Huawei hit hard by coronavirus in China, new criminal charges in U.S.
There's lots of bad news piling up for Huawei, the firm often considered to be Android's best hope of challenging Apple's leadership in smartphone design and business competency.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple's end-to-end encryption threatened by new proposed bill
Senator Lindsey Graham is pressing for new laws that would combat online child abuse, but do so by removing all end-to-end encryption and giving law enforcement open access to private data.
William Gallagher
Antitrust committee demands Apple, Amazon, Facebook & Google internal documents
The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee has sent letters requesting internal documentation and correspondence from four major tech giants in the US, including Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
Amber Neely
Google confirms antitrust investigation by DOJ
Google parent company Alphabet on Friday said it is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over potential antitrust violations, confirming suspicions that it would be a target in the government's wide-roving review of tech companies.
Mikey Campbell
DOJ wants Apple, Google to relinquish user data of rifle scope app
As part of an investigation into potential weapons export violations, the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding both Apple and Google furnish user information for a rifle scope monitoring and control app, a move that could impact well over 10 thousand people.
DOJ working with state attorneys general on big tech probe
The U.S. Department of Justice is consulting a group of state attorneys general on what promises to be a wide-ranging antitrust probe into major technology industry firms Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.
Capital One hack exposes data of 100M+ customer accounts
A Seattle woman has been arrested and charged with hacking into Capital One and gaining access to over 100 million customer accounts at the U.S. bank.
Roger Fingas
DOJ requiring eSIM support as condition of Sprint & T-Mobile merger, including Dish
A small but significant condition of the Justice Department approving Sprint and T-Mobile's merger is that the combined entity — and Dish, which is being turned into a fourth national carrier — must support eSIM technology.
DOJ approves merger of T-Mobile & Sprint, but states' lawsuit awaits [u]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it has approved a proposed $26 billion-plus merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, though with major concessions, and a lawsuit from 13 state attorneys general still pending. [Updated with Dish's multi-billion payouts]
Victor Marks
