero-Day Warning: It’s Possible to Hack iPhones Just by Sending Emails…
Watch out Apple users! The default mailing app pre-installed on millions of iPhones and iPads has been found vulnerable to two critical flaws that attackers are exploiting in the wild, at least, from the last two years to spy on high-profile victims. The flaws could eventually let remote hackers secretly take complete control over Apple […]
U.S. Senator Says Apple, Google Need to Show Contact Tracing Will Not Violate Privacy…
Smartphone software makers Alphabet’s Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any apps to help track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus will not lead to a violation of their privacy, Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Wednesday. “Apple and Google have a lot of work to do to convince a […]
Apple Warns on Revenue Guidance Due to Production Delays, Weak Demand in China Because of Coronavirus…
Apple said Monday that it does not expect to meet its quarterly revenue forecast because of lower iPhone supply globally and lower Chinese demand as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The company initially said that it expected to report net sales between $63 billion to $67 billion in its fiscal second quarter. Apple did […]
Apple Rejects DOJ Claims That It Did Not Assist in Unlocking iPhones Used by Pensacola Shooter…
Apple has pushed back against the Justice Department’s (DOJ) claim that it did not provide “substantive assistance” to investigators to help them unlock two iPhones used by a shooter who opened fire at members of the U.S. armed services at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, last month. “We reject the characterization that Apple […]
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