iPhones are not listening in on their users, Apple says – but third-party apps could be

The company has spoken out over a popular theory that technology products like iPhones use their microphones to spy on their users. It is often suggested that data is being collected for ads – partly as an explanation for the often bizarrely relevant posts that show up on websites like Facebook. Apple said that it would not allow a third-party app like Facebook or Instagram to listen in on its users. But it also said that it is unable to monitor what developers do with the data they collect. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.