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• iPhone users urged to update their devices immediately

  September 14, 2021 8:44 AM

  Individuals with iPads and iPhones are encouraged to update their devices as soon as they can. Apple, on Monday, updated its software for iPhones in response to a vulnerability that experts believe has been exploited by surveillance software, CNN reports . The news outlet reports that information from... more »

• President Biden to sign executive order targeting internet service providers, Big Tech

  July 9, 2021 1:01 PM

  Before the close of Friday, President Joe Biden intends to sign an executive order that will directly impact internet service providers and Silicon Valley, CNN reports. Aimed at fostering competition among broadband service providers, the executive order will encourage the Federal Communications Commission to reintroduce a so-called "nutrition label"... more »

• Apple to let Parler return to App Store

  April 19, 2021 12:38 PM

  Apple is on track to welcome Parler back to its iOS app store since the social media company's implementation of improved capabilities in the detection and moderation of hate speech as well as incitement, CNN reports. The announcement was made via a letter the iPhone maker sent to Congress... more »

• Apple to release 'more diverse' emoji

  August 1, 2016 5:49 PM

  Just a few weeks after the announcement that new, more diverse emoji would be coming to smartphones and other devices, Apple said today that it would be adding or redesigning over 100 emoji characters in time for a major software update this Fall. After a petition was... more »

• iOS software update will allow users to register as organ donors

  July 5, 2016 2:10 PM

  Apple's latest iOS software update will soon allow users to register themselves for organ donation directly from their iPhone. On Tuesday, the company announced that when iOS 10 launches in the fall, iPhone and iPad users can register through the updated Health app. Users can add themselves to the National... more »

• iPhone users rejoice as Apple announces default apps will be deletable

  June 13, 2016 5:52 PM

  CUPERTINO, Calif. - Among Apple’s announcements to come out of the company’s most recent developer conference, few have caused as much internet-based exuberance as the coming ability for iPhone users to delete the default apps that come installed on the device. Since the iPhone debuted in 2007, large numbers... more »

• Apple recycles $40 million worth of gold from old electronics

  April 15, 2016 12:28 PM

  CALIFORNIA- In its annual environmental report released this week, Apple reported that it recovered 2,204 pounds of gold, $40 million worth, from the company’s recycled electronics. The gold was collected from old iPhones, iPads and Macs last year. 61 million pounds of the 90 million pounds of electronic waste collected... more »

• Brooklyn case takes front seat in Apple encryption fight

  April 8, 2016 1:36 PM

  NEW YORK - The Justice Department says it will continue trying to force Apple to reveal a phone's data in a New York drug case. The government told a Brooklyn judge Friday it still wants an order requiring Apple's cooperation even though it no longer needs the company's help with... more »

• MLB teams allowed to use iPads in dugout all season

  March 30, 2016 11:50 AM

  NEW YORK - After allowing iPad Air 2s with restrictions in dugouts during the final two weeks of last season and the postseason under a pilot program, Major League Baseball reached a deal with Apple that gives iPad Pros to all teams this year along with a new scouting, analytics... more »

• Giant snail poses danger to Louisiana rice farmers Play Video

  March 29, 2016 6:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE -Scientists fear the Giant Apple Snail could destroy rice crops in west Louisiana. The snail is an invasive species from South America that is slowly eating up aquatic plants across the southern part of the state. "They're considered one of the worst invasive species in the world,"... more »

• FBI unlocks San Bernardino gunman's iPhone without Apple; Dispute connected to BR woman's murder

  March 28, 2016 6:09 PM

  WASHINGTON - The FBI has unlocked the phone of the terrorist responsible for the San Bernardino attacks without the help of Apple. The Justice Department is expected to withdraw its legal action against apple. A federal magistrate in California ordered the company in mid-February to assist the FBI in unlocking... more »

• Unsolved BR murder case could be cracked by FBI phone cracking plan Play Video

  March 22, 2016 7:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Revelations that the FBI may have found a way inside terrorists cell phones Monday was optimistic news to investigators who are still trying to get inside a murder victim's locked iPhone. For almost a year, authorities in Baton Rouge have been trying to figure out who... more »

• FBI finds way to unlock terrorists' phones; Dispute brought national attention to Baton Rouge woman's murder

  March 21, 2016 9:05 PM

  SAN BERNARDINO, CA - The FBI has cancelled a Tuesday hearing to discuss a dispute with Apple over their desire to unlock the Iphones of terrorists. The agency says they've found a 3rd party with the capability to unlock the phones of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in... more »

• Apple unveils 4-inch iPhone SE

  March 21, 2016 5:03 PM

  CALIFORNIA - Apple unveiled its newest iPhone Monday at an event at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino. The newest smart phone from Apple is called the iPhone SE and is smaller than the iPhone 5S and 6S. The new phone is 4 inches and will have an A9 chip equal... more »

• Mother of murdered pregnant woman wants daughter's iPhone unlocked Play Video

  February 19, 2016 12:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge family is searching for answers after suffering the loss of a mother and her unborn child. Brittney Mills was killed in April 2015. She was pregnant at the time of her death. She was killed on her door step. Investigators still have no suspects.... more »