Lt. Lori Franchina, a former firefighter, was awarded with $806,000 over her sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuit. Franchina said she was target of mistreatment because she is a woman and a lesbian.
A digital right group activists demanded that the U.S. Justice Department reveal whether secret court order had been used to force tech companies to provide encrypted data. The case emerged amid the tension between tech companies and law enforcement agencies over the encryption issue, such as the dispute between Apple and the FBI.
Alex "Shaya" Lichtenstein was arrested for attempting to bribe a police officer to secure gun licenses. Lichtenstein also bragged that he obtained more gun licenses because of his connections to the NYPD license division.
Apple confirmed that it had not shared its source code with the Chinese government, even though the company has received such requests. The statement was made in a hearing in a response to claims that Apple has been handing over its source code to China.
