A class action in L.A. Superior Court claims that Sprint’s “buy [or lease] one, get one free” offer for cellphones is actually a usurious loan, with “exorbitant, unconscionable charges if the phone is not purchased, or the lease is terminated.”
Read moreMichigan authorities investigating Flint’s water crisis have used search warrants to seize from storage the state-owned mobile devices of former Gov. Rick Snyder and 65 other current or former officials, The Associated Press has learned.
Read moreHuawei could lose its grip on the No. 2 ranking in worldwide cellphone sales after Google announced it would comply with U.S. government restrictions meant to punish the Chinese tech powerhouse.
Read moreThe U.S. government wants former Deputy Attorney General James Cole to recuse himself as an attorney for embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, claiming his participation in related investigations during his tenure with the Department of Justice represents an “obvious conflict of interest.”
Read moreThe fight against robocalls got a boost Wednesday when the Fourth Circuit struck down a loophole carved out for the collection of federally backed loans.
Read moreSamsung is delaying this week’s planned public launch of its highly anticipated, $2,000 folding phone after reports that reviewers’ phones were breaking.
Read moreIn a case involving an accused stalker, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday over whether police can force criminal suspects to unlock or decrypt their cellphones.
Read moreThe European Commission has ignored U.S. calls to ban Chinese tech supplier Huawei as it announced a series of new cybersecurity recommendations for next-generation mobile networks.
Read moreAn eight-member jury on Friday found Apple infringed three of Qualcomm’s patents used in iPhones, awarding the San Diego-based chipset maker over $31 million in damages.
Read moreA man accused of pimping out the woman he met through online dating can be forced to enter a password that will decrypt his cellphone, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday.
Read moreA divided Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that federal prosecutors can use a San Francisco man’s cellphone-location data to try him for the murder of his young sister’s pimp even though the data were illegally obtained.
Read moreA Massachusetts woman who sent her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself was jailed Monday on an involuntary manslaughter conviction nearly five years after he died in a truck filled with toxic gas.
Read moreThe plaintiffs behind a putative class action accusing a tech company of creating “zombie cookies” that track Verizon users’ cellphone activities have voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit, deciding not to file an amended complaint.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Monday signaled it will likely allow federal prosecutors to use a San Francisco man’s cellphone-location data to prosecute him for the drive-by slaying of his young sister’s pimp.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Ralph Reed and his Faith and Freedom Coalition of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by bombarding thousands of people’s cellphones with spam messages without consent.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Saturday that Google does not violate Illinois privacy laws by automatically creating a face template when Android users upload photos taken on their smartphone to the company’s cloud-based photo service.
Read moreA lawyer for New York City resisted pressure from a judge Tuesday to confirm or deny that the NYPD targeted protesters with cellphone-surveillance technology.
Read moreA Connecticut man who warned motorists about “cops ahead” with a hand-drawn sign brought a federal complaint Monday to protest his arrest.
Read moreA college student sued Georgia Senator David Perdue for civil battery Monday, claiming he heavy-handedly snatched the student’s cellphone away during an event for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp.
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