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U.S. Net Neutrality protections end, ISPs may wait to see how things shake out before shifting policies

The day you didn’t want to come has arrived. As of Tuesday, June 11th, net neutrality regulations have ended. As such, the Open Internet Order is no longer in effect, opening the door for internet service providers to control access to online content in the United States as they see fit. The Open Internet Order […]

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Apple apparently poaching former Intel employees, quietly setting up shop in Washington County, Oregon

Apple seems to be quietly setting up shop in Washington Country, Oregon. The company has hired close to two-dozen people in a hardware engineering lab there, raiding Intel and other Oregon tech employers for a variety of roles, according to job postings, social media profiles and a source close to the story. While Apple has […]

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Net neutrality preservation effort passes House vote, unlikely to go further, could become political lightning rod for November elections

The vote went as expected, but odds are it won’t go further than the senate. On Wednesday, U.S. Senate Democrats voted 52 to 47 in favor of undoing the Federal Communications Commission’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” order, which ended Obama-era net neutrality protections. The measure passed with a better margin than expected, with three Republicans and […]

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Rumor: Second-gen iPhone X could be priced at $899 for 5.8-inch version, $999 for 6.8-inch “Plus” version

The second-gen version of the iPhone X, or at least a 5.8-inch version of it, could be priced at $899, $100 cheaper than the current 5.8-inch iPhone X unit. It’s also thought that the $999 price tag could accompany a new 6.5-inch version of the device. The company has had “limited success” trying to pitch […]

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Law enforcement officials have begun using the fingerprints of dead iPhone owners to unlock devices

Your fingerprint is your fingerprint, even if you’re not among the living. A new report released on Thursday revealed that U.S. law enforcement agencies have indeed used the fingers of corpses to unlock iPhones and obtain evidence. These efforts are said to date back to November 2016, when the FBI attempted to use the finger […]