Anonymous 'ask me anything' chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 8
Meta training AI models on citizen data gets a hard não from Brazil Updated Zuckerborg's justification isn't good enough, says watchdog AI + ML03 Jul 2024 | 4
Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo White House can get back to asking Facebook and co to kindly bin off what the Feds say is misinformation Public Sector26 Jun 2024 | 26
Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he's found the route to crypto riches Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 78
Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by 'virtual humans' on its flagship video service Beijing's interest in generative AI has its limits AI + ML18 Jun 2024 |
Elon Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit without explaining why Court docs suggest this matter could have run for years Legal12 Jun 2024 | 22
BMC's $1.6B victory over IBM is TKO on appeal Always read the terms and conditions carefully Applications01 May 2024 | 21
UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from 'risks and harms' of tech TUC questions government's approach so far AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 3
Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick Computer says you're single Bootnotes16 Apr 2024 | 57
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
Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies At least we can all agree on something Security21 Mar 2024 | 19
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
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 111
SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower Complainant moved to 'retire in place' role after Sarbanes Oxley Act report, filing alleges SaaS14 Mar 2024 | 10
Filing NeMo: Nvidia's AI framework hit with copyright lawsuit Claims allegedly pirated content from Books3 dataset trawled by its models AI + ML11 Mar 2024 | 8
Ransomware ban backers insist thugs must be cut off from payday Increasingly clear number of permanent solutions is narrowing Cyber-crime04 Mar 2024 | 22
Legal eagles demand $6B in Tesla stock after overturning Musk's mega pay package 'Criminal,' says CEO Offbeat04 Mar 2024 | 58
Palo Alto investor sues over 28% share tumble Updated Lawsuit alleges it misled investors with claims new AI products were 'facilitating greater platformization' and more Security28 Feb 2024 | 23
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
Judge slaps down law firm using ChatGPT to justify six-figure trial fee Use of AI to calculate legal bill 'utterly and unusually unpersuasive' AI + ML24 Feb 2024 | 87
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
Oracle faces continued legal battle over alleged NetSuite software misrepresentations Judge allows fraud case to continue after customer resubmits complaint Databases21 Feb 2024 | 8
British businesses told: Compliance with EU AI law will satisfy UK guidance Keep calm and innovate or regulate before it's too late? AI + ML19 Feb 2024 | 50
Thar be safe harbor: Reddit defeats third attempt to unmask digital pirates First Amendment is a rule, not a guideline, says judge Personal Tech13 Feb 2024 | 12
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
CDW settles in lawsuit with rival reseller over Cisco sales Updated Meanwhile pending case from Cisco accuses Dexon of selling counterfeit kit Networks15 Jan 2024 | 1
Former Adobe software engineering leader convicted of insider trading Another Silicon Valley Icarus flies too close to the Sun Legal04 Jan 2024 | 7
Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn't check were already compromised Cyber-crime04 Jan 2024 | 29
EU lassos tech giants in bid to rein in the AI Wild West Analysis Interpretation, debate, and judges set to decide how the rubber hits the road AI + ML03 Jan 2024 | 3
Google coughs up $700M in Play Store antitrust suit Gives Apple a sly nod over sideloading Personal Tech19 Dec 2023 | 15
Tata Consultancy Services ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial Naughty engineers + inability to work email = $$$ Legal24 Nov 2023 | 10
Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business Admits to taking phones used for 'code blue' emergencies offline and more Cyber-crime20 Nov 2023 | 13
Italy seizes from Airbnb $836M in alleged unpaid taxes Biz says it's just following EU rules instead Offbeat07 Nov 2023 | 33
Feds collar suspected sanctions-busting Russian smugglers of US tech Parts sent to Moscow allegedly found on Ukrainian battlefields Security01 Nov 2023 | 15
Tesla swerves liability in Autopilot death lawsuit Cali jury decides 9-3 Muskmobile maker wasn't at fault when Model 3 veered into tree and exploded AI + ML31 Oct 2023 | 43
Trademark fight: Brit biz Threads has a teeny tiny problem with Meta's Threads Software house says it's had UK trademark since 2012 as Zuck & Co know full well Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 23
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
Ex-Fugees star accuses his lawyer of going full robot in corruption trial Updated An AI may be able to botch a closing argument, but can it sing Killing Me Softly? AI + ML17 Oct 2023 | 8
3D printer purchases could require background checks under proposed law Bill in New York aims to stop spread of ghost guns, but fails to address existing kit or private sales Legal17 Oct 2023 | 38
Judge tosses Sonos's $32.5M patent win over Google with savage slam down 'It is wrong that our system was used to punish an innovator and to enrich a pretender' Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 24
Microsoft does not want ValueLicensing CEO anywhere near its confidentiality ring Perpetual license case perpetually rumbles on Software10 Oct 2023 | 12
CISA barred from coordinating with social media sites to police misinformation The 5th Circuit's re-ruling adds CISA to a list of alleged first-amendment violators. Next stop: Supreme Court Security04 Oct 2023 | 30
Epic cut: Fortnite games maker culls 16% of staff That partial victory against Apple is seeming more pyrrhic by the day Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 18
Arm wrestles assembly language guru's domains away citing trademark issues Maria Markstedter spent years writing about chip biz's ISA, is a tad miffed by heavy-handed takedown tactics Software31 Aug 2023 | 105
Chinese vendor apologizes for claiming Microsoft open source code was its own product CEC-IDE is re-skinned Visual Studio Code with added censorware to spot terms like ‘Taiwan Independence’ Software31 Aug 2023 | 15
Samsung realizes behaving ethically is good for business, says compliance boss Mega-corp has mastered the complexity of numerous technologies but it took several scandals to impart this obvious lesson Legal29 Aug 2023 | 8
America's financial cops say Impact Theory's NFTs were unregistered securities Dissenting opinion asserts position is wrong and that many headaches linger Personal Tech29 Aug 2023 | 6
Europe's tough new rules for Big Tech start today. Is anyone ready? Google says it is. Amazon's swerves the rules, for now. And tests suggest consumer protections aren't yet strong Personal Tech25 Aug 2023 | 60
Zoom updates its legalese explicitly promising not to feed vidchats to AIs Welcome – but weird – after months-old policy change that seemingly allowed it went viral AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 8
First pushback against EU's Digital Services Act and it's not Google Who are you calling a VLOP? asks German web fashionista Networks27 Jun 2023 | 31
China becomes the 37th country to approve Microsoft's Activision buyout Boss fights with US and UK authorities lie ahead, and Redmond may not have enough power-ups to prevail Legal23 May 2023 | 10
Larry Ellison cleared of forcing Oracle to overpay for NetSuite Billionaire and his financial stake in the deal aren't to blame, says a Delaware judge Software15 May 2023 | 3
UK cops score legal win in EncroChat snooping op But tribunal punts on whether data was intercepted in transit Cyber-crime12 May 2023 | 11
Pornhub walls off Utah in age-verification law protest Dare we say that's a master stroke Bootnotes03 May 2023 | 74
Tesla ran over worker rights, again, US labor judge finds Go on, Elon, tweet a meme, that'll straighten this all out Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 32
Elizabeth Holmes is not going to prison – for the moment Yes, launch another appeal, that'll do the trick Science26 Apr 2023 | 47
Update now: Google emits emergency fix for zero-day Chrome vulnerability In brief Also: Tech players spin up white hat protection, this week's critical bugs, and more Security17 Apr 2023 | 2
Ex-Twitter execs sue over $1M+ in unpaid legal expenses Lawsuits keep piling up for Musk-owned 'trending to breakeven' platform Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 39
Inside FTX: Jokes about misplaced funds, diabolical IT, poor oversight, and worse How's the saying go? $50m here, $50m there, pretty soon you're talking real money Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 22
Judge grants subpoena to ID Twitter source code leaker Unmasking also in store for anyone who's 'posted, uploaded, downloaded or modified' tweet biz code Software29 Mar 2023 | 33
FTX cryptovillain Sam Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials Court gives him new rules: Use one laptop, while living with the 'rents. Cyber-crime29 Mar 2023 | 52