Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations | Apple newsthirst.

Apple has agreed to pay $95m in cash to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated assistant Siri violated users’ privacy, listening to them without their consent. iPhone owners complained that Apple routinely recorded their private conversations after they activated Siri unintentionally, and disclosed these conversations to third parties such as advertisers. A…

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Hundreds of Royal Caribbean Passengers Secretly Filmed by Predatory Steward newsthirst.

Countless Royal Caribbean passengers may have had their privacy profoundly violated by an ex-employee now serving 3 decades behind bars for child porn … an attorney for the culprit’s victims now claims. Arvin Joseph Mirasol, a former cabin attendant for the cruise Mirasol, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison back in August after…

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Philippine president removes deputy from security council after alleged plot to kill him | Philippines newsthirst.

The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has removed his vice-president, Sara Duterte, from the national security council (NSC) a month after she allegedly plotted to kill him, according to an executive order released on Friday. The order, signed on Monday by Lucas Bersamin, a lawyer and the Philippines’ executive secretary, removed Duterte and all former…

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Foreign phone sales plunge 47% in China, spelling trouble for Apple newsthirst.

An Apple flagship store in Shanghai, China, October 15, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Sales of foreign phone brands in China plunged in November, according to official data released Friday, underscoring further pressure on Apple, the biggest international handset vendor in the country. In November, foreign mobile phone shipments in China stood…

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