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 ...

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.

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 ...

Last month, French organization HOP (which stands for Stop Planned Obsolescence in French) filed legal complaints against Apple after the company admitted to slowing older models of iPhones. Now, ...

Every year, we produce an average of 580kg of waste. Between over-consumption, programmed obsolescence and over-packaging, our economic model is still a long way from advocating sobriety and energy ...

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 ...