Meta comms chief handed six year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism'
Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Russia for your holidays
Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 19
Legal
European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe
For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law
Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 2
Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight
+Comment Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties
Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 37
Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court
Asia In Brief PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge
Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 47
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets
Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort
Security19 Apr 2024 | 5
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay
Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims
On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 30
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app
Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes
Software18 Apr 2024 | 53
Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote
Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam
Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 18
Apple's failure to duck UK antitrust probe could bring £785M windfall for devs
That 30% app tax may turn out to be a hefty liability
Legal12 Apr 2024 | 18
MPs ask: Why is it so freakin' hard to get AI giants to pay copyright holders?
Agreement on consent and compensation has failed to materialize
AI + ML11 Apr 2024 | 58
Netherlands arm of KPMG fined $25M for cheating in exams
Staff followed US lead and shared answers after move to online testing
Legal11 Apr 2024 | 19
US 'considering' end to Assange prosecution bid
Cryptic Biden hint came ahead of April 16 deadline for next step in extradition case
Legal11 Apr 2024 | 88
US House mulls forcing AI makers to reveal use of copyrighted training data
Proposed law doesn't include any ban on use of such stuff to build models, mind you
AI + ML10 Apr 2024 | 16
H-1B visa fraud alive and well amid efforts to crack down on abuse
In depth It's the gold ticket favored by foreign techies – and IT giants suspected of gaming the system
Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 46
Despite two previous court victories, Tesla settles third Autopilot liability case
Amount sealed because it would result in 'serious injury,' say company lawyers
AI + ML09 Apr 2024 | 47
US legislators propose American Privacy Rights Act - and it looks quite good
After two decades of calls for national protections, something may actually happen
Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 39
Musk burns bridges in Brazil after calling for senior judge to be impeached
Tycoon threatens to ignore court order banning far-right accounts on X
Legal08 Apr 2024 | 86
Cloud server host Vultr rips user data licensing clause from ToS amid web 'confusion'
Updated We know the average customer doesn't have a law degree, CEO tells us
PaaS + IaaS28 Mar 2024 | 27
Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption
I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case...
Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20
Twitter's lawsuit against anti-hate-speech crusaders gets SLAPPed out of court
How's that free comment thing working out, Elon?
Personal Tech25 Mar 2024 | 88
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Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director
Interview With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer
Ex-Amazon exec claims she was asked to ignore copyright law in race to AI
High-flying AI scientist claims unfair dismissal following pregnancy leave
Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness
Who, Me? For once, Redmond's finest saved the day - by being rubbish in unexpectedly useful ways
Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases
BLACK HAT ASIA Two rounds of reports and patches may not have completely closed this hole
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU
The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers
Google all at sea over rising tide of robo-spam
Opinion What if it's not AI but the algorithm to blame?
MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns
Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever
KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship
FAA now requires reentry vehicles to get licensed before launch
Commercial operators must try Varda
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal
Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga
STORIES
The way Apple, Alphabet implemented DMA rules 'seems to be at odds' with law
European Commission says 12-month investigation could lead to fine of up to 10% of global revenue
OSes25 Mar 2024 | 24
Uncle Sam, 15 US states launch antitrust war on Apple
Lawsuit alleges iGiant rips off fans, stifles dev innovation, makes it tough to dump iOS for rivals
OSes21 Mar 2024 | 40
Canadian arrested for 'stealing secret' to speedy Tesla battery production
Special tech allegedly lets Musk's assembly lines produce 5-10 times more kit than rivals
Personal Tech20 Mar 2024 | 57
India's competition regulator orders Google Play payment probe
Choice of alternative payment providers labelled 'illusory' – because none existed
Personal Tech20 Mar 2024 |
Judge demands social media sites prove they didn't help radicalize mass shooter
Section 230 on trial: Plaintiffs contend social media platforms are defective products, not protected message boards
Personal Tech19 Mar 2024 | 95
Apple to settle class action for $490 million after Tim overcooked China outlook
CEO's optimism was not reflected in the supply chain
Legal19 Mar 2024 | 20
UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today
13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster
Applications18 Mar 2024 | 10
US House goes bang, bang on TikTok sale-or-ban plan
Bill proposes to do to China what China already does to the US – make life hard for foreign social networks
Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 61
South Korea cracks down on offshore e-commerce, with seeming focus on China
Seoul wants AliExpress and Temu to step up customer service, maybe Meta too
Public Sector13 Mar 2024 |
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints
Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup
PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4
Microsoft calls AI privacy complaint 'doomsday hyperbole'
Plaintiffs seek termination of permissionless and unpaid AI data harvesting
Legal12 Mar 2024 | 31
Apple may have made itself a target before the EU's Digital Markets Act comes into force
iPhone giant's $2B fine shows the bloc is serious about regulation
Legal07 Mar 2024 | 16
The DMA hasn't changed Big Tech's anticompetitive DNA, says Free Software Foundation Europe
Advocacy group wants more changes, starting with Device Neutrality
Public Sector07 Mar 2024 | 1
US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism
Feature Trade watchdog argues that browsing and location data are sensitive and deserve to be defended
Public Sector05 Mar 2024 | 36
Twitter's ex-CEO, CFO, and managers sue Elon Musk for $128M
Musk playbook described as 'Keep money he owes other people, and force them to sue him'
Legal05 Mar 2024 | 49
Lordstown Motors to pay $25M in SEC settlement over misleading investor claims
Feds allege EV maker talked up pre-orders for trucks it didn't have parts for
Legal01 Mar 2024 | 6
Vietnam may ban virtual assets to fix its bad rep for money laundering
Hopes to get itself off an international naughty list – as you would when you want foreign investment in your chip sector
Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 8
Meta kills Facebook News in the US and Australia
So much for the 'commitment to support news organizations' made in just 2020
Personal Tech01 Mar 2024 | 87
Canada poutine more pressure on Google by expanding ad biz antitrust probe
Court order means ad giant will have to cough evidence of possible market manipulation
Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 8
Google sued by more than 30 European media orgs over adtech
Meanwhile, the Google News Initiative is pushing AI tools for publishers
Legal29 Feb 2024 | 6
OpenAI sued, again, for scraping and replicating news stories
The Intercept, Raw Story, AlterNet want damages and to have their content removed from models
AI + ML29 Feb 2024 | 17
Nikola founder faces ranch forfeiture following fraud conviction
Trevor Milton bought it for cash and stock options, and he wants the cash back
Legal28 Feb 2024 | 13
Google wants regulators to take Microsoft down a notch before it stifles AI
Updated Ad giant that owns over 80 percent of search traffic yells at cloud monopoly
AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 27
EU sanctions Indian tech outfit that has partnered with New Delhi's IT Ministry
Si2 Microsystems was tapped for silicon photonics expertise, but has Russian ties that worry Washington and Brussels
Public Sector28 Feb 2024 | 9
OpenAI claims New York Times paid someone to 'hack' ChatGPT
Super lab alleges 'deceptive prompts' that it happily processed - and may have tracked - weren't fair, so case should be dismissed
AI + ML28 Feb 2024 | 26
Google co-founder Brin named a defendant in wrongful death complaint
Lawsuit accuses contractor and co-defendants of 'pacify and delay' tactics
Legal23 Feb 2024 | 31
India buys a third of the world's wearable devices
Asia In Brief PLUS: Australian Parliament calls for Assange release; Japan's H3 rocket soars; LINE leak worsens
Personal Tech18 Feb 2024 | 2
FTC asks normal folks if they'd like AI impersonation scam protection, too
Fakers face the wrath of Khan
AI + ML16 Feb 2024 | 22
Dems are at it again, trying to break open black-box algorithms
Opening up code used in criminal prosecutions for scrutiny? But where's the text-to-vid hype and doomsaying?
AI + ML16 Feb 2024 | 43
X accused of taking money from terrorists by selling checkmarks to US enemies
Premium punters in the illustrious company of Hezbollah, Iranian militias, sanctioned Russian banks
Personal Tech16 Feb 2024 | 25
Dumping us into ad tier of Prime Video when we paid for ad-free is 'unfair' – lawsuit
Who could possibly have predicted this backlash?
Personal Tech14 Feb 2024 | 162
Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules
Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictions
Personal Tech14 Feb 2024 | 11
Cloudflare defeats another patent troll with crowd-sourced prior-art army
The bounty payouts may be high, but Project Jengo doesn't miss
Networks12 Feb 2024 | 23
HPE seeks $4B in damages from Autonomy boss Mike Lynch and his ex-CFO
Could have been worse – IT giant was asking for five
On-Prem12 Feb 2024 | 16
Australia passes Right To Disconnect law, including (for now) jail time for bosses who email after-hours
Rushed law will lose criminal sanction, but debate about its utility is fierce
Legal12 Feb 2024 | 81
California proposes government cloud cluster to sift out nasty AI models
Big Tech's home turf set for law to ward against 'unsafe behavior'
Legal09 Feb 2024 | 1
Fintech engineer grounded by crypto fraud caper, including $300m spoof trades
Fourth conviction in South Africa-linked scheme
Legal08 Feb 2024 | 9
India probes SAP and IBM over ancient Air India ERP tender
Procurement process in 2011 deal raises suspicions
Legal07 Feb 2024 | 1
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong acquitted of stock manipulation charges
What a surprise, said no one
Legal06 Feb 2024 | 5
US research body sues chip tech company Japan’s government plans to buy
The stakes are high because the disputed items - photoresists – are essential for EUV lithography
Legal06 Feb 2024 | 4
Universal Music accuses TikTok of 'intimidation' and threats to replace humans with AI
Made-in-China social network allegedly made lowball licensing offer and abused its platform power
AI + ML31 Jan 2024 | 16
DEA nabs $150M from dark web drug lord based... in Coventry
Plus: Dodgy ex-US official also sentenced for software and database theft in big day for the courts
Legal29 Jan 2024 | 15
Eyeing China, US may require clouds to report when foreign actors rent kit to build AI models
What’s the point of hardware export bans if foreign entities can access what they want on the cloud?
Legal29 Jan 2024 | 5
France fines Amazon €32M for watching staff so much they'd have to 'justify each break'
French watchdog says non to excessive monitoring of workers as retail giant plans appeal
Legal23 Jan 2024 | 13
Meta accused of enrolling undecided EU users in ad-sponsored platform
Choice between seeing pitches or paying on Facebook and Instagram might break the law
Legal23 Jan 2024 | 26
India again backs down on its controversial PC import restrictions
Desktops escape regulations, laptops and servers don't, no reasons explained
Legal16 Jan 2024 | 6
SpaceX snaps back at US labor board's complaint, calling it 'unconstitutional'
It's the second time in a month a Musk firm has said that about a US regulator
Legal05 Jan 2024 | 49
Court orders arbitration for Wipro and ex-CFO who left for Cognizant
India’s IT outsourcers have an exec poaching problem
Legal05 Jan 2024 | 5
Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB
Updated Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with
Legal04 Jan 2024 | 15
Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading
Another Silicon Valley Icarus flies too close to the Sun
Legal04 Jan 2024 | 7
SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk
Rule 1: You do not criticize the boss. Rule 2: You do NOT criticize the boss
Legal04 Jan 2024 | 59
DotAsia registry tries to put poll problems behind it and set new strategy
Special report Home of the .asia gTLD has had a challenging year
Legal28 Dec 2023 |
China bans export of rare earth processing kit
Beijing also wants its human gene-editing kit – and LiDAR– to stay at home
Legal22 Dec 2023 | 110
Europe classifies three adult sites as worthy of its toughest internet regulations
Very Large Online Platform status means NSFW sites must clean up their acts
Legal21 Dec 2023 | 66
GM's Cruise sheds nine execs in the name of safety and integrity
Updated Robotaxi firm's car ran over a woman, then it allegedly misled investigators
Legal14 Dec 2023 | 14
Adobe warns it may face massive fines for subscription cancellation practices
Otherwise in rude health after posting best-ever results
Legal14 Dec 2023 | 18
ByteDance slides around Indonesian social commerce ban with $1.5 billion buy
Takes huge stake in local superapp Tokopedia, for the good of the small business community
Legal12 Dec 2023 |
Epic decision sees jury find Google's Play store is illegal monopoly
Fortnite dev hails 'a win for all app developers and consumers around the world'
Legal12 Dec 2023 | 53
Amazon's practices are 'the essence of competition,' it tells judge
Why would FTC call that antitrust, it asks in dismissal request
Legal11 Dec 2023 | 12
Musk takes SEC 'Twitter sitter' consent decree appeal to US Supreme Court
Same old argument about free speech – let's see if it sticks this time
Legal08 Dec 2023 | 53
US lawmakers want blanket denial for sensitive tech export licenses to China
Committee worries licenses are being issued to boost and suit business, not national security
Legal08 Dec 2023 | 8
Post-Brexit tariffs on EU-UK electric vehicle imports staved off for three years
Between a bloc and a hard place
Legal07 Dec 2023 | 72
China gamifies censorship and surveillance with national internet law quiz
I'm not a regular government, I'm a cool government
Legal05 Dec 2023 | 9
Roblox investor plays hardball over 'weak' parental controls
Shareholder claims company should have 'warned' about issue before stock price plunge
Legal30 Nov 2023 | 10
Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
Scrolling through endless humblebrags without targeted ads is a fundamental right, according to privacy expert
Legal28 Nov 2023 | 90
X/Twitter booted out of Australia's disinformation-fighting club
Ghosted authorities after complaint during hotly contested referendum
Legal28 Nov 2023 | 61
Tata Consultancy Services ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial
Naughty engineers + inability to work email = $$$
Legal24 Nov 2023 | 10
UKFast founder Lawrence Jones convicted of rape
Ex-hosting biz boss to be sentenced for historic offences after being found guilty of earlier sexual assault
Legal24 Nov 2023 |
Singapore to deter crypto investors with tactics like those used on smokers, gamblers
Buying on credit forbidden, affordability tests imposed, and accreditation required for big bets
Legal24 Nov 2023 | 13
Veteran wingman wants $1.75M from Boeing over emotional turbulence
Cites alleged ageist headwinds
Legal22 Nov 2023 | 2
UK telcos didn't collude to put Phones 4u out of business – judge
OK gr8. CU down the pub
Legal14 Nov 2023 | 17
48-nation bloc to crack down on using crypto assets to avoid tax
Blockheaded cheats given four years to find new schemes
Legal13 Nov 2023 | 29
Samsung family sells $2B worth of shares to pay inheritance tax bill
Nothing is certain except death and taxes
Legal06 Nov 2023 | 7
Digital Millennium Copyright Act celebrates a quarter century of takedown notices
Tracing DMCA's dubious legacy over 25 tech-turbulent years
Legal30 Oct 2023 | 8
It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18m settlement
Minimum of $15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done!
Legal27 Oct 2023 | 38
13-year Google privacy settlement pays litigants the equivalent of a Big Mac meal
Chocolate Factory agrees $23m guilt-free settlement
Legal25 Oct 2023 | 14
33 AGs sue Meta for 'exploitative and harmful acts' against American children
Cracks down on the so-called four-pronged process of luring the youth
Legal24 Oct 2023 | 15
Japan to probe Google over 'suspicion' that antitrust laws are being broken
Updated Arrives at the same conclusion about the nexus of Android and search as pretty much everyone else
Legal24 Oct 2023 | 11
Beijing slaps Foxconn with a tax audit
Asia In Brief ALSO: US may block clouds in China; Toyota reveals moon roover; Google expands Indian loan business; Xiaomi's new unifying OS; and more
Legal23 Oct 2023 | 7
Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics
You Can't Always scrape What You Want, even if the lyrics are Blowin' in the (digital) Wind
Legal20 Oct 2023 | 19
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