Latest Apple Headlines
All the headlines from our Apple Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apple Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Listening to Siri Users’ Recordings
Aug 8 2019 // Apple Inc. was sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings. The lawsuit was filed as a class action Wednesday, just days after Apple said it would pause...
The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Handy-Apple Valley
Aug 1 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Handy-Apple Valley LLC (HAV). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. Located in Worcester, Mass., HAV provides personal and commercial insurance. As a part...
Supreme Court Apple Ruling May Increase Liability Exposure for Digital Platforms
May 14 2019 // Consumers can press ahead with a lawsuit that accuses Apple Inc. of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices at its App Store, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The 5-4 decision Monday could add to pressure...
Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest
Apr 23 2019 // Apple is being sued for $1 billion in damages by an 18-year-old college student who blames the company’s facial recognition software for his false arrest and for wrongly tying him to thefts at Apple stores in several...
Lawyer Suit Says FaceTime Eavesdropped on Talks with Client
Jan 30 2019 // Apple Inc. was sued by a Houston lawyer who claims his iPhone inadvertently allowed an unknown person to eavesdrop on his private conversation with a client. Apple has come under fire for a bug in its iOS 12.1 iPhone...
Court Upholds $440 Million Patent Infringement Judgment Against Apple
Jan 16 2019 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judgment worth $440 million that was won by intellectual property licensing firm VirnetX Inc. against Apple Inc. in a patent infringement case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Apple CEO Calls for U.S. Privacy Law to Protect User Data
Oct 24 2018 // Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Wednesday customer data was being “weaponised with military efficiency” by companies to increase profit. Cook, speaking at the International Conference of Data Protection...
Stolen Apple IDs Used by Hackers to Steal Cash, Warn Chinese Digital Payments Firms
Oct 11 2018 // Ant Financial’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings Ltd. warned that cyber attackers employed stolen Apple IDs to break into customers’ accounts and made off with an unknown amount of cash, in a rare security breach...
Court Tosses $234M Award Against Apple in U. Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit
Oct 1 2018 // Apple Inc. persuaded a federal appeals court on Sept. 28 to throw out a $234 million damages award in favor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm for infringing a patent on computer processing...
Big High Tech Is Big on Reimagining Health Care
Sep 17 2018 // Apple Inc.’s new watch is the latest proof: Big Tech is trying to remake health care in its own image. The device, introduced at a splashy launch event this week, can call for help after a fall. It can monitor...
Accident Report Confirms Apple Still in Autonomous Car Race
Sep 4 2018 // An Apple Inc. self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters this month, the company said in an accident report posted on Friday that confirmed the...
Taiwan iPhone Chipmaker Scrambles to Recover After Debilitating Computer Virus
Aug 6 2018 // Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which makes chips for the iPhone and other devices, is recovering from a debilitating computer virus but warned of delayed shipments and reduced revenue because of the impact...
Apple, Samsung Finally Settle Long-Running Patent Dispute
Jun 28 2018 // The biggest patent battle of the modern technology world has finally come to an end after seven years. Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. told a judge Wednesday they’d resolved the first filed but last remaining...
Apple Awarded $540M in Big Patent Win Over Smartphone Rival Samsung
May 24 2018 // After nearly five days of deliberations, a U.S. jury on Thursday said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd should pay $539 million to Apple Inc. for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents, bringing a...
Why It’s Important to Find the Agency’s ‘Why’
May 21 2018 // A new book, “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek covered this topic and gave us inspiration for this article. “When you fill an organization with ‘good fits,’ those who believe what you believe;...
U.S. Selects 10 Drone Test Projects
May 10 2018 // The U.S. Transportation Department’s 10 winning drone pilot projects aimed at spurring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in a wide variety of fields do not include Amazon.com Inc. and China’s DJI, but do...
Allianz, Aon Offer Cyber Insurance Discounts for Apple, Cisco Customers
Feb 5 2018 // Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. have teamed up with insurer Allianz SE to offer discounts on cyber insurance to businesses that primarily use equipment from both technology companies, they said on Monday. The...
Wary Businesses Test Fixes for Chip Flaws Before Installing
Jan 8 2018 // Chances that a fix to a major microchip security flaw may slow down or crash some computer systems are leading some businesses to hold off installing software patches, fearing the cure may be worse than the original...
Intel Downplays Effect of Security Flaw as Investors Worry About Liability
Jan 5 2018 // Security issues with Intel Corp. microchips are only slowing computers slightly, technology companies said, as researchers played down the need for mass hardware replacements to protect millions of devices from...
Cheaper Cyber Insurance in the Works for Apple, Cisco Customers
Jun 27 2017 // Apple Inc. is working with Cisco Systems Inc. to help businesses that primarily use gear from both companies to get a discount on cyber-security insurance premiums, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said on...
