In a letter filed last week and unsealed Tuesday, Apple told a New York judge that the federal government had asserted the All Writs Act — the 18th-century law at the center of Apple’s fight with the FBI — in at least nine pending court cases beyond the San Bernardino, Calif., shooting.
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Apple on Tuesday provided members of its public beta testing programs with pre-release builds of both iOS 9.3 and OS X 10.11.4, a day after the fourth betas were provided to developers.
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PBS on Tuesday announced an upcoming 24-hour PBS Kids channel that will air on not just on conventional TV, but also as a live Internet stream for phones, tablets, and set-tops, including iOS devices and the Apple TV.
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For the next 4 days, AI readers can grab the lowest price of the year on Apple’s high-end MacBook Pro model MJLT2LL/A at just $2,179 with free shipping, a free notebook stand, and no sales tax for customers who live outside NY.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he was taken aback by a recent report quoting him as supporting the FBI in its encryption battle with Apple, calling the oversimplification of his view on the controversy “disappointing.”
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The overwhelming majority of mobile device failures come from handsets running the Android operating system, new data reveals, showing that Samsung devices are responsible for the most overall issues.
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This week’s Apple shareholder meeting will be livened up by a proposal from the right-wing National Center for Public Policy Research, which seeks to have the company “review and report” on its operations in “high-risk regions with poor human rights records” after CEO Tim Cook spoke out on the Indiana religious freedom laws last year.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said he disagrees with Apple’s decision to not provide the FBI with a software workaround that breaks iOS, and instead sides with a narrow reading of the government’s request for assistance that supposedly precludes wider dissemination of the as-yet-uncreated expoit.
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After teasing its upcoming album release through various social media outlets, British alt-rock band “The 1975” on Sunday announced plans to livestream a Los Angeles concert later this week with help from Apple’s Beats 1 radio.
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Disney is the latest Apple TV content provider to take advantage of the set-top’s universal search API, as deep links to content from the company’s Disney Channel, Disney Jr., Disney XD and Watch ABC tvOS apps are now accessible via text and Siri voice search.
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