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Rumor: Apple could be exploring space-based broadband Internet options via ex-Google hires, discussions with Boeing

Apple may be getting involved in orbital communications satellites. A recent report has stated that Apple poached two Google satellite executives to form a new hardware team within the company. The new hires, John Fenwick and Michael Trela, headed up Google’s spacecraft operations and satellite engineering, respectively. The report noted that both Fenwick and Trela […]

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Apple elects Boeing’s James A. Bell to board of directors

When in doubt, add the former CFO and corporate president of Boeing to your board of directors. On Thursday, Apple announced that it had added James A. Bell, former chief financial officer and corporate president of The Boeing Company, to Appleā€™s board of directors. Bell arrives with more than four decades of experience in finance, […]

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Rumor: Department of Justice combining fixed-engine planes, fake cell towers to spy on cell phone users

Well, you’re going to have to snoop on cell phones SOMEHOW, and the Department of Justice thinks a small, fixed-wing Cessna is the way to do it. Per AppleInsider and the Wall Street Journal, a supposed secret spy program equips small aircraft with a device dubbed a “dirtbox,” which pulls data from mobile phones by […]