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Silences alerts. even from a cash perspective youve had groups of shareholders saying give us a little cash back and apple has shown itself to be flexible in giving stuff back to shareholders. i think twice within the past seven years by my count. in essence what these companies are saying, jana and counselors are asking apple to do specific things as it regards teens and phones. they want apple to develop new software tools to help parents control and limit phone use more easily and they also w...

National security? >> well, first of all, we need to find out as members of the committee whether this is true. this of course is a story today. we will be briefed. we will be asking a lot of questions of the cia. it is not the policy of the u.s. government to confirm if particular bits of software, whatever, did in fact originate in an intelligence agency. of course those of us who operate behind closed doors will be asking a lot of tough questions. theres two things ill say about it. number on...

Stolen credit card scam, and now as investigators inch closer to the suspect, initial reports naming a 17-year-old russian teen as a side kick to the mastermind. is this scam easy enough for a teen to pull off? were going to ask dina kauffman. everyones thinking, is this really possible? how? >> its actually easier than you think. there are software tools out there that they can buy. some are free. some are even just very inexpensive. two, three, sometimes four-digit price tags that they can buy...

Softer, more pliable robot? >> for christmas, i decided to give my niece an inflatable elephant that she could ride on. she was 5 or 6 that christmas. we built a four foot high inflatable elephant. and the software tools worked. it all came together to look like an elephant. and then of course as soon as you built that thing, youre, like, wow, wouldnt it be cool if it could walk? as soon as you say that to your 6-year-old niece, she bugs you every time you speak to her on the phone. "wheres my w...

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Hosting a giant trove of documents that exploit security vulnerabilities in some of the most common electronic devices. all of it to spy on their owners. nearly 9,000 documents expose software tools designed to break into an iphone and android and bypass securing messaging apps like whatsapp. and internet-connected tvs are spying on you when they appear to be turned off. even microsoft windows named after a popular will ferrell movie. and nbc news has not confirmed these documents and wikileaks ...