The Federal Trade Commission won a landmark victory against computer chip manufacturer Qualcomm in a case with widespread implications on how technology companies will license their products.
Read moreSpyware crafted by a sophisticated group of Israeli hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court invited the solicitor general Monday to weigh in on whether Oracle is entitled to a damages trial in its $9 billion copyright with Google over the Android smartphone platform.
Read morePharmaceutical honcho Martin Shkreli has been banished to solitary confinement amid allegations he was running his drug company from federal prison using a contraband smartphone, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Read moreTaking a small step toward protecting the lives of “smartphone zombies,” Tel Aviv has installed special LED sidewalk lights to alert distracted pedestrians staring at their phones when they can walk and when they should stop.
Read moreChinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American market for telecom equipment.
Read moreA class of smartphone users filed a class action in Illinois state court accusing mobile advertising network Kiip of secretly tracking their personal information and communications without consent even when a phone is not in use.
Read morePoland’s Internal Security Agency has charged a Chinese manager at tech giant Huawei in Poland and one of its own former officers with espionage against Poland on behalf of China, Polish state television reported on Friday.
Read moreA new phone app from a group of researchers at the University of Washington will monitor vital signs and can detect when a person overdoses on opioid drugs, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday.
Read moreThe head of the Russian Orthodox Church says the data-gathering capacity of devices such as smartphones risks bringing humanity closer to the arrival of the Antichrist.
Read moreApple’s $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to consumers in China unnerved by an economic slump and the trade war with the U.S.
Read moreA smartphone app launched Thursday by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is the first publicly available app in the nation that can alert residents if a major earthquake has struck, potentially granting precious seconds for people to evacuate and prepare.
Read moreA class must amend claims regarding Apple devices the company patched with the iOS 11.2 software update, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, dismissing the case without prejudice.
Read moreThe Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Monday to a group of iPhone owners who accuse Apple of monopolizing the market for apps on its ubiquitous smartphones.
Read moreA class action filed Thursday accuses Google, Facebook and Apple of tracking smartphone users’ location and history regardless of privacy settings.
Read moreThe composer Paul Cheever claims in a federal complaint that Huawei Technologies distributed “tens of millions of illegal copies” of his copyrighted tune “A Casual Encounter,” preinstalling it in smartphones and tablet computers, without paying him a dime.
Read moreA federal judge late Thursday certified a class of consumers suing tech giant Qualcomm on claims they paid more for smartphones because the company jacked up the price of chipsets, a key component in cellular communications.
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