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Revelations that an Amazon Echo smart speaker inadvertently sent a family's private conversation to an acquaintance highlights some unexpected risks of new voice-enabled technologies. According to Amazon, the fault was an "unlikely" series of inadvertent vocal cues that triggered the speaker, caused it to begin ...
U.S. federal court jury orders Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design
A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million or copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years. Jurors tacked on an additional $5 million in damages for a pair of patented functions. The award appeared to ...
Apple takes on Google in education with cheaper iPad and new software
Apple Inc. is going head-to-head with Google in education, a market the iPhone-maker helped pioneer but has let languish. For the first time in several years, Apple released hardware specific to education: a new iPad that squares up against Google's cheap Chromebook laptops, which have ...
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook has called for stronger privacy regulations that prevent the misuse of data in the light of the controversial leak of Facebook user information. Cook called for "well-crafted" regulations that prevent the information of users being put together and applied ...
Designed in California and made in China: How the iPhone skews the U.S. trade deficit
U.S. President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375 billion trade surplus with the United States. But a closer look at the Apple smartphone reveals how the headline figure is distorted. The big trade imbalance — at the ...
Brand recognition for Apple and Google plunges in poll as Amazon stays on top; Takata comes in last
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google corporate brands dropped in an annual survey while Amazon.com Inc. maintained the top spot for the third consecutive year. Electric carmaker Telsa Inc. rocketed higher after sending a red Roadster into space. IPhone maker Apple dropped to No. 29 ...
How Samsung's new Galaxy S9 compares to the iPhone X
When Microsoft revealed a replacement to Windows 8, it skipped the number 9 and went straight to Windows 10. Apple's iPhone 8 was followed by the iPhone X (pronounced "ten"). But Samsung refused to follow: The successor to its Galaxy S8 is the Galaxy ...
U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with Microsoft privacy fight over data stored overseas
Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared unsure how to resolve a dispute between Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department over whether U.S. law should allow prosecutors to compel technology companies to hand over data stored overseas. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both ...
Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising rights concerns
When Apple Inc. begins hosting Chinese users' iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities will have far easier access to text messages, email and other data stored in the ...
Apple mum amid reports it's in talks with miners to secure cobalt supplies
Apple Inc. is talking to major cobalt producers to secure supplies of the material vital for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that power its mobile phones, three cobalt industry sources said. Apple declined comment. Locking in cobalt supplies has become a dominant theme as it is also ...
Domestic smartphone market heating up as Chinese makers crowd market
Competition is growing in the Japanese smartphone market, with the world's fourth-largest supplier — China's Oppo Electronics Corp. — preparing to make a foray. The world's third-largest smartphone maker, Huawei Technologies Co. of China, has already established itself as a key player in Japan. By contrast, ...
Chip wars: Broadcom raises hostile bid for Qualcomm to $121 billion in quest to be on top
Broadcom raised its bid for rival computer chipmaker Qualcomm on Monday to $121 billion, offering the richest-ever takeover effort in the tech sector in an effort to become the dominant player in the fast-growing market for connected devices. Singapore-based Broadcom, which has begun a process ...
