Samsung changes Note 7 output schedule after fire reports
By YOUKYUNG LEE Samsung’s crisis with its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone hit a new low on Monday as the company confirmed that it has made production changes, following reports that…
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New FBI head in San Francisco was key figure in iPhone hack
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Special Agent Jack Bennett was at the FBI’s computer investigation lab in Quantico, Virginia, on a Sunday in March when an outside company showed the bureau how…
Apple’s tech allies oppose the FBI, but still want your data
By BRANDON BAILEY In its fight with the FBI, Apple insists it’s defending the privacy and safety of all iPhone users by resisting government calls to help unlock an extremist’s…
US fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in…
Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns
By MICHAEL BALSAMO For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie…
NTSB says Amtrak engineer didn’t use cellphone before crash
By JOAN LOWY The engineer driving an Amtrak train wasn’t using his cellphone to talk, text or download data just before the train derailed in Philadelphia last month, safety investigators…
Snowden leak: NSA helped British steal cell phone codes
By KEN DILANIAN Britain’s electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments…
Hands-on with Microsoft’s hologram device
By BRANDON BAILEY Microsoft didn’t use skydivers or stunt cyclists to introduce what it hopes will be the next big leap in computing technology. Instead, with its new HoloLens headset,…