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Apple holds steadfast, refuses to help feds unlock seized iPhone in NY drug case

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On Friday, Apple formally responded to the government’s demand that the company help unlock a seized iPhone in New York, which pre-dates the debacle that played out earlier this year in San Bernardino.

As Ars reported last month, federal prosecutors have asked a more senior judge, known as a district judge, to countermand a...

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Court refuses to block Obama’s climate-change initiative

The sulfer-coal-burning John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. (credit: Cathy)

A federal appeals court is refusing to block the President Barack Obama administration's climate change initiative. Two dozen states and other energy companies sued (PDF) the Environmental Protection Agency in October, on the day the carbon-emissions cutting plan became law.

The US Court of Appeals for the...

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Judge, siding with Google, refuses to shut down Waze in wake of alleged theft

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Google, the owner of the traffic app Waze, has managed to beat back a copyright lawsuit filed by lesser-known rival PhantomAlert.

Back in September 2015 PhantomAlert sued Google over allegations of copyright infringement. Google purchased Waze in June 2013 for over $ 1 billion. PhantomAlert alleged that after a failed data-sharing deal between...

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