EU pledges financial aid to Ukraine but demurs on Russian assets plan
European Union leaders on Thursday agreed to meet Ukraine’s urgent financial needs for the next two years but stopped short of formally backing the ...
Apple has launched a legal challenge against the British government over a directive requiring the company to create a backdoor for encrypted iCloud accounts, according to reports by the Financial Times.
The technology giant has filed a complaint with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent judicial body, seeking to reverse the order.
The dispute began after a leak revealed that UK authorities, under the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, had tasked Apple with developing a mechanism to allow law enforcement access to encrypted iCloud backups. In response, Apple has maintained that it has never built, nor will ever build, a backdoor or master key for any of its products or services. Instead, the company announced plans to end national access to its strongly encrypted version of iCloud storage, known as Advanced Data Protection.
UK security minister Dan Jarvis defended the government’s demand, asserting that the Investigatory Powers Act includes robust safeguards and independent oversight, ensuring that any access to encrypted data is obtained only on an exceptional, necessary, and proportionate basis. The original request would have permitted UK law enforcement to access an encrypted iCloud account following judicial approval of a warrant, although Apple has noted that it does not have access to this data itself.
The IPT has accepted Apple’s challenge and is expected to consider the case as early as this month. It remains unclear whether the hearing will be open to the public, as the government is likely to argue that the case should be restricted on national security grounds.
Apple has not provided further comment on its legal action, aside from reiterating its longstanding commitment to user privacy and encryption.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Nokia chief executive Justin Hotard said artificial intelligence is fuelling a structural growth cycle similar to the internet expansion of the 1990s, but rejected fears that investor enthusiasm has reached unsustainable levels.
NASA has announced that it will reopen bidding for its flagship U.S. moon landing contract, citing mounting delays in Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship lunar lander project.
China has accused the United States of stealing sensitive data and infiltrating its National Time Service Centre, warning that such breaches could have disrupted communications, financial systems, power supplies, and the international standard time network.
Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba-backed Ant Group (688688.SS) and e-commerce company JD.com have halted plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong after the government raised concerns about the increasing influence of privately controlled currencies, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Apple has pledged to increase its investment in China despite ongoing tensions between Washington and Beijing, CEO Tim Cook said during a meeting with China’s industry minister.
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