A backlash over Apple’s move to scan customer phones and computers for child abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for its secretive culture.
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Samsung Electronics launched its line-up of consumer devices for the latter half of the year on Wednesday, positioning its new Galaxy Z Flip3 as a direct rival to Apple’s upcoming iPhone release.
Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest high-end foldable smartphones on Wednesday with lower prices than last year’s offerings in a push to expand foldable demand beyond niche devices.
Apple’s next iPhone line-up will get at least three major new camera and video-recording features, which the company is betting will be key enticements to upgrade from earlier models.
Apple will roll out a system for checking photos for child abuse imagery on a country-by-country basis, depending on local laws, the company said.
Apple said its system has an error rate of “less than one in a trillion” per year and that it protects user privacy.
Apple plans to scan iPhones in the US for imagery showing child abuse, the Financial Times reported. The move raises startling questions about privacy and corporate surveillance of millions of people’s phones.
Google is making a bigger bet on smartphones by joining rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics in designing the device’s most critical component in-house: the main processor.
Big technology companies in the US are making vaccination mandatory for on-campus employees, as the highly infectious Delta Covid-19 variant drives a resurgence in cases.
Apple said a global chip shortage that has bitten into its ability to sell Macs and iPads will start to affect iPhone production and forecasted slowing revenue growth, sending its shares lower.