President Trump is expected to declassify, as early as this week, documents covering the U.S. government's surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and the investigative activities of senior Justice Department lawyer Bruce Ohr, according to allies of the president.
The big picture: Republicans on the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees believe the declassification will permanently taint the Trump-Russia investigation by showing the investigation was illegitimate to begin with. Trump has been hammering the same theme for months.
Highlights from last Friday's Axios Gear Up event in Boston, featuring Dan's interviews with General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Tusk Ventures founder Bradley Tusk and 11-time NBA All-Star Chris Bosh.
Mac security researchers and independent investigators found that Adware Doctor, a popular security scanning app on the Mac App Store, contains spyware that collects data about its users and sends it to a server allegedly located in China, Wired reports.
Why it matters: Apple has long prided itself on the security and privacy it has offered users, but this app reveals that the operating system may not be as secure as they claim. Wired explains that with the overwhelming number of positive reviews, many of which could be fake.
Three technology privacy cases coming before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this month will begin to clarify how a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affects law enforcement access to cellphone records and wireless data.
Why it matters: These are the first tests of how the Supreme Court's ruling in Carpenter v. United States — which decided that law enforcement must obtain a search warrant before getting cellphone location data — will be applied in cases around the country. The verdicts will set the tone for how cases like these are handled around the country.
Sweden's had a vibrant startup scene for years, but a number of recent large exits have propelled the small Nordic country's industry into a new phase, as VentureBeat's Chris O'Brien has chronicled.
The bottom line: Exits like Spotify's $27 billion public listing and iZettle's $2.2 billion sale to PayPal are sure to add fuel to the new wave of investors and entrepreneurs in Sweden, building on the local industry's growth over the las several years.
It’s been a short week thanks to Labor Day, but the tech industry has been busy making tons of news.
Catch up quick: Instagram is reportedly developing a shopping app; Lyft launches scooters in Denver; Snap releases new models of Spectacles; Microsoft (Oct. 2) and Google (Oct. 9) announced hardware events.
Apple has banned Alex Jones' Infowars app from its App Store and will not allow it to return, according to BuzzFeed News, which confirmed the removal with Apple.
Timing: Yesterday, Twitter permanently banned Jones from its platform citing abusive behavior. The removals come weeks after Jones was banned or suspended by other major tech companies — like Facebook, Apple, and YouTube. Apple booted Inforwars from its podcast platform last month.
