This week on AI: Apple's March 21 event, 'iPhone 7' rumors, 'GovtOS' resistance & more

Media attention naturally gravitated towards Apple's March 21 press event, where the company is expected to show off a new 4-inch iPhone and an updated 9.7-inch iPad. Plenty of other happenings were in the air though, including "iPhone 7" rumors and Apple's ongoing confrontation with the Department of Justice and the FBI over encryption.

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Everything you need to know:

What to expect from Apple's 'let us loop you in' event > >
The new iPad may start at $599 > >
This fall's iPhone 7 may have a thinner, flatter body > >
Some Apple workers are allegedly ready to quit if a "GovtOS" is demanded > >
Packaging backs up the "iPhone SE" name for the new 4-inch phone > >
Apple News officially opened up to all publishers > >
iCloud security is set to toughen in the future > >
Apple may be building a fully self-sufficient cloud infrastructure > >
In the meantime, Apple may be switching from Amazon to Google for third-party cloud needs > >

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A roundup of all of our hottest stories this week:

What to expect from Apple's March 21 'let us loop you in' event

Rumor: Apple's new 9.7" iPad will carry premium $599 starting price for 32GB

New iPhone 7 case rumor depicts thinner body, nearly flush camera

Apple employees threaten to quit if forced to build GovtOS, report says

Purported packaging leak claims to confirm 'iPhone SE' name, NFC for Apple's new 4" iPhone

Apple News to open to all publishers this week, get public reader metrics by mid-2016

Apple again rumored to goose iCloud security amid iPhone encryption flap

Apple plans self-sufficient cloud infrastructure with 'Project McQueen'

Apple rumored to lean on Google Cloud Platform for certain iCloud services [u]

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3 Comments

why-

said about 8 years ago

Anyone know what time the event is? I may or not be on an international flight when it airs

design_editor

said about 8 years ago

GovtOS is totally going to suck. The Congress and Senate apps will keep making unauthorized in-app purchases and won't let any app function unless it makes a large super-pac donation.

izenstein

said about 8 years ago

*I have an idea as a compromise for security and unlocking a locked phone. I call it a triangulation key. Where a phone can be unlocked with a court warrant. It works where 3 encrypted codes are synced up to unlock a phone, government code, Apple code and finally the actual targeted iPhone. The iPhone must approve the two keys in order to unlock. The phone can't unlock unless approved.

A warrant triangulation code approved by the governments and Apple that is a one time approval for opening device. Must be approved by the government and Appleand synchronized for unlocking. Retrieval of data dump uploaded by Apple for a set time limit then phone relocks and new warrant key approved. Use Quantum Key which applies fuzzy entanglement at a distance. Finally unauthorized hacking would trigger a warning to Apple at highest level of management.

Approval would be supervised at highest level in all steps of the process.

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