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Tekserve closes fabled New York store, will auction off its Macintosh collection in September

An amazing collection of Apple and Mac history is going on the auction block next month. Tekserve, once the go-to third-party repair shop for Apple products in New York City, announced last month that it would be closing shop on August 15 after being in business since 1987. Now that Tekserve has officially closed shop, […]

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Proposed bipartisan bill would prevent individual states from mandating backdoor access to encryption protocols

The plot may yet become even more intricate when it comes to states require backdoors into encryption. A bipartisan bill introduced to the U.S. House of Represenatives on Wednesday would bar individual states and localities from requiring backdoors in encryption, something often demanded by law enforcement officials and intelligence agencies. The ENCRYPT Act, sponsored Democrat […]

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Rumor: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, building Apple Pay support into ATMs

Apple Pay is coming to assorted Bank of America and Wells Fargo ATMS. An anonymous source close to the story has stated that Bank of America and Wells Fargo are working on implementing Apple Pay into their ATMs. Both companies are said to have engineers working on the technology that would likely allow Apple Pay […]

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Hermes Apple Watch Edition to arrive this Friday

Amid the watchOS 2.2 and next-gen Apple Watch rumors, potential buyers are about to get a dose of fashionable options. Four months after announcing a special Apple Watch edition created in collaboration with French fashion house Hermes, Apple is taking the device out of limited availability and will begin online sales starting Friday. The 10 […]

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Proposed bill in New York state could allow backdoor access for law enforcement, threatens fines for non-compliance

Let the arguments begin. A new bill proposed in New York could require that all phone manufacturers be required to implement a way for law enforcement agencies to access and decrypt user devices. This bill is somewhat similar to the Investigatory Powers Bill currently being debated in the UK, which Apple has voiced its opposition […]