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The app Smart Voting is displayed on an iPhone screen in Moscow, Russia

Apple, Google remove opposition app as Russian voting begins

September 17, 2021Elections

Apple and Google have come under pressure in recent weeks, with Russian officials telling them to remove the Smart Voting app from their online stores.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is shown wearing a dark suit and standing behind a microphone with a Turkish flag nearby.

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This new material for a breakthrough temperature sensor comes from a surprising and natural source

February 17, 2017Technology

Scientists think the transparent new film could be really, really useful in artificial skin.

LeEco CEO and founder Jia Yueting runs on stage during a press event in San Francisco, California on Oct. 19.

The ‘Chinese Netflix’ is taking on tech titans of America

October 19, 2016Business

LeEco is a Chinese internet colossus referred to as a combination of Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Tesla.

A visitor tries out a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 at company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, October 5, 2016.

Samsung halts production of exploding phone due to explosions

October 11, 2016Technology

Samsung tried to fix the problem. But it didn’t work.

President Barack Obama speaks at the opening Keynote during the 2016 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.

Obama can’t talk about Apple vs. the FBI, but now we know where he stands

March 11, 2016Technology

President Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to speak at the annual South by Southwest festival on Friday and called on the tech entrepreneurs in the audience to think of ways to make government work better through technology. But what was on the mind of many was the case between Apple and the FBI. And, while not addressing specifics, Obama offered his thoughts about the larger privacy vs. security debate and it’s clear where he stands — and that’s with the FBI.

Apple’s scuffle with the FBI could affect privacy and freedom of speech worldwide

February 17, 2016Technology

A US judge wants Apple to help the FBI hack one of its phones. But so far, Apple wants nothing to do with that.

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