Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch
If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish
Legal12 Dec 2024 | 51
Law
Judge hands WP Engine a win in legal fight with Automattic
Updated Mullenweg and co ordered to restore WP Engine's access to wordpress.org and stop touching WordPress installations
Software11 Dec 2024 | 31
Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court
Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump
Personal Tech06 Dec 2024 | 43
Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department
Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7
Oh, good. Supermicro board probe clears server slinger of misconduct claims
But hunts for a fresh CFO 'in light of rapid recent growth'
Systems02 Dec 2024 | 3
Australia passes law to keep under-16s off social media – good luck with that, mate
Also intros surveillance tweaks to protect very successful AN0M fake messaging app sting
Legal28 Nov 2024 | 84
NARROWER TOPICS
FTC urges smart device makers to disclose software update lifecycles
You need to know in advance when your kit will be bricked or downgraded – it's the law
Public Sector27 Nov 2024 | 23
Bluesky too opaque about user figures for Euro watchdogs
Updated X rival also under fire for failing to designate legal representative
Legal26 Nov 2024 | 82
Kill Oracle's 'JavaScript' trademark, Deno asks USPTO
Petition claims database titan maintained its mark by making a fraudulent claim
Software26 Nov 2024 | 56
AI hiring bias? Men with Anglo-Saxon names score lower in tech interviews
Study suggests hiding every Tom, Dick, and Harry's personal info from HR bots
AI + ML21 Nov 2024 | 135
Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy
Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey's favorite big box store
AI + ML19 Nov 2024 | 36
Google decides Europe's political ad rules are too hard to implement at scale
Will stop accepting ads instead before TTPA comes into force
Public Sector15 Nov 2024 | 26
WP Engine revs Automattic lawsuit with antitrust claim
Revised sueball over WordPress brawl tries Sherman Antitrust Act on for size
Software15 Nov 2024 | 23
Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software
Updated Dam, the consequences
Software14 Nov 2024 | 80
Australia tells tots: No TikTok till you're 16... or X, Instagram and Facebook
Tech companies, not users, to be punished for violations of social media time-out
Personal Tech11 Nov 2024 | 87
WordPress's Automattic openly tracks websites bailing from rival WP Engine
Updated The new normal
Software08 Nov 2024 | 29
IBM sued again in storm over Weather Channel data sharing
Privacy lawsuit blows this way alleging disclosure of names, email addresses, geo info, video titles without permission
Personal Tech08 Nov 2024 | 1
Intel sued over Raptor Lake voltage instability
Failure to warn customers about chip flaw leads to fraud claim
Systems06 Nov 2024 | 15
Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics
Security26 Oct 2024 | 18
AI firms and civil society groups plead for passage of federal AI law ASAP
Congress urged to act before year's end to support US competitiveness
AI + ML23 Oct 2024 | 8
Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley
Interview 'I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale'
AI + ML21 Oct 2024 | 32
FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with 'click to cancel' rule
It 'will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money'
Legal16 Oct 2024 | 18
Digital River runs dry, hasn't paid developers for sales since July
Vendor told El Reg the biz's law firm claims merchant debts aren’t valid obligations
Software15 Oct 2024 | 63
Smart TVs are spying on everyone
Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 127
LinkedIn: If our AI gets something wrong, that's your problem
Artificial intelligence still no substitute for the real thing
AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 21
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores
Chocolate Factory vows to appeal
Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feud
WordPress supremo Mullenweg channels Churchill: Never let a good crisis go to waste
Software04 Oct 2024 | 39
Elon Musk's X mashed by Australian court for evading child protection reporting
Argument that it didn't inherit Twitter's legal obligations did not hit the spot
Legal04 Oct 2024 | 77
Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up
Networking giant pockets $225K, foe promises to stop suing and abandons IP
Networks03 Oct 2024 | 67
John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises
Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator
Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 54
US govt hiding top hurricane forecast model sparks outrage after deadly Helene
Taxpayer-funded data locked behind insurance firm's paywall
Science01 Oct 2024 | 82
WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk
Updated That escalated quickly
Software26 Sep 2024 | 59
OpenAI to reveal secret training data in copyright case – for lawyers' eyes only
Counsel for aggrieved authors will view info in a secure room, without internet access, and no devices present
AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 16
VMware reportedly probed by Japanese anti-monopoly cops
Updated Broadcom's software bundles under scrutiny after perhaps irking Fujitsu
Virtualization25 Sep 2024 | 6
FBI raids HQ of US govt IT giant Carahsoft
Still business as usual, we're told
Public Sector24 Sep 2024 | 3
Oracle urged again to give up JavaScript trademark
If there's one thing we know about Big Red, it's being entirely reasonable
Software17 Sep 2024 | 56
Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech
With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist'
Public Sector13 Sep 2024 | 41
Feds pull plug on domains linked to import of Chinese gun conversion devices
Illegal goods allegedly shipped to the US labeled as toys or jewels
Cyber-crime13 Sep 2024 | 30
Google sued for using trademarked Gemini name for AI service
Even the chatbot allegedly admits to infringement claim
AI + ML12 Sep 2024 | 14
Google insists the ad tech business ain't broke, urges Washington not to fix it
As its other monopoly trial - the one brought by the DoJ and eight states - begins in Virginia
Legal10 Sep 2024 | 9
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia
Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech
Public Sector06 Sep 2024 | 4
Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says
Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission
Personal Tech05 Sep 2024 | 93
Canadian artist wants Anthropic AI lawsuit corrected
Interview Tim Boucher objects to the mischaracterization of his work in authors' copyright claim
AI + ML31 Aug 2024 | 17
France charges Telegram CEO with multiple crimes
Testing the idea that a platform boss can be responsible for the acts of others, or not helping to investigate them
Legal30 Aug 2024 | 128
Facebook whistleblower calls for transparency in social media, AI
Frances Haugen says navigating the digital world requires a North Star
Software27 Aug 2024 | 14
Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats
Cracked Labs examines how workplace surveillance turns workers into suspects
Security27 Aug 2024 | 68
Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered
Hallucinating AI models excel at defamation
AI + ML26 Aug 2024 | 80
Telegram founder and CEO arrested in France
Rumors swirl that lack of content moderation has angered authorities
Personal Tech26 Aug 2024 | 194
Feds, US states sue RealPage for building rent-hiking software for landlords
Algorithm just a fancy way to collude using private info, prosecutors say
Applications23 Aug 2024 | 35
Amazon antitrust case in Washington DC is resurrected
DC appeals court reverses dismissal, finding enough evidence of anticompetitive behavior to proceed
Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 2
Shein, Temu escalate epic e-commerce squabble
Chinese fast fashion slingers get their Spider-Man meme moment
Legal21 Aug 2024 | 45
Writers sue Anthropic for feeding 'stolen' copyrighted work into Claude
Another day, another lawsuit over how AI lands training sets
AI + ML20 Aug 2024 | 35
Euro antitrust cop Margrethe Vestager to depart after decade of reining in Big Tech
Her legacy hinges on her successor – will they double down?
Public Sector20 Aug 2024 | 5
Game not over: Epic brings Fortnite back to iOS in Europe, using its own app store
But the cost of battling Apple and Google? A hefty $1B lost in revenue
Software17 Aug 2024 | 27
New Zealand minister OKs Kim Dotcom extradition to US
Entrepreneur vows to keep on buffering
Software16 Aug 2024 | 36
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious
Comment A business breakup may be coming – but what comes after may not be better
Software15 Aug 2024 | 114
India shuffles away draft law treating influencers like real broadcasters
Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 12
AI chatbots amplify creation of false memories, boffins reckon – or do they?
We can misremember it for you wholesale
AI + ML13 Aug 2024 | 14
'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading
Bad guys claim they're cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones' crimes go away
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 5
Twilio's Segment SDK challenged with wiretapping claim
Mobile app analytics software said to surreptitiously snarf data
Applications09 Aug 2024 | 5
Illinois relaxes biometric privacy law so snafus won't cost businesses billions
Some scowl, some smile, as fines no longer apply every time your mugshot or fingerprint is shared
Security06 Aug 2024 | 4
IBM Canada can't duck channel exec's systematic age discrimination claim
'They actually replaced me with a younger employee'
Channel04 Aug 2024 | 34
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