Apple lawyer, FBI director to face off before Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology company to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

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Judicial panel members consider legal brief in Apple case: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the House Judiciary Committee are considering filing a "friend of the court" brief in Apple Inc's [AAPL.O] encryption dispute with the U.S. government to argue that the case should be decided by Congress and not the courts, five sources familiar with the matter said.

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Attorney General Lynch says hopes Apple will comply with court order

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Monday that she hopes Apple Inc. will still comply with the court order by a federal judge in California to unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

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Brooklyn judge denies government's request to unlock iPhone in drug case

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York denied the U.S. government's motion to compel Apple Inc. to provide access into an iPhone used in a drug case, according to court documents released on Monday.

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Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor crash

(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google self-driving car struck a municipal bus in a minor crash - in what may be the first case of one of its autonomous cars hitting another vehicle.

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Unlocking iPhone would leave millions exposed, Apple to tell Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would leave hundreds of millions of Apple Inc device owners vulnerable to cybercriminals and other hackers, the company's top lawyer is expected to tell U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.

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IBM to purchase cyber security firm Resilient Systems

(Reuters) - IBM Security plans to acquire private cyber security firm Resilient Systems, the computing giant said Monday, as part of a move to expand its role in the incident response market.

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Yahoo estimates $64-78 million restructuring charges, mostly in first quarter

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc estimated that a plan to cut jobs and other restructuring moves would result in pretax charges of $64 million to $78 million, mostly in the first quarter of 2016.

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