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 […]
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 […]
Schools Took Away Students’ Phones, Now They’re Treating Separation Anxiety…
Before class each day, a high-school teacher in Indianapolis grabs a clear plastic bag and fastens it to her waist with a ribbon. The homemade pouch is a repository for phones that are either confiscated or handed over voluntarily by students who don’t want to be tempted to tap or swipe during class. She calls […]
Happy 70th Anniv of Commie Rule: Chinese Citizens Must Pass a Facial Recognition Test to Use the Internet…
China has stepped up its internet censorship by demanding its citizens pass a facial-recognition test to be able to use web services. People who want to have the internet installed at home or on their phones must have their faces scanned by the Chinese authority to prove their identities, according to a new regulation. The […]
Study Blames Disturbing Rise in Teens Who Need Glasses on Excessive Screen Time…
So many people, especially young people and teenagers, spend a significant period of time each day staring at a screen of some kind, whether that be a computer, smartphone, tablet, or the regular old TV. Now, a new study is warning parents that all that screen time may be behind a stunning rise in children […]
Thanks to Facebook, Your Cellphone Company Is Watching You Closer Than Ever…
Among the mega-corporations that surveil you, your cellphone carrier has always been one of the keenest monitors, in constant contact with the one small device you keep on you at almost every moment. A confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept shows that the social network courts carriers, along with phone makers — some 100 […]
Opinion Analysis: Divided Court Allows Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple to Continue by Amy Howe…
This morning a divided Supreme Court handed a major victory to the plaintiffs in a massive antitrust lawsuit against technology giant Apple. By a vote of 5-4, the justices allowed the lawsuit, brought by a group of iPhone users who allege that Apple is violating federal laws by requiring them to buy apps exclusively from […]
Dow Dives Over 600 Points Amid U.S.-China Trade Tiff…
U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 617 points recovering from a loss of over 700 points early afternoon as trade tensions and rhetoric between the U.S. and China escalate. The Dow and the S&P 500 lost over 2 percent, marking the worst start to May since 1970. The Nasdaq […]
All 2,493 U.S. Products Targeted by China’s New 25% Tariffs…
China’s latest tariff retaliation, announced today, will hit some $60 billion in US exports, including hundreds of agricultural, mining, and manufactured products, threatening jobs and profits at companies around the United States. Before the trade war starts in earnest, China bought about 17% of US agricultural exports and was a major market for other goods, […]