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Apple Won’t Allow Movie Villains to Use iPhones

By Zach Sharf / Salon Feb 28, 2020 "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson explains why the bad guy in his latest film isn't using any of the tech company's products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cartoon featuring a young man staring at his mobile phone and wondering where the app for democracy is

Phoning It In

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Apple Drops iPhone Bombshell on Already Reeling Stock Market

MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Jan 2, 2019 CEO Tim Cook says the tech giant's October-December revenue will fall well below the company's earlier projections and those of analysts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did Saudi Writer Record His Slaying?

ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Oct 13, 2018 A pro-government Turkish newspaper says journalist Jamal Khashoggi's Apple Watch recorded what happened to him in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Google Is Tracking Your Movements, Like It or Not

Ryan Nakashima / The Associated Press Aug 13, 2018 An exclusive new report finds the multinational is storing your location data—even when you explicitly tell it not to. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Trillion-Dollar Fantasy at the Heart of the Global Economy

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Aug 8, 2018 It may be a heady time for the tech titans in Cupertino, but we should worry when a super-sized market sector is effectively fueled by magical thinking. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Apple Becomes First Trillion-Dollar Company

MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Aug 2, 2018 The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest triumph of a trend-setting company that two mavericks named Steve started in a Silicon Valley garage 42 years ago. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Facebook Siphoned Off Phone Call and Text Logs

RYAN NAKASHIMA and MAE ANDERSON / The Associated Press Mar 27, 2018 The social network acknowledges that it began uploading call and text logs from phones running Google's Android system in 2015. Why? Short answer: Because Google let it. Longer answer: It's complicated. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )