Bill Gates sides with FBI over Apple in San Bernardino iPhone case

The latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to pick a side in Apple and the FBI's war of words is Bill Gates, and in a surprising turn, he's backing the law.

The Microsoft founder pushed back on Apple CEO Tim Cook's claim the case would set a troubling legal precedent, he told the Financial Times. "This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case," he said.

Apple and the law enforcement agency have been battling it out since a judge ordered the tech company to build a specialized piece of software to unlock the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter, Syed Farook. Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people and injured 22 more in the Dec. 2 attack. Read more...