Attorney General William Barr has intensified a long-running fight between law enforcement and tech firms over encrypted communications, potentially setting up a showdown with Silicon Valley.
Source: Barr’s Encryption Push Is Decades in the Making, but Troubles Some at FBI – WSJ
Apple said it has provided “gigabytes of information” to law enforcement in the case of the alleged shooter at the Pensacola Naval Air Station.
Source: Apple refuses Barr request to unlock Pensacola shooter’s iPhones
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China is a key growth area for Apple, which has struggled against low-cost phone makers that sell Android phones.
Source: Apple iPhone sales spike in China according to data, stock hits high
One of Samsung’s signature products of CES 2020 is a TV that automatically rotates between portrait and landscape — and works with the iPhone.
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The buzz about Apple officially returning to CES after 28 years is true. Apple’s Jane Horvath is speaking on a panel about privacy on Tuesday at 1 p.m. PT, and HomeKit-compatible devices are expected to be on display when the show floor opens on Tuesday morning. But Apple also made a surprise appearance on opening day at CESas the first press events kicked off Sunday.
The unexpected moment happened at a standing-room-only Samsung “First Look” event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Along with its 292-inch “The Wall” TV and its completely bezelless 8K TV, Samsung introduced the Sero TV. Sero means “vertical” in Korean, and the trick to this TV is that it can rotate between portrait mode and landscape mode, so it’s tailor-made for millennials and Gen Z, who watch a lot of vertical videos from YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. (See my video of it in action.)
A mother in Georgia rushed her 7-year-old to the emergency room after he swallowed an AirPod he received as a Christmas gift.
Source: 7-year-old swallows AirPod he got as Christmas gift – ABC News