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Apple offers apology for Siri grading program, indicates that contractors will be brought back this fall after changes to program

Following up on yesterday’s article about Apple firing more than 300 contractors grading Siri requests, the company has stated that it will halt the Siri grading program while giving it a “thorough review.” The company has apparently finished the review and issued a statement apologizing for the way in which the program had been carried […]

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Apple pledges to focus on Siri privacy features, fires 300 contractors in Cork, Ireland

Apple has implemented changes to its Siri privacy by making changes to its grading program. In a recently published article, the company details how it hired 300 contractors in Cork, Ireland, as part of a move to help secure privacy. Per the article:- First, by default, Apple will no longer retain audio recordings of Siri […]

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Following tax investigation, Apple shelters billions in profits via Irish channels

Apple has apparently found the mother of all tax shelter combinations. Despite company CEO Tim Cook having stated that “We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar. We don’t depend on tax gimmicks, we don’t stash money on some Caribbean island” during a a United States Senate investigative subcommittee hearing in 2013, the […]

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Tim Cook pens scathing letter addressing Apple European tax controversy

There apparently came a moment where, in the wake of the controversy regarding Apple’s tax rate in Ireland, Tim Cook got angry and began smashing things. Responding to the Commission’s decision that Ireland should recover 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in back taxes from Apple, Tim Cook said that “in Ireland and in every country […]