Tesla CEO Elon Musk is said to earn tens of billions of dollars from a record-breaking compensation package even if he fails to meet most of the ambitious goals set by the bard of the company. As reported by Reuters, Musk could surpass the lifetime earbibggs of CEOs such as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Tim…
Charter Communications and its Spectrum brand has spent the last couple of years reimagining its pay-TV product for a streaming era. The strategy shift, which began with last year’s high-profile carriage dispute with Disney, now sees most of the company’s TV plans include access to streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, Paramount+, Peacock, Fox One,…
Legal experts WIRED spoke with say that the ICE monitoring and documentation apps that Apple has removed from its App Store are clear examples of protected speech under the US Constitution’s First Amendment. “These apps are publishing constitutionally protected speech. They’re publishing truthful information about matters of public interest that people obtained just by witnessing…
Apple has removed Eyes Up, an app that collects and archives videos of Immigration Customs and Enforcement arrests, 404 Media reports. The app’s removal follows similar action taken against ICEBlock last week, an app that tracks ICE activity in an attempt to offer real-time alerts of when and where arrests are happening. Unlike ICEBlock, though,…
AltStore PAL, which launched as one of the first alternative iOS app stores in the EU last year, is coming to more countries, developer Riley Testut announced today. “Specifically, we plan to launch in Japan, Brazil, and Australia before the end of the year, with the UK to follow in 2026,” Testut says. Launching in…
The new iPhones are out, which means your phone is another model year older. That means it’s a good time to evaluate whether you still need to pay for a protection plan on your aging device, which can add hundreds of dollars to the cost of ownership.Experts say it’s likely time to cut the cord…
PARIS (Reuters) -French prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating tech giant Apple‘s voice assistant Siri after receiving a complaint from a tech researcher accusing the company of illicit data collection. The probe, which was first reported by the news website Politico, has been entrusted to a police force specialised in cybercrime, the prosecutors’ office…
Citing officer safety concerns, the tech giant’s decision to pull ICEBlock and similar apps from its App Store ignites a fierce debate over free speech, privacy, and corporate responsibility. WASHINGTON – In a move that has drawn both praise from law enforcement and sharp criticism from civil liberties advocates, Apple has removed several applications from…
The Department of Justice is sounding the alarm over apps that track and monitor immigration officers, calling them a security threat. Under pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Apple has removed the apps from the app store. Scott MacFarlane has more. Source link
Under pressure from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Apple removed crowdsourcing apps used to alert users about federal immigration activity in their area from the company’s app store on Thursday. The developer of ICEBlock—one of the apps removed—is determined to fight for the app, which he says is protected speech under the First Amendment. At…