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Apple has lost its copyright claim against a Florida company, Corellium , that makes "virtual iPhones" used by security researchers to test for vulnerabilities in its systems, Bloomberg reported. Corellium's customers, it said, are government agencies, financial institutions and security researchers, per Bloomberg.
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