By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Known leakers Kang and Duan Rui both say that Apple has sent letters demanding that they stop revealing details of future products, and warning of legal action in China if they don’t.Apple begins crackdown on leakers in ChinaAccording to social media posts, Apple’s letters demand that the leakers can’t disclose information about unreleased products since this may mislead potential customers, and give competitors an advantage. Apple has also reportedly demanded that leakers must refrain from posting any images and cannot refer to posts as dreams or riddles since these are still seen as leaks….
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a new, $2.2 billion fund to invest in cryptocurrency, stating that they are “radically optimistic about crypto’s potential.”The firm, founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, is known for being an early investor in companies such as Facebook and Instagram. It now plans on investing in cryptocurrency, which it sees as the future of finance and a highly influential technology.”We believe that the next wave of computing innovation will be driven by crypto,” firm partners Katie Haun, Ali Yahoo, and Chris Dixon wrote in a …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Following a debate that extended into the early morning, the US House Judiciary Committee has advanced all but one of the bills before it that focus on curbing Big Tech and its ability to promote its own products and services over others — and the last one will likely get the nod on Thursday.After a Wednesday approval of a bill to increase the …
By news@appleinsider.com (AppleInsider Staff) Eccentric software mogul John McAfee, best known for a suite of antivirus programs that bore his name, died in a Spanish prison Wednesday after a court in that country authorized his extradition to the United States. He was 75.According to McAfee’s lawyer, who confirmed details of his death to Reuters, the British-born technology trailblazer …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has voted to approve a bill to increase the budgets of antitrust enforcers as the panel considered a slate of sweeping bills aimed at tech giants.Credit: WikiMedia CommonsCredit: WikiMedia CommonsAfter more than three hours of discussion, the committee voted 29-12 to …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) A French court has set a date to hear a case brought against Apple by the country’s finance ministry over allegedly abusive contract terms on the …
By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Robles) Combining Shortcuts with stock image website Unsplash, you can automate iPhone and iPad to change your home screen wallpaper every day.When it comes to customizing your …
