At historic Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google CEOs hearing, congressmen ramble, congresswomen home in on tech market abuse
AnalysisWe watched six hours of congressional hearings so you didn’t have to
30 Jul 2020 | 48
Kieren is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers internet infrastructure and governance, the domain name system, the Internet of Things, and many other topics.
With the US election coming up, when better to petition regulators for a controversial way to chill online speech?
Guess what? Literally everyone thinks this is a terrible idea
28 Jul 2020 | 46
'I think the police are here...' Feds reveal Skype, text chats of Canadian trio charged with $8m crypto-coin fraud
Boyfriend-girlfriend and housemate indicted in US on PlexCoin rap
28 Jul 2020 | 23
Google extends homeworking until this time next year – as Microsoft finds WFH is terrific... for Microsoft
You see, there is a COVID-19 silver lining. For employers. For the rest of us, welcome to the machine
28 Jul 2020 | 57
Battle for 6GHz heats up in America: Broadcasters sue FCC to kill effort to open spectrum for private Wi-Fi
Big Tech pushes back, says band use Hertz no one
28 Jul 2020 | 23
US IT staffing biz accused of abusing student visa program now forced to stop advertising only to immigrants
DoJ unhappy with ASTA CRS but not as much as former employees
27 Jul 2020 | 5
Suspected armed robber’s privacy was not infringed by cops’ specific cellphone tower data slurp, US judge rules
Decision may help clarify law following landmark Supreme Court decision
23 Jul 2020 | 28
Frozen: Bank accounts of suspected Chinese Cisco counterfeiters who exploited pandemic shortages
Cali federal judge admits he can only do so much against businesses based in Middle Kingdom
23 Jul 2020 | 10
SpaceX pulls off an incredible catch, netting both halves of its Falcon fairing as they fell Earthwards after latest launch
Fair(ing) play, engineers
22 Jul 2020 | 38
Nominet shakes up system for expiring .uk domains, just happens to choose one that will make it £millions. Again
AnalysisBrit registry is the cash cow that keeps on giving. Whether it wants to or not
22 Jul 2020 | 50
Don't strain yourself, Zuck, only democracy at stake... Facebook makes half-hearted effort to flag election lies by President Trump
+CommentHere, have a link to something vaguely related
21 Jul 2020 | 89
Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+
AnalysisChehade paved the way for domain price cap removal, now shows up at Ethos Capital
21 Jul 2020 | 49
UK formally abandons Europe’s Unified Patent Court, Germany plans to move forward nevertheless
AnalysisBut will the UPC be legal – or even worthwhile – without Britain?
21 Jul 2020 | 122
SoftBank: Oi, we paid $32bn for you, when are you going to strong-Arm some more money out of your customers?
Failing mega-group discovers again it didn't buy the right biz
16 Jul 2020 | 72
Report: CIA runs secret cyberwar with little oversight after Trump gave the OK, say US government officials
Details start to emerge on real-world impact of Prez-signed secret memo
16 Jul 2020 | 54
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleads guilty again after cryptocurrency flop broke laws set up to stop him
All work and no play makes… you’re coming with us, you clown
15 Jul 2020 | 7
As the FCC finally starts tackling its dreadful broadband maps, Georgia reveals just how bad they are
Spoiler alert: Cable companies are ripping Americans off
15 Jul 2020 | 25
Google: OK, OK, we pinky promise not to suck Fitbit health data into the borg. Now will you approve the sale?
EU antitrust folks give themselves two weeks to think about it
14 Jul 2020 | 20
Trump U-turns on foreign student crackdown: F-1, M-1 visa holders allowed to study online mid-pandemic in the US
Funnily enough, triggering a brain drain and denting the economy isn't such a great vote winner
14 Jul 2020 | 24
It's handbags at dawn: America to hit France with 25% tariffs on luxuries over digital tax on US tech titans
Bags, soap, cosmetics covered, Trump admin backs away from President’s threatened wine levy
14 Jul 2020 | 65
Big Tech backs colleges in war against Trump's ban on foreign students taking web-only classes mid-pandemic
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and pals weigh in on F-1, M-1 visa lawsuit
14 Jul 2020 | 6
Guilty: Russian miscreant who hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox, Formspring, stole 200-million-plus account records
Yevgeniy Nikulin faces up to 10 years in a US cooler
14 Jul 2020 | 10
Civil-rights probe: Facebook has completely failed to… Zuck: Look over here! We’ve banned four groups! Go me!
Report slams antisocial network's 'vexing and heartbreaking decisions'
08 Jul 2020 | 31
Keep it Together, Microsoft: New mode for vid-chat app Teams reminds everyone why Zoom rules the roost
VideoIf you have to play by Redmond's strict rules, people are likely to go elsewhere
08 Jul 2020 | 110
