The high court wrangled with the limits to law enforcement searches of the enormous amounts of data that can be extracted from a cell phone at arguments connected to a murder case.
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The ruling from Europe’s human rights court is seen as a win for investigative journalists across the continent.
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A New Jersey state appeals court overturned a man’s assault conviction as unjust after the trial court refused to allow the jury to see a cellphone video of the defendant’s family’s interaction with police at the scene of the crime. The video directly rebutted the prosecutor’s claim that family members lied about their attempt to speak to the police, and contradicted police claims that they thoroughly canvassed the area for witnesses.
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Siding with a small-time thief, the decision is the latest in a series of rulings clamping down on states overstepping their citizens’ right to digital privacy.
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The European Commission on Wednesday proposed extending a ban on mobile telephone roaming charges across the EU for an additional 10 years.
Read morePop star Rihanna’s clothing line Savage X Fenty was hit with a class action accusing the company of sending unsolicited text messages advertising women’s lingerie from an automated phone system.
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A woman who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and then tackled him at a New York City hotel was arrested in her home state of California.
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A woman arrested at a protest against police brutality filed a federal lawsuit against the city of San Diego on Thursday, claiming police confiscated and kept her cellphone far longer than necessary on the pretext of obtaining a search warrant.
Read moreTesla’s offering of 4G/LTE cellular connectivity in its vehicles violates multiple patents held by Optis Wireless and Unwired Planet, the companies claim in federal court.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled in favor of a wireless communication trade group five years after they claimed the city of Berkeley’s law that required retailers to warn customers about cellphone radiation violated their First Amendment rights.
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Radiation from mobile phones could have contributed to the dramatic decline in insect populations seen in much of Europe in recent years, a German study showed Thursday.
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Want to help your short-tempered child who struggles with sleep? Replace screen time with “green time.”
Read moreA group of WeChat users filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday, claiming that the president’s ban of the popular messaging app violates their constitutional rights.
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Without downloading an app, millions of Californians and even tourists will automatically receive earthquake warnings to their Android cellphones under a deal announced Tuesday by Google and the state.
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Two Catalan separatist politicians filed a lawsuit Thursday against the former head of Spain’s intelligence agency and an Israeli technology company for allegedly trying to hack their cellphones.
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The city of Berkeley’s five-year battle with the wireless industry over cellphone radiation warnings came to a head Thursday before a federal judge, who will decide whether the city’s 2015 ordinance requiring retailers to provide guidance on avoiding radio-frequency exposure is pre-empted by federal law.
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The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an exception for government debt collection in a federal ban on robocalls, though it declined the invitation of a group of political professionals to strike down the ban entirely.
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The gunman in the deadly attack on a Florida military base last year had significant ties to al-Qaida, the FBI said Monday.
Read moreThe Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that a warrant permitting the search of a woman’s cell phone was constitutionally overbroad, given modern phones’ storage capacities and ability and hold the “privacies of life.” The woman, a university professor, was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
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