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Apple races to temper outcry over child-porn tracking system

Finger Lakes Times 14 Aug 2021
Apple Inc ... Apple also clarified Friday that the system would only flag cases where users had about 30 or more potentially illicit pictures ... If a user is found to have such pictures in their library, Apple will be alerted, conduct a human review to verify the contents, and then report the user to law enforcement ... Facebook Inc ... And Adobe Inc.
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Facebook’s WhatsApp takes aim at Apple over child safety software plan

Live Mint 14 Aug 2021
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging unit blasted Apple Inc.’s plan to monitor sexually exploitative images of children on iPhones as bad for privacy, opening a new front in the battle between two of the world’s biggest tech companies ... A day earlier, Apple said it planned to release an update for U.S ... Apple claims to have found a way to do this.
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Apple hit with $300 million patent verdict after new Optis trial

Reuters 14 Aug 2021
(Reuters) - Apple Inc owes a $300 million lump sum for infringing wireless standard-essential patents owned by IP management company Optis Wireless Technology and its affiliates, a federal jury in an East Texas federal court said Friday after a four-day trial ... Apple Inc, U.S ... For Apple ... Apple socked with $506 million patent verdict in East Texas.
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Sonos Scores Legal Win in Patent Battle With Google

Wall Street Journal 14 Aug 2021
Sonos Inc ... The initial decision should help Sonos as it presses Alphabet Inc ... Amid rising competition from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc ... 3. The patent dispute is playing out as regulatory pressure rises for tech giants, including Google, Apple and Amazon, which lawmakers and regulators alike have accused of using their platforms to curtail competition ... .
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After criticism, Apple to only seek abuse images flagged in multiple nations

Gulf Daily News 14 Aug 2021
After a week of criticism over a its planned new system for detecting images of child sex abuse, Apple Inc said on Friday that it will hunt only for pictures that have been flagged by clearinghouses in multiple countries ... Apple also said it would be easy for researchers to make ...
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Jury awards Optis $300 million in second patent trial against Apple

Business Line 14 Aug 2021
A US jury on Friday awarded OptisWireless Technology LLC and several related companies $300million in damages after a second patent trial against iPhonemaker Apple Inc.
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Marshall federal jury orders Apple to pay $300 million for use of LTE cellular standard

The Marshall News Messenger 14 Aug 2021
In a retrial against Apple Inc., Friday, a federal jury in Marshall ordered Apple to pay Optis a $300 million lump sum for the infringement of five patents that relate to 4G LTE cellular standard ... “The negotiations have been unsuccessful because Apple refuses to pay a FRAND royalty for a license to the Plaintiffs’ patents,” the lawsuit states.
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Daily Crunch: 3 US Senators ask Amazon how biometric payment system will handle customers’ palm prints

Crunch 14 Aug 2021
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 13, 2021 ... And fall ... Startups/VC ... You can sign up here.) Big Tech Inc ... As Apple struggles to retain the mantle of the privacy-first technology leader, Facebook is making inroads ... .
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Apple Executive Defends Tools to Fight Child Porn, Acknowledges Privacy Backlash

Wall Street Journal 13 Aug 2021
A senior Apple Inc ... Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, in an interview emphasized that the new system will be auditable ... An executive at Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging service and others, including Edward Snowden, have called Apple’s approach bad for privacy.
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U.S. House members introduce bill targeting Apple and Google app stores

Metro USA 13 Aug 2021
House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at reining in powerful app stores run by companies like Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google ... Apple has previously defended its app store as “an unprecedented engine of economic growth and innovation, one that now supports more than 2.1 million jobs across all 50 states.”.
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Apple races to temper outcry over child-pornography tracking system

The Los Angeles Times 13 Aug 2021
Apple Inc ... Apple also clarified Friday that the system would flag cases only where users had about 30 or more potentially illicit pictures ... If a user is found to have such pictures in their library, Apple will be alerted, conduct a human review to verify the contents, and then report the user to law enforcement ... Facebook Inc ... And Adobe Inc.
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Apple defends iPhone photo scanning, calls it an “advancement” in privacy

Ars Technica 13 Aug 2021
/ Apple executive Craig Federighi speaks during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California ... An executive at Facebook Inc.'s WhatsApp messaging service and others, including Edward Snowden, have called Apple's approach bad for privacy.
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S&P; 500, Dow set fresh records as recovery marches forward

Reuters 13 Aug 2021
Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O), which account for a quarter of the S&P 500's market capitalization, led shares on the S&P and tech-heavy Nasdaq ... In earnings-related moves, Baidu Inc's U.S.
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Disney, tech stocks lift Dow, S&P; 500 to record highs

Metro USA 13 Aug 2021
Mega-cap growth names, including Microsoft Corp, Netflix Inc, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and healthcare stocks Pfizer Inc and Amgen Inc, were the biggest drivers of the indexes. The Nasdaq, however, was trading flat, weighed down by heavyweights Apple Inc, Amazon.com and Tesla Inc.
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