The South Korean phone manufacturer didn't violate Apple patents and won't have to pay it $119.6 million, an appeals court ruled Friday.
Covertly breaking the code wouldn’t set the legal precedent the FBI wants, cybersecurity experts say.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and others warn that granting the government access to customers' iPhone data would violate First Amendment rights — and lead to more requests.
Improved encryption would frustrate U.S. investigators who are facing problems obtaining data from Apple’s servers related to the San Bernardino case.
Meanwhile, in an interview with ABC News, Tim Cook said fighting against entry into people's smartphones was the right thing to do.
Apple's latest mobile OS also lags behind iOS 7, which held 80 percent share on Apple's devices in the same period of 2014.
The company spent nearly $5 million on lobbying Capitol Hill in 2015.
The CEO of Cyanogen believes manufacturers have only scratched the surface of smartphone potential.
The founder of Microsoft said Congress ultimately needs to weigh in on whether the FBI can compel Apple to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.
"I just think it is not the right to thing to unplug [encryption] from the mainstream products that people use,” Mark Zuckerberg said.
The CEO also said that Apple was not committed to an idea until it was spending money on tooling.
Although the FBI maintains that its order is narrowly tailored, Apple argues it would set a “dangerous precedent” for the future.
The company refuses to create software to unlock an iPhone use by San Bernardino Shooter Syed Rizwan Farook.
It's the agency's response to Apple's charge of a botched investigation in the ongoing conflict over access to Syed Farook's smartphone.
Officials were paying for MDM software that could have easily bypassed the passcode on Syed Farook’s iPhone.
Samsung has launched its latest flagship smartphones, hoping its Gear VR headset and Gear 360 camera will help it take on Apple.
By combining an Apple TV, an iPhone and a game controller, players can experience a wealth of iOS games.
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and FBI Director James Comey have been invited to testify on encryption technology by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The U.S. says San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook used the iPhone 5C at the center of a heated privacy debate to communicate with victims.
The Republican U.S. presidential candidate says the San Bernardino shooter’s phone is government property.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Friday to force Apple to follow a judge’s order to unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks last year.
Law enforcement, iPhone users and security experts react to the standoff between Apple and the U.S. government over encryption.