The FBI is urging all Android and iPhone users to stop sending text messages to each other after it said Chinese cybercriminals attacked at least eight major U.S. telecom companies.

A 12-year-old girl has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept.

American Airlines is changing law firms after a controversial filing in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 9-year-old girl who was recorded using an airplane lavatory.

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller has acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn’t done much to increase competition — a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes.

Thousands of iPhone users across the U.S. experienced problems sending text messages through Apple iMessage on Thursday.

A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking to create more ways for consumers to pay for digital services.

Apple has posted its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset.

A group of eight U.S. newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.

An independent Russian news site has reported that a court in Russia convicted the spokesperson of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in absentia.

We all know that a total solar eclipse will happen across most of America on April 8, but you may be asking yourself how to get a perfect photo of the natural occurring phenomenon with your own phone.

A revamped version of a bill that would ban teens from using social media is now making its way to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk after he vetoed an earlier version.

A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing concern over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts.

The widespread attention given to the blanking of Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday tells a tale.

A local woman told the I-TEAM that when she went to cancel her membership at a local gym in 2021, a male employee used that opportunity to steal private, nude photos from her iPhone.

Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise.

Booking a flight with earned miles or points is not synonymous with a free ride. Travelers are still responsible for ticket taxes, fees, and surcharges. These additional costs can accumulate, so meticulous planning is essential to maximize your rewards.

The family of a 14-year-old girl who allegedly discovered an iPhone taped to the back of a toilet seat on a recent flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston said they believe it was put there to record her by a member of the crew.

A new study says Alexa, Siri and other voice assistants could do a better job giving instructions on CPR to help bystanders respond in emergencies.

The location of Apple’s red end-call button is set to slightly move with upcoming iOS 17 updates to the phone app, so be wary of your thumb’s muscle memory.

Airbnb says its second-quarter profit rose more than 70% from a year ago to $650 million thanks to strong bookings for summer-vacation rentals.

A Ponte Vedra Beach man was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for the distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

A federal judge has imposed $5,000 fines on a group of lawyers after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research to support an aviation injury claim.

Almost everyone knows the backstory of the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the device to the world.

A state agent testifying in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial meticulously reconstructed activity from his iPhone and the cellphones of his son and wife the night they were killed to try to link the disgraced South Carolina attorney to the shooting deaths.

WhatsApp said service on the popular chat app has been restored following a brief outage that left people around the world complaining that they couldn’t send or receive messages.

Airbnb is reporting a profit of $379 million for the second quarter, and it says bookings were a record.

In 2020, back-to-back hurricanes destroyed Ana Morazan's home in Honduras.

Twitter said it removes 1 million spam accounts each day in a call with executives Thursday during a briefing that aimed to shed more light on the company’s fake and bot accounts as it tussles with Elon Musk over “spam bots.”.

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Ever get the feeling that you’re being watched? That feeling became all too real for a Jacksonville woman on Friday, according to a report she filed with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

This wireless magnetic charging pad goes everywhere your phone goes and is perfect for all Qi-enabled devices.

European Union lawmakers are weighing rules that would require online companies to ramp up efforts to keep harmful content off their platforms and take other steps to protect users.

Protect your iPhone 13 and give it more power with this durable battery case.

Charge your iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods all at once with this sleek wireless charger.

Florida schools could be required to teach students the benefits and risks of social media under a measure now before lawmakers.

Apple is letting some iPhone users fix their own phones, a sharp turnaround for a company that has long prohibited anyone except Apple-approved technicians from fiddling with its proprietary parts and software.

Amazon’s audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity have disappeared from the Apple store in mainland China.

Amp up battery life to your iPhone, Apple Watch, or AirPods with this travel-friendly wireless charger.

Netflix says it has bought the works of Roald Dahl, the late British author of celebrated children’s books such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”.

This portable power bank will give your phone a full charge in 35 minutes.

Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.

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Two Russian news outlets and a legal aid group backed by a leading Kremlin critic have shut down after authorities blocked their websites.

At a time of widespread digital insecurity it turns out that the oldest and simplest computer fix there is — turning a device off then back on again — can thwart hackers from stealing information from smartphones.

Facebook’s WhatsApp faces a complaint from European Union consumer groups who say the chat service has been unfairly pressuring users to accept a new privacy update, in a breach of the bloc’s regulations.

Kick the cords to the curb with this multifunctional charger, which has a spot for your iPhone and a pop dock for your Apple Watch.

Looking for a breakthrough in your relationships and life? Coach and author, Mary Lyn Jenkins, joined River City Live  today, and told us how her book, The Transformative Power of Language, is for anyone ready to practice. She says that choosing your words wisely is  probably the most important shift you could ever make. In other words, says Jenkins, “Let’s talk about how we talk!”

Apple’s top app store executive faced a barrage of documents lobbed by an Epic Games lawyer aiming to prove allegations that the iPhone maker has been gouging app makers as part of a scheme hatched by Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs.

Apple is sprucing up its own product line as it prepares next week’s rollout of a long-awaited software update could hurt other companies by preventing apps from tracking the online activities and whereabouts of iPhone users.

Facebook says hackers in China used fake accounts and impostor websites in a bid to break into the phones of Uyghur Muslims, Facebook announced Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Hackers in China used fake Facebook accounts and impostor websites to try to break into the computers and smartphones of Uyghur Muslims, the social network said Wednesday. The hackers attempted to gain access to the computers and phones by creating fake Facebook accounts for supposed journalists and activists, as well as fake websites and apps intended to appeal to a Uyghur audience. In some cases, the hackers created lookalike websites almost identical to legitimate news sites popular with Uyghurs. FireEye, however, said in a statement that “we believe this operation was conducted in support” of the Chinese government.

The online payment company continues to attract investors, raising $600 million in funding to reach a company valuation of $95 billion, making it the most valuable private fintech company in the world. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The online payment company Stripe continues to attract investors, raising $600 million in funding to reach a whopping company valuation of $95 billion. Stripe is by far the most valuable private fintech company in the world. Robinhood, the trading platform recently making headlines, just raised $3 billion to reach a valuation of around $11.2 billion. Companies that enable online payments have thrived in the pandemic.

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a mobile phone customer looks at an earthquake warning application on an iPhone in Los Angeles. An earthquake early warning system operated by the U.S. Geological Survey has been activated in Oregon on the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)SALEM, Ore. – People in Oregon will be better prepared for earthquakes — particularly important in the Pacific Northwest because experts say “the big one" is coming — as an early warning system launched Thursday, the 10th anniversary of a devastating quake and tsunami in Japan. California already has the system, while Washington state will join in May to complete coverage of the West Coast. “When a Cascadia event happens, the critical seconds of notice ShakeAlert warnings provide will save lives and reduce damage to important lifeline systems,” Oregon Gov.

The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Australia over a law that would make social platforms pay news organizations, said it has invested $600 million since 2018 for news. The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Australia over a law that would make social platforms pay news organizations, said it has invested $600 million since 2018 in news. Google said in October that it would pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years. News companies want Google and Facebook to pay for the news that appears on their platforms. Facebook was criticized for its ban, which also temporarily cut access to government pandemic, public health and emergency services on the social networking site.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 41-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach man was arrested this week by the FBI on charges of distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday. According to the criminal complaint, an investigation that began a year ago in Wisconsin traced the source of internet videos showing children being sexually abused to George Thomas Griffiths Jr. Independently, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about a user who updated videos containing possible child exploitation in the same time period. Prosecutors said the source of the videos was traced to IP addresses at Griffiths’ Ponte Vedra Beach home and to the place where he worked as a radiology technician in Jacksonville. On Nov. 20, agents served a search warrant at his home and seized his iPhone, which contained at least 2,000 images and at least 10 videos depicting child sexual abuse, according to court documents.

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans. Facebook says its going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. In practice, that means the social network plans to ban a new bunch of false claims in addition to the old bunch of false claims about vaccines or COVID-19 that it has already banned. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)As inoculation efforts for the coronavirus ramp up around the world, Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. In practice, that means the social network plans to ban a new bunch of false claims in addition to the manifold false claims about vaccines and COVID-19 that it has already banned.

Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in spring 2021 to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. Cook's broadside came as Apple prepares to roll out a new privacy control in the early spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. Apple released the latest schedule update as part of Data Privacy Day. Apple has been holding off to give Facebook and other app makers more time to adjust to a feature that will require iPhone users to give their explicit consent to being tracked. Currently, iPhone users are frequently tracked by apps they install unless they take the extra step of going into iPhone settings to prevent it.

Users across the northeast U.S. reported widespread internet outages Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue. “An internet issue impacting the quality of our Fios service throughout the Northeast has been resolved," said spokesman Rich Young in an emailed statement Tuesday afternoon. People posting on Twitter reported having issues connecting with various online services in the region stretching from Washington, D.C., to Boston. Comcast, another major internet service provider, said it had not observed problems with its network Tuesday.

File-This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo shows the Slack app icon being displayed on a computer screen in Tokyo. Slack suffered a global outage Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, during the first day back to work for most people after the New Years holiday. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)Slack, the messaging service used by millions of people for work and school, suffered a global outage on Monday, the first day back for most people returning from the New Year's holiday. At 12:30 p.m., service was still sporadic and Slack said the outage was ongoing, but that some users may begin to see improvement. The outage comes about a month after Salesforce.com said it would acquire Slack for $27.7 billion.

Kimora Wolfe has wanted an iPhone ever since she was 9 years old, but her mom told her she had to wait until she was a teenager. This month, after earning good grades at her middle school and always being respectful, her mom, Takoaya Wolfe, decided to relax the rules a little. Amid Kimora's other birthday presents at the family's Atlanta home was a box containing the 12-year-old's first iPhone, exactly a year early. Takoaya Wolfe expected her daughter to be excited, but she had no idea just how emotional her reaction would be. "Basically, it's just putting more trust there and knowing you're raising your child to do the right thing."

When she noticed a college student's iPhone was cracked, Oprah Winfrey bought him a new one. Winfrey visited Morehouse College last week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program. As she did so, she noticed Yessoufou's phone was cracked. "That's me on your cracked phone!" "We can't have you out here viewing the world thru a cracked screen or cracked cover," Winfrey wrote in a note accompanying the phone.

Andrew Burton/Getty Images(CNN) - Apple's call to action to get people to use iOS 13 is working: More than half of all iPhone models introduced in the past four years now use iOS 13. The 55% adoption rate is speedy considering the operation system was released just a month ago. In total, 50% of all iPhones now use iOS 13, according to data released from the company. Apple released iPad OS nearly a week after iOS 13 rolled out last month. Samsung announced earlier this week the operating system is slowly being rolled out to only some of its Galaxy phones for now.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A new feature on the latest Apple update for iPhone lets you silence those pesky robocalls. It's estimated 80 spam calls are made every single month, so it's more than likely you've gotten at least one. Well, Apple's newest iPhone update, iOS 13, has a new control that can help you fight off those calls. It's called "Silence Unknown Callers." Here's how you turn it on:First, make sure you've updated to iOS 13.

(CNN) - Apple pushed out the iOS 13 software update on Thursday and there are a few hidden features to check out. Here are some interesting hidden features you may have missed. Silence Unknown CallersIn iOS 13, you can automatically silence any calls from unknown numbers and send them straight to voicemail. iMessages in iOS 13 are faster to search through. Set reading goals in the Books appIn Apple's Books app, you can create reading goals for yourself.

The Pro and Pro Max phones feature three camera lenses. And while the design is likely to appeal to photography fans, some social media users say it is triggering their trypophobia -- an intense, irrational fear of small holes and clusters of circles and bumps, such as those in a honeycomb, lotus flower or bubble bath. Research into trypophobia is limited. According to research from the University of Essex, "the phobia arises in part because the inducing stimuli share basic visual characteristics with those of dangerous organisms." Cole said his research had shown that 16% of the UK's adult population found the image of a lotus seed pod -- considered a typical trypophobic image -- "uncomfortable or repulsive to look at."

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Samantha Powell is a local mom who says she was just trying to buy her daughter an iPhone, when she ended up getting scammed. Powell says she had saved money for 6 months in order to buy her daughter an iPhone before school started. She had gone there with her husband, but when they exchanged the money and the iPhone box, Powell says the "seller" took off running. Her husband opened the box and found no iPhone, just two bars of soap. Powell says the 18-year-old "seller" used a fake name on 'LetGo', but had provided her phone number for the sale.

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For years, Wall Street watched in awe as Apple's iPhone appeared to defy gravity. (CNN) - Apple is launching a new program that will make it easier for its customers to get their iPhones fixed by expanding the number of businesses that can repair them. These materials will be the same as what Apple's authorized service providers now receive, and at the same cost. The move comes after years of criticism over the company's restrictive policies, which limited repairs only to Apple Stores and its authorized providers. The move should ease some of the burden on Apple stores as people hang onto their phones longer, which then need more repairs.

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(CNN) - iPhone sales continue to decline and, for the first time in years, no longer account for the majority of Apple's overall revenue. Apple said Tuesday that iPhone sales for the quarter fell to about $26 billion in the three months ending in June, a decline of nearly 12% from the same period a year earlier. Despite this decline, Apple's managed to grow its overall revenue by a slight 1% from the prior year as the company finds more traction selling digital services to customers, including Apple Pay and Apple Music. Apple's iPhone sales accounted for just 48% of its overall revenue for the quarter, highlighting the broader shift underway at the company as it works to diversity its revenue streams. After years of defying gravity, Apple's core iPhone business has now seen sales decline for three consecutive quarters.

Just Eat and Takeaway.com are battling it out in Europe's crowded food delivery market. The boards of London-based Just Eat and Dutch company Takeaway.com confirmed in statements Saturday that they are "in discussions regarding a possible" merger agreement. The statements from Just Eat and Takeaway.com appeared to respond to an article published in Sky News earlier Saturday. It also reported a 50% spike in orders during the first quarter of 2019, and its market value is about 5 billion ($5.6 billion). Its current market value is about 4.3 billion ($5.3 billion).

Now investors are wondering just how much iPhone sales could shrink. CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple just bought the bulk of Intel's smartphone-modem business in a deal valued at $1 billion. Apple will now hold over 17,000 wireless technology patents, according to the release. Intel will still be able to develop modems for non-smartphone applications, such as PCs and autonomous vehicles. In April, Intel said it would no longer make 5G modems for smartphones, citing "no clear path to profitability and positive returns" in the business.

ICE has special customs agents, a branch of the agency many people haven't heard of. PORTLAND, Ore. - When you think of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE for short, the immigration side is what usually comes to mind. "During the investigation we found he had returned about 3,000 phones to Apple," said Williams. Finally, Williams showed the FOX 12 Investigators a case out of state still being investigated by HSI agents. Williams said being sentenced for counterfeiting and trafficking goods could get you up to 20-years in prison.

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(CNN) - Apple is reportedly shifting production for its new Mac Pro computer from the United States to China. The company's latest Mac Pro computer will not undergo final assembly in Austin, Texas, as its previous version did, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The effort could help reduce costs related to shipping components to the United States for the last production step, the report said. The Mac Pro computer recently received its first design update in six years. The company has not yet announced the launch date of the new Mac Pro computer.

Apple/Getty ImagesApple's chief design officer, Jony Ive, is leaving the company after nearly 30 years, the company announced Thursday. Ive will be starting his own design company, and Apple will be one of its primary clients. Ive was instrumental in establishing Apple's sleek design aesthetic. "Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple's revival cannot be overstated, from 1998's groundbreaking iMac to the iPhone," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

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