Autonomy

UK tech pioneer Mike Lynch dead at 59

Obit Tycoon's demise follows US acquittal after years of legal battles with HP

Software21 Aug 2024 | 162

Body of IT tycoon Mike Lynch recovered after superyacht sinks

Updated Search for others missing, including his 18-year-old daughter, continues

On-Prem21 Aug 2024 | 67

Brit tech mogul Mike Lynch missing after yacht sinks off Sicily amid storms

Updated Autonomy founder's wife rescued, daughter and others unaccounted for

Software19 Aug 2024 | 171

Former Autonomy CFO banned from chartered accounting group until 2038

Sushovan Hussain’s failure in 2020 to appeal his 2018 fraud conviction in the US means he won’t be a member of ICAEW for 20 years

Software11 Jul 2024 | 8

Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all charges in US Autonomy fraud trial

Jury in San Francisco finds founder plus finance VP not guilty

Software06 Jun 2024 | 131

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

DARPA's latest toy is a 20-foot, 12-ton tank that drives itself

Crew entirely optional

Offbeat25 Apr 2024 | 35

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

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

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

Elon's biz claims 1st Amendment rights

Personal Tech11 Dec 2023 | 201

California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian

Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems

Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 49

Cruise admits its driverless robo-taxis need a human at the remote-control wheel

Plus: Parent GM taps brakes on AI van production

AI + ML07 Nov 2023 | 9

Cruise blues: Robotaxi firm pauses all driverless operations

Decision comes after CA revokes firm's driverless license and NHTSA signal an investigation

AI + ML27 Oct 2023 | 9

Food robots delivering bombs? Oregon State campus shut down by 'prank'

Student's new dorm room comes with bars, not the good kind

Offbeat25 Oct 2023 | 29

US prosecutors slam Autonomy tycoon's attempt to get charges tossed

Allege that 'greed and hubris' led Mike Lynch and co to 'pretend Autonomy thrived'

Legal18 Oct 2023 | 27

US launches official probe into Cruise after pair of pedestrian accidents

Hey, we're still safer than human drivers, says GM outfit

AI + ML17 Oct 2023 | 7

Cruise self-driving taxi gets wheels stuck in wet cement

This is not the robotaxi future that was promised

AI + ML16 Aug 2023 | 40

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch flown to US for HPE fraud trial

Loses year-long battle against extradition

Software12 May 2023 | 70

NASA tests bot built to slither across, and beneath, alien worlds' ice

Video Wheels come off plan to explore Enceladus – in a good way

Science11 May 2023 | 9

Autonomy's Mike Lynch loses battle against extradition to the US on fraud charges

Next stop, Euro human rights court?

Software21 Apr 2023 | 25

Take a 14-mile trip on an autonomous Scottish bus starting next month

Or else!

Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 75

Who needs sailors? US Navy's latest robo-ship can run itself for 30 days

Maybe one day war will just be machines fighting machines

AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 41

Self-driving car computers may be 'as bad' for emissions as datacenters

Oh, great – another source of carbon fumes we forgot to factor in

Personal Tech13 Jan 2023 | 79

Self-driving tech startup values crash 81% in 2 years

LiDAR companies lead the pack, with valuations plummeting up to 99% since IPO

AI + ML18 Oct 2022 | 24

Remember the humanoid Tesla robot? It's ready for September reveal, says Musk

Find it next to the Cybertruck, Boring tunnel maps, Twitter acquisition and my sense of commitment

Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 91

Microsoft's metaverse is for training autonomous drones

Project AirSim can allegedly run 'millions of flights in seconds'

Edge + IoT19 Jul 2022 | 5

Drone ship carrying yet more drones launches in China

Zhuhai Cloud will carry 50 flying and diving machines it can control with minimal human assistance

Bootnotes29 May 2022 | 29

Judge details Lynch's $700k signoff via iPhone text in full Autonomy judgement

Still no damages number, likely to be way less than $5 billion

Legal18 May 2022 | 6

Pony.ai lassos China's first autonomous taxi license

100 self-driving cabs will wander streets of Guangzhou

AI + ML25 Apr 2022 | 3

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel green-lights Mike Lynch's extradition to US to face Autonomy fraud charges

Brit tycoon's bad Friday just got worse

Software28 Jan 2022 | 89

HPE has 'substantially succeeded' in its £3.3bn fraud trial against Autonomy's Mike Lynch – judge

Updated All eyes turn to Priti Patel as midnight extradition deadline looms

Legal28 Jan 2022 | 82

Mike Lynch loses US extradition delay bid: Flight across the Atlantic looks closer than ever

Autonomy founder set for criminal trial on multiple counts of fraud over sale of biz to HPE

Legal26 Jan 2022 | 56

Autonomy's Mike Lynch gets yet another judgment date as US extradition wrangling continues

Autonomy Trial Brit exec plays extremely expensive game of hurry up and wait

Legal19 Jan 2022 | 22

Autonomy founder's anti-extradition case is like saying Moon made of cheese, US govt tells UK court

Autonomy Trial Lynch fears US.gov will add yet more charges against him

Legal18 Jan 2022 | 50

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch files judicial review that pauses extradition clock

That makes 4 concurrent court cases over hotly disputed 2011 buyout

Legal17 Dec 2021 | 32

UK Home Secretary delays Autonomy founder extradition decision to mid-December

Autonomy Trial Could be a Christmas surprise in store from Priti Patel

Legal29 Nov 2021 | 11

Autonomy accounts whistleblowers may testify at founder Mike Lynch's US criminal trial

Recent legal wranglings sliced, diced, and dished up for your reading pleasure

Legal25 Nov 2021 | 8

Brit analysts formed pact to crash Autonomy's market valuation, ex-CFO tells US court

Eye-catching claim in an eye-catching case

Legal12 Nov 2021 | 22

Autonomy founder Lynch scores extradition decision delay as Home Sec ponders sending him to US

Autonomy Trial All eyes on Priti Patel as High Court case recedes into insignificance

Legal30 Sep 2021 | 24

Hard drives at Autonomy offices were destroyed the same month CEO Lynch quit, extradition trial was told

Analysis Court finally hands down written ruling – and it's very bad news for UK exec

Legal29 Jul 2021 | 55

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch loses first stage in fight against extradition to US

UK Home Sec must now sign it off and then it's a High Court matter

Legal22 Jul 2021 | 45

Deloitte settled HPE's Autonomy lawsuit for $45m back in 2016 and agreed to cooperate with US DoJ

Exclusive So that's why they're not named alongside Lynch and Hussain

Legal29 Mar 2021 | 38

Everything you need to know about the HPE v Mike Lynch High Court case

Updated Before 'end of Q1'* judgment we round up all the legalese into one place

Legal25 Mar 2021 | 34

HPE urges judge to pick through Deloitte-bashing report it claims demolishes Autonomy founder's defence

Plus: Full ruling in $5bn High Court case expected by end of Q1

Legal26 Feb 2021 | 48

Court witness describes how Autonomy founder Lynch would wash his rear-end in US prison showers and dorms

When people called the Brit software biz a s*** show... ah, never mind

Bootnotes12 Feb 2021 | 20

Criminal charges against Autonomy's Lynch will never be dropped, even if extradition bid fails, says lawyer

Plus: All his former Deloitte auditors can be made to testify against him

Software11 Feb 2021 | 9

Drag Autonomy founder's 'fraudulent guns' and 'grasping claws' to the US for a criminal trial, thunders barrister

Mike Lynch remains popular with the Leftpondians, court hears

Software10 Feb 2021 | 83

Mike Lynch extradition: Uncle Sam offered Autonomy founder $10m bail if he stood trial in the US

Plus: Verdict will be delayed for High Court to pass judgment on HPE civil case

Legal09 Feb 2021 | 21

Deloitte's Autonomy auditor 'lost objectivity' when looking at Brit software firm's disputed books, says regulator

FRRP's full report will be uncomfortable reading for ex-CEO Mike Lynch

Software06 Jan 2021 | 39

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021

Criminal court sets trial date as High Court continues pondering civil suit judgment

On-Prem19 Oct 2020 | 35

Financial Reporting Council slaps Autonomy auditor Deloitte with £15m fine over audit 'misconduct'

Two audits also hit with combined £750k of personal fines by accountacy regulator

Legal17 Sep 2020 | 27

Ex-Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain loses US appeal bid against fraud convictions and 5-year prison sentence

Meanwhile, British case awaits judgment

On-Prem27 Aug 2020 | 40

In-depth: Deloitte and accounts expert both cleared what HPE described as 'contrived' Autonomy sales

Autonomy trial Lynch's man backed auditor but how much did it truly know?

On-Prem25 Feb 2020 | 53

HPE's orders to expert accountant in Autonomy trial revealed

Autonomy trial Even then he said there was no need to break out hardware sales

Software10 Feb 2020 | 51

Ex-Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain was accused of sexual misconduct against Darktrace staff – report

Security biz says it was a long time ago and he didn't technically work for them anyway

Software07 Feb 2020 | 11

Former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch 'submits himself' for arrest in central London

Extradition process around US fraud charges has kicked off

Legal05 Feb 2020 | 81