Contents: North Korea’s explosion was probably not a ‘hydrogen bomb’; South Korea resumes broadcasting propaganda via loudspeakers; North Korea’s nuclear test revives memories of the 2010 Cheonan attack; China faces limited influence and high frustration dealing with North Korea
Apple’s bet that Chinese consumers would rush to buy massive numbers of iPhones appears to have imploded as the tech leader has cut supplier parts orders by 30 percent.
In a year marked by a relentless Democratic push for more gun control, stocks of two of the most prominent gun makers—Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co—saw their value nearly double.
The Chinese government has just passed a security law that reportedly could require technology companies to hand over encryption keys to private data. The law is so controversial that President Obama personally raised concerns about it to President Xi Jinping.
Apple is formally opposing a proposed UK law that requires tech companies to provide a way for authorities to access encrypted messages. The software giant has prided itself on communications so secure that not even it can read some messages. Under so-called “end-to-end encryption,” only sender and receiver have the capacity to unscramble a message.
After a year-long legal battle that rolled through court rooms in the U.S. and Europe, Apple has settled a patent dispute with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson
In a segment from this Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Friday’s edition of CBS This Morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook reiterated his stance in favor of unbreakable encrypted communication for consumers, dismissing concerns that terrorists and criminals can use such systems to evade law enforcement.
The full episode of President Obama’s appearance in an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls aired last night, revealing that the president isn’t very good at using a smartphone.
In an effort to rescue its mistake in overpaying to buy Beats Audio and Music for $3 billion, Apple intends to make tens of millions of high-end headphones obsolete by changing the headphone port on the next iPhone update.
Mercedes-Benz research and development lab in Sunnyvale, California is racing to beat Apple, Google and Uber to dominate commercial and luxury self-driving vehicles. Google, Tesla, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Volkswagen and four other developers of autonomous vehicles already have permission from
The Teamsters Union, representing shuttle bus drivers for tech companies, have kicked up pay for drivers from $18 dollars an hour to $25 after signing contracts with Apple and other Silicon Valley companies, part of a “domino effect” to organize the tech sector.
The magazine Wired has published a document purported to be the operational security manual for the Islamic State: a 34-page PDF file uncovered by the Combating Terrorism Center at the West Point military academy, and somewhat loosely translated from Arabic.
The rumor mill indicates that the 155 acres that Apple quietly acquired near San Jose International Airport are enough for the R&D center for its “Project Titan” self-driving cars.
Two Silicon Valley companies that import foreign software engineers for Apple and other firmss were fined and banned from the controversial H-1B visa program for underpaying what are already cheap foreign tech workers.
4th generation Apple TV models went on sale Monday on Apple’s website, promising new features like games, improved apps, a better user experience, and a larger, redesigned remote with Siri and touch functionality.
Kanye West went off on game manufacturers last week after his two-year-old daughter, North West, apparently racked up a huge phone bill due to in-app game purchases.
Despite the biggest bidding war for talent in Silicon Valley being about automotive engineers, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk claims anyone who left the company for a $250,000 bonus was about to be fired anyway. In Silicon Valley’s gridlocked twenty-five
Big tech companies are safeguarding billions of dollars in offshore tax havens, according to a new study. Apple alone, the biggest offender, is stashing $181B in revenue with an estimated tax burden of $59.2B. In other words, Apple’s taxes could pay for nearly the entirety of President Obama’s plan for free two-year community college (an estimated $60B).
The newly-introduced Samsung Pay is about to crush Apple Pay, because all newer generation Galaxy mobile phones already work with 85 percent of “swipe-style” credit card machines.
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has lashed out at Apple CEO Tim Cook for his recent claims about “opportunistic” filmmakers behind a pair of new Steve Jobs films.
A high school football player from Massachusetts has credited the Apple Watch with saving his life.
Apple said on Sunday it is cleaning up its iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad programs identified in the first large-scale attack on the popular mobile software outlet. The company disclosed the effort after several cyber security
Apple Inc. threw a party and shareholders got a headache Wednesday when the company introduced a slew of only slightly better stuff.
The new iPad is 12.5 inches and can go for 10 hours. But that’s about the only virile thing about Apple these days, which is sliding into middle-age with some admittedly impressive products but none of the cool factor for which it became globally admired under Steve Jobs.
With Apple’s stock price under pressure, the company is gearing up at the San Francisco Cow Palace for the September 9 World Developer Conference.
