Apple is facing a new probe from regulators in France over alleged product obsolesce. As reported by the French news outlet AFP News and confirmed by Reuters, the investigation started back in ...

French authorities are investigating whether Apple deliberately slows down older iPhones in order to increase sales, AFP reports. Programmed obsolescence is illegal in France under a 2015 law which ...

The technology giant Apple faces a new scandal over accusations of planned obsolescence of its equipment. The Italian consumer association Altroconsumo filed a class action lawsuit against the company ...

Apple Inc. faces transcontinental legal woes over software changes which slowed the performance of certain iPhone models. According to Bloomberg, the Cupertino-based technology giant faces a ...

Apple has agreed to pay Chilean consumers $3.4 million in a lawsuit over programmed obsolescence of iPhones, their lawyer said Wednesday, the first such settlement in Latin America. The Barron's news ...

The switch from floppy disks to rigid disks, and then to USB keys, has resulted in millions of users losing their data, because they have not invested the time to make backups in the dominant formats.

Programmed obsolescence is one of the most important ecological issues. Environmental associations have realized that many appliances are often designed to last only a limited number of years, forcing ...

Updates from software and computer companies are a common occurrence, often providing useful protections and security, but one user found a company is rolling back that policy, making them feel forced ...

Printer manufacturers “deliberately shorten the life of printers and cartridges,” a French environmental and consumer protection group claims. That’s against the law in France, and government ...

The latest lawsuit to be filed against Apple in the battery throttling controversy looks to be the most serious to date. A French environmental group has hit Apple with litigation over alleged planned ...