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these are the top stories of the week the Apple versus the US government battle continues Netflix is pricing is changing researchers have figured out a way to undo paralysis and everything else you need to know here's the latest in the Apple versus the US FBI situation the FBI finally cracked that iphone 5c belonging to a San Bernardino shooter Apple wanted to know how the FBI got in while the hack was up by a company that isn't talking here's a chance the FBI itself doesn't even know how the phone was correct meanwhile a new bill was introduced by US senators bird and Feinstein and it's called the compliance with court orders act of 2016 it will require companies to help the government break encryption under a court order Netflix is raising prices if you were still on the old 799 plan the new rate will be 999 starting on may first if you're paying 899 your price increase happens in October over in the UK older plans covering streaming to two devices will cost seven pounds and forty nine pence a month later in April a new report published in the journal nature reveals at a quadriplegic man named Ian Burkhart can now control his hand thanks a nerve bypass here's how it works Burkhart has a chip implanted into his brain researchers can view his brain activity when connected to this chip Burkhart then views animations of hand manipulations a computer learns what's going on in his brain at this time his arm is then wrapped in a sleeve that can stimulate the muscles when Burkhart thinks of controlling his hand the thoughts are sent out of his brain and to the sleeve this is bypassing the nerve and if the first time a person has been able to control his own body part using the method there's a lot more than used to know it's time to go rapid fire microsoft filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice over customer data collection the future of Facebook was revealed at Facebook's f8 conference you'll be talking to bots instead of apps if you're trying to figure out BOTS we've got an explainer up at cnet google introduced google goals it's a new part of calendar that will help you accomplish whatever you'd like to and variety reports Michael Kiki is in the running to play the villain in the new spider-man homecoming movie batman vs spiderman sort of now you're all caught up in sec daily dose of tech news check out cnet com / update for your weekly dose hit up cnet com / radar on my exact are signing off