Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints Legal21 Sep 2023 | 189
SEC gets $10m from Lyft over failure to disclose $424m pre-IPO stock sale Board member sold off stock just before listing, Lyft forgot to mention it Legal18 Sep 2023 |
South Korean telco SK Broadband and Netflix call a truce in network payment fight Maybe better together? Duo announce AI and entertainment product partnership Legal18 Sep 2023 | 3
Ex-Twitter employees pull Musk back to money table over missing severance Will Elon actually pay this bill? Legal14 Sep 2023 | 26
X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency AB 587's true purpose is to eliminate speech the government finds objectionable, lawyers argue Legal11 Sep 2023 | 24
China iPhone curbs reportedly extend to local government and state-owned businesses Asia In Brief ALSO: Alibaba Cloud succession plan overturned; Fujtisu’s Thai takeaway; Australia takes on PayPal Legal11 Sep 2023 | 7
SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker Legal08 Sep 2023 | 21
DXC Technology named as participant in bid-rigging cartel Agreed bid prices in advance with local rival for work in Australian mining camps Legal07 Sep 2023 | 3
Judge greenlights $5.9M unpaid overtime Citrix wage deal Agreement will settle claims the company failed to compensate staff for all the hours they worked Legal06 Sep 2023 | 2
ASEAN bloc starts work on Digital Economy Framework Who needs India or China when ten booming economies form a gang? Legal06 Sep 2023 |
US and China to keep talking about chip bans, just not when they'll end Intel and Micron made the agenda, but action to ease their woes did not Legal29 Aug 2023 | 2
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
Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom Interesting choice, if true. Not a Lamborghini, is it? Legal24 Aug 2023 | 10
Token prison sentence for first convicted NFT insider trader Prosecutors wanted 2 years, but former OpenSea employee got 3 months Legal23 Aug 2023 | 9
US tech titans say a heads-up about India's PC import license would've been nice Trade org board members petitioning Uncle Sam are who's who of Big Tech Legal21 Aug 2023 | 7
Can you raise $100M+ from AI investors with no product? SEC says yes In unrelated news, agency wants to teach folks how to spot a pyramid scheme Legal15 Aug 2023 | 20
Indian authorities reject Infosys 'COVID ate my homework' excuse Asia In Brief Tencent keyboard app allowed eavesdropping; Australia, Japan, sour on TwitX; China seeks to ID app devs Legal14 Aug 2023 | 3
Biden administration restricts US investment in tech China's military might employ Venture capital is helping Beijing arm and Washington wants that to stop Legal10 Aug 2023 | 6
Judge throws out EE's £25M 5G contract suit against Virgin Media 2022's MVNO spat wrapped up as world+dog reminded to check exclusion clauses Legal04 Aug 2023 | 2
Big Tech's going to love India's new personal data protection bill Big fines for breaches. Also big powers – including takedowns – for planned Data Protection Board Legal04 Aug 2023 | 6
95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers 'Even the most prominent collections are struggling to maintain demand'
Mastodon makes a major move amid Musk's multiple messes Federated social network adds n00b-friendly features to the 'Fediverse'
Now IBM sued for age discrim by its own HR veterans Staff with short 'runways' told to take off amid shift to corporate chatbots, it's claimed
How is this problem mine, techie asked, while cleaning underground computer On Call If you throw enough mud, some of it will stick … and crash a server
Why Chromebooks are the new immortals of tech Opinion A decade of support is a much better deal than what Microsoft or Apple will give you
US govt IT help desk techie 'leaked top secrets' to foreign nation National defense files can earn you $55K … and espionage charges
The iPhone 15 has a Goldilocks issue: Too big or too small. Maybe a case will make it just right Quick look Fanboi numbers are well down – but Apple's queueing system, rather than apathy, is likely the cause
TransUnion reckons big dump of stolen customer data came from someone else Prolific info-thief strikes again
BOFH: A security issue, you say? Activate code tangerine Episode 18 When you utter those words, it empowers us to do anything
US DoD serves up $238M Chips Act funding to 8 regional hubs Hoping to bridge the dreaded 'lab-to-fab' gap where R&D dreams go to die
SEC lawsuit against Terraform Labs and cofounder Do Kwon lives to fight another day Crypto bad boy’s appeal denied, despite recent Ripple Labs ruling Legal01 Aug 2023 | 2
Indonesia blocks Musk's X.com over its X-rated past Asia In Brief ALSO: Japan's government to write docs with AI; 5G boom coming; India denies infosec issues Legal31 Jul 2023 | 26
Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn't say from whom Legal26 Jul 2023 | 9
Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1
Norway bans Meta's behavioral advertising with threats of wrist-slap fines Won't someone think of Zuck's pocket change? Legal19 Jul 2023 | 17
Post Office Horizon Inquiry calls for compensation to be brought forward Suffering and financial loss of subpostmasters prompts decision in interim report Legal17 Jul 2023 | 71
UK government faces calls to end IR35 double tax anomaly Meanwhile, Conservative stalwart calls to repeal law Legal17 Jul 2023 | 47
We will find you and we will sue you, Twitter tells 4 mystery alleged data-scrapers Lawyers say unknown John Does are profiting at Musk's expense Legal14 Jul 2023 | 90
India slaps massive 28 percent tax on online games of skill Fantasy sports bets put on the same footing as online casinos or a punt on the gee-gees Legal13 Jul 2023 | 7
China outsources censorship to web giants to break the fake news business model The likes of WeChat and Weibo suddenly have a lot of work to do – including turning off the money tap Legal12 Jul 2023 | 10
Chinese battery maker for the stars of the EV world suddenly wants to be seen powering human rights As allegations of forced labour circulate, CATL goes for a jolt of social responsibility Legal12 Jul 2023 | 4
Musk sues law firm for overcharging Twitter when Twitter was suing Musk X Corp boss invokes spirit of 'Cops arrest man for burning Burning Man man' Legal10 Jul 2023 | 44
Former Twitter employees accuse it of holding up 891 arbitrations Class action claims company refusing to pay mandated fees Legal05 Jul 2023 | 27
Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig Legal28 Jun 2023 | 84
Europe seeks to punish Putin's infowar pals with bans on Russian tech firms Also slaps Chinese backdoor entities shipping forbidden tech to Moscow Legal26 Jun 2023 | 10
'We hate what you’ve done with the place – especially the hate' Australia tells Twitter Issues official 'please explain why your moderation is rubbish' notice backed by big fines Legal22 Jun 2023 | 101
Montenegro jails Do Kwon, accused of causing $40 billion LUNA crash Crypto villain's passports were as fake as his stablecoin Legal20 Jun 2023 | 11
Japan unleashes regulation Kaiju on Apple's and Google's app store monopolies Digital Competition Conf wants rift in markets to allow new app-slingers to spawn Legal19 Jun 2023 | 14
Micron warns China's ban could cost it $4 billion annual revenue Asia In Brief PLUS: Crypto just isn't cricket in India; China's budget smartphone surge; Jack Ma is back, again; and more Legal19 Jun 2023 | 1
Megaupload programmers cop a plea in New Zealand to avoid extradition Kim Dotcom still fighting decade-long battle to avoid being shipped to US over copyright abuse Legal16 Jun 2023 | 14
Music bosses go after Twitter's unlicensed soundtrack to the tune of $250M Just what the Muskified platform needs right now – another lawsuit Legal15 Jun 2023 | 23
UK government proposes legislation to regulate umbrella companies 'Mixed bag' of solutions await tech workers forced into IR35 alternatives Legal07 Jun 2023 | 28
Hong Kong tries to outlaw uploads of unofficial and anti-Beijing anthem State-sponsored SEO effort to send people to properly patriotic tune has its limits Legal07 Jun 2023 | 23
Australia fines tech companies for exploiting foreign tech workers Everything down under wants to either kill you, or underpay you Legal31 May 2023 | 29
Fahrenheit to take over Celsius 0°C×9/5+32 = how much money to thaw frozen crypto accounts? Legal26 May 2023 | 43
India set to regulate AI, Big Tech, with sweeping Digital Act Big semiconductor R&D strategy in the works, too Legal26 May 2023 |
Ex-McKinsey IT director claims he was fired for whistleblowing Lawsuit alleges he was 'set up' after finding flaws in product meant for sale to Uncle Sam Legal24 May 2023 | 22
Pakistan turns its back on crypto to keep anti-terrorism watchdogs happy Meanwhile, will train a million IT graduates in Artificial Intelligence Legal24 May 2023 | 6
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
China bans Micron products after security review finds unspecified flaws Alleges major risks to national security, but is happy for chips to remain in place Legal21 May 2023 | 24
Asia's top rideshare outfit, Grab, is late paying fines for running late Took out Uber and promised to play nice, but regulator alleges years of evasion Legal18 May 2023 | 3
US Disruptive Technology Strike Force has struck Former Apple engineer busted for stealing self-driving code, others accused of arranging illicit military tech transfers Legal17 May 2023 | 3
Australia asks Twitter how it will mod content without staff, gets ghosted Now the minister responsible has threatened regulation Legal17 May 2023 | 59
Big Tech mainstays named as targets of PwC tax law leak Consultancy's Australian arm is in deep trouble after offering advice on how to avoid rules its people helped write Legal15 May 2023 | 3
EU-US Privacy Framework could make life easier for a data biz, if it survives Analysis But what about the Brits? A lawyer gives their take on the privacy minefield Legal11 May 2023 | 18
Korea hopes US will extend sanction exemptions for SK hynix and Samsung Stuck in the middle or not, supply chains – and the Korean economy – must carry on Legal10 May 2023 | 1
Vietnam to require registration of social media, even on global platforms Show some ID or your Facebook feed might not make it across the border Legal09 May 2023 | 5
Ex-OpenSea exec convicted in first-of-its-kind case of insider trading of NFTs Who would have thought there was anything dodgy about selling pictures of cartoon apes? Legal05 May 2023 | 6
Fresh GDPR ruling says even 'minor anxiety' could mean payouts for EU folks Lawyers quip: 'The definition of hell is European legislation with American enforcement' Legal04 May 2023 | 45
Storing the Quran on your phone makes you a terror suspect in China Human Rights Watch details mass surveillance and repression Legal04 May 2023 | 56
Major decision on GDPR compensation rights expected soon Breached businesses might have to cough for your discomfort too Legal03 May 2023 | 21
Smuggler busted heading for China with dodgy GPUs … and live lobsters A new twist on fast food Legal03 May 2023 | 14
Uncle Sam sounds like it may actually do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud Gee, you mean that surge to 800,000 applications in one year isn't entirely legit? Shocking Legal01 May 2023 | 34
Europe floats patent overhaul, which obviously everyone's thrilled about Industry groups and biz aren't yet sold on reforms Legal01 May 2023 | 8
Amazon, Bing, Wikipedia make EU's list of 'Very Large' platforms Will need to sit at the front of the class where Commish can keep an eye on them Legal26 Apr 2023 | 21
South Korea prosecutes Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin Alleges large scale fraud, embezzling, and maybe even bribery, before crypto collapse Legal26 Apr 2023 | 5
Tech giants could pay 10% of turnover under draft UK law Competition? We've heard of it Legal25 Apr 2023 | 16
Brit politicians, Big Tech grumble about India tech laws Free trade agreement founders, and fears of government censorship rise Legal25 Apr 2023 | 10
India smacked for illegal tech import tariffs that hurt buyers and exporters everywhere Is this the way to take China’s title as top tech manufacturer? Maybe yes, maybe no Legal19 Apr 2023 | 2
Sanctions-busting exporters sent $2 billion of tech to Russia through China, Hong Kong, and the UK in 2022 Reports find shipments spiked since sanctions were imposed, feeding Moscow's appetite for high-end kit Legal12 Apr 2023 | 5
South Korea fines Google $32M for using market power to stymie rival app store Forced developers to sign exclusivity agreements in return for promises of going global Legal11 Apr 2023 | 5
Trade ministers flag researchers as possible vector of tech sanction-busting G7 meeting agrees that sales bans are here to stay Legal05 Apr 2023 | 6
Tesla ordered to pay worker $3M-plus over racist treatment Ex-employee was offered $15M by judge in 2021, but asked for a new trial instead Legal04 Apr 2023 | 40
Google (sort of) loses in Indian antitrust appeal Updated $161 million slap-on-the-wrist fine stands, but major restrictions are eased Legal30 Mar 2023 | 4
India-based cybergang busted for selling fake KFC franchises It's finger-licking.... what happened to my $$$? Legal27 Mar 2023 | 14
No 'decoupling' here: Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm sing China's praises First big government expo since COVID sees CEOs galore jet in Legal27 Mar 2023 | 9
Where in the world is Terraform Labs villain Do Kwon? Montenegro, actually Probably in a jail cell, waiting to be extradited stateside Legal24 Mar 2023 | 12
Toshiba board supports – without recommending – $15 billion takeover bid It's probably going to happen, but final approval depends on 'circumstances' Legal24 Mar 2023 | 6
Indian state turns off internet for 27 million, for four days, to stymie one man Digital rights org criticizes use of fill-in-the-blank template used to quell separatist protests Legal22 Mar 2023 | 14
US details CHIPS Act rules that give China and South Korea some comfort Allows a little expansion of output from existing Middle Kingdom facilities Legal22 Mar 2023 |
Hong Kong's state-sponsored SEO on national anthem strikes the right note Can't get Google to finish the job, though Legal20 Mar 2023 | 12
Now collapsed SVB's parent files for bankruptcy as Biden calls for stiffer penalties Thought you guys were into fail fast, fail often? Legal17 Mar 2023 | 35
DXC Technology fined $8m by SEC for misleading investors Penalty paid for misclassifying tens of millions of dollars of costs, and for 'inadequate' controls missing the error Legal15 Mar 2023 | 1
Tough luck, Brits: Binance suspends UK deposits and withdrawals Perfect timing – we could use another bank run Legal15 Mar 2023 | 52
Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm bought by HSBC for 1 British pound in rescue deal $2.9 trillion-asset globo corp's local subsidiary buys Silicon Roundabout fave Legal13 Mar 2023 | 49
Silicon supply chain players plot exodus from China in wake of ASML's exit Vietnam, Malyasia, and Singapore roll out the welcome mat Legal13 Mar 2023 | 23
China launches yet another crackdown on social media 'I am the Chinese Communist Party. I will be with you forever' - Beijing's new propaganda vid says the quiet part out loud Legal13 Mar 2023 | 18
US government says Silicon Valley Bank depositors can get their cash on Monday Feds say this won’t cost taxpayers a dime Legal13 Mar 2023 | 36
Silicon Valley Bank seized by officials after imploding: How this happened and why 2023, just like 2008 Legal10 Mar 2023 | 133
Two tech-centric banks strike trouble, spooking markets Silicon Valley Bank sold billions in bonds as startups struggle, crypto-centric Silvergate Bank just gave up Legal10 Mar 2023 | 12
South Korea warns US: The CHIPS Act leaves a sour taste Minister wants to protect Samsung, SK hynix, from having to give up the crown jewels to score subsidies Legal09 Mar 2023 | 18
South Korea moves to resolve WWII dispute with Japan that troubles tech supply chains Nations edge closer to an acceptable settlement on reparations for forced labor Legal07 Mar 2023 | 24
Ericsson fined for dodgy Djibouti dealings and warned over Iraqi indiscretions $206 million for breaching 2019 settlement – and DoJ warns it won't be afraid to do this again Legal03 Mar 2023 | 5
China blocked 54.3 million items online in 2022, after snitches sent 170 million tips Regulator warns it's far from finished and the deletions will continue until morale improves Legal01 Mar 2023 | 5
Germany to court Indian IT talent – starting with easier visa application processes Perhaps just in time to give H-1B holders affected by US tech layoffs somewhere to go other than home Legal27 Feb 2023 | 25
Global finance wonks worry financial services too invested in outsourcers, Big Tech Not keen on crypto, either – and looking forward to consistent language on cyber incidents Legal27 Feb 2023 | 2
Companies can't shut you up using severance pay, at least in the US Watchdog reverses Trump era decision upholding ability to stop ex-staffers talking smack about you Legal24 Feb 2023 | 28
Africa's internet registry has sometimes needed financial assistance to keep operating, could fail, warns ARIN head AFRINIC situation has links to the APNIC snafu – and The Reg has more evidence of astroturfing Legal22 Feb 2023 | 8
Can YouTube be held liable for pushing terror vids? Asking for a Supreme Court... Will Section 230 immunity just be revoked? We can answer that Legal22 Feb 2023 | 59
APNIC calls in lawyers to handle election code of conduct breach allegations Threats to voters also reported as vote for regional internet registry heats up Legal21 Feb 2023 | 7