UK tribunal greenlights $17.4B advertising monopoly case against Google Chocolate Factory entangled in yet another anti-competitive claim Networks05 Jun 2024 | 7
Contrary to its fine print, Google says it won't confiscate repair returns that have unapproved parts 'We are updating our terms to clarify this' Pixel giant tells The Reg Personal Tech04 Jun 2024 | 27
Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds Special report Just as we saw with housing, Facebook giant's advertising system seems to treat Whites and POC differently AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 44
Court accepts Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim's insider trading settlement Billionaire Arista chief architect to pay inconsequential sum via SEC Networks03 Jun 2024 | 7
HP-Autonomy: Attorneys wrap up arguments in Mike Lynch's stateside criminal fraud trial And we await the San Francisco jury's verdict On-Prem03 Jun 2024 | 15
California's Governor Newsom is worried AI will be smothered in regulation OTOH, 'If we chase a shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position' AI + ML30 May 2024 | 17
IBM spin-off Kyndryl accused of discriminating on basis of age, race, disability Exclusive Five current and former employees file formal charges with US employment watchdog CSO30 May 2024 | 18
Alleged $100M dark-web drug kingpin, 23, arrested DoJ claims he used platform's last days to extort its users Legal21 May 2024 | 31
As one Apple Store votes against forming union, another may go on strike Staff in Maryland want better pay and steady schedules; New Jersey doesn't want to rock the boat Personal Tech13 May 2024 | 14
IBM sued again for alleged discrimination – this time against White males Top Trump lieutenant Stephen Miller hopes to skewer Big Blue's Linux slinger on behalf of ex-director Legal09 May 2024 | 109
What do we make of Apple's plan B for a down quarter – that $110B buyback of shares? Kettle Plus: What our vultures thought of the US v Google trial that's wrapping up Personal Tech04 May 2024 | 32
Amazon boss receives tap on wrist for statements breaking labor laws Jass sass gets a pass Legal02 May 2024 | 13
Billions on the line for Google as web search monopoly trial nears end Chocolate Factory relies on dominance for bulk of its revenues, says US Applications02 May 2024 | 10
State-by-state is the best approach for right to repair, says advocacy leader Interview Gay Gordon-Byrne of the Repair Association says US at least is nearing a tipping point Personal Tech27 Apr 2024 | 41
ByteDance 'would rather' torpedo TikTok than sell it off As app boss vows to nuke America's divest-or-ban law in the courts Personal Tech25 Apr 2024 | 85
Japanese and Singaporean devs battle over gamified crowdsourced telco maintenance app You read that right – it's a bit like Pokémon Go, but for telephone poles Software24 Apr 2024 | 3
White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22
Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 27
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 | 25
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 | 62
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 | 60
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 | 31
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 Security11 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 | 48
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
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