MacRumors: Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor
The British government has secretly demanded that Apple give it blanket access to all encrypted user content uploaded to the cloud, reports The Washington Post.
The undisclosed order is said to have been issued last month, and requires that Apple creates a back door that allows UK security officials unencumbered access to encrypted user data worldwide — an unprecedented demand not before seen in any other democratic country.
Electrek: FREYR kills plans to build a $2.6 billion battery factory in Georgia
FREYR told officials in the Atlanta suburb of Newnan on Thursday that it wouldn’t build the “Giga America” battery factory in Georgia that was expected to employ more than 700 people. The company, incentivized by the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and robust renewables growth, moved its headquarters from Norway to Georgia and announced the battery factory in 2023.
The Newnan Times-Herald, which broke the story, said FREYR cited climbing interest rates, falling battery prices, and change in leadership at the company — or, as stated in a letter to the county authority, a “realignment of near-term strategic goals.”
So what might this say about Canada’s billions of dollars of investments in battery plants in Ontario?
Last Updated: 10.Feb.2025 19:44 EST
