The Federal Bureau of Investigation, America's top domestic law enforcement agency, and Apple Inc., one of the world's most valuable and popular companies, are currently waging a high-stakes legal battle over a single device: the iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, the man killed by police after he and his wife murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December.
There's a rumor running around that if you re-set the date on your iPhone to January 1, 1970 and reboot, you will unlock a secret "Retro Mode". Allegedly, it has an old rainbow-colored Apple logo and some other junk, but there's a couple of problems.
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Ariana Grande is all about gender equality, and during a radio interview this week, the pop star brought up equality and sexism during a conversation about phones and emojis.
Before Michael Fassbender was cast as Steve Jobs, the biopic went down a long and complicated road in pre-production. Directors (including David Fincher) were offered the job and passed. Actors (Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Natalie Portman, among them) were offered the title role and passed. With an Aaron Sorkin script we now know is very, very good, it’s surprising that so many talented people declined to participate in the movie. But, we now have an idea why these people decided to pass on Steve Jobs and it has nothing to do with the quality of the film.