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 |
FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab Feds tell thrilling tale of crypto crooks, Facebook scams, fast cars, guns, betrayal … and leg extensions? Legal02 Oct 2024 | 21
Cruise fined $1.5M for failing to report right away its robo-car dragged a pedestrian Code-controlled taxi biz tiptoes back with supervised driving in Phoenix and Dallas AI + ML01 Oct 2024 | 12
AT&T claims VMware by Broadcom offered it a 1,050 percent price rise And that Broadcom has prevented vendors from selling to the telco giant Software01 Oct 2024 | 34
Epic Games starts Battle Royale with Samsung, Google over app store practices Updated Alleges Korean giant's app store lockdown is no accident, and anticompetitive Software01 Oct 2024 | 12
Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ probe Comment Alleged inquiry comes amid claims server maker cooked its books Systems26 Sep 2024 |
Apple quietly removed 60 more VPNs from Russian app store, researchers claim iThing-maker is Putin Kremlin repression ahead of privacy, rights orgs argue Software26 Sep 2024 | 27
Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors Crikey! $40M of investments in 'digital employees' allegedly went down faster than a frosty Fosters Legal26 Sep 2024 | 14
WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk Updated That escalated quickly Software26 Sep 2024 | 58
Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details Legal25 Sep 2024 | 2
VMware reportedly probed by Japanese anti-monopoly cops Updated Broadcom's software bundles under scrutiny after perhaps irking Fujitsu Virtualization25 Sep 2024 | 5
SBF's right-hand woman praised for testimony – and jailed for two years Caroline Ellison thanked for helping take down FTX supremo, ordered to surrender her own billions Legal25 Sep 2024 | 32
WP Engine hits back after Automattic CEO calls it 'cancer' Updated Cease'n'desist letter claims top boss demanded tens of millions for trademark license Software24 Sep 2024 | 18
AT&T intends to quit VMware, Broadcom claims in legal broadside Counter-arguments in support spat paint unflattering picture of telco giant's IT estate Virtualization23 Sep 2024 | 31
Europe to force Apple to help rivals connect to iOS, iPadOS Fail to comply may cost up to 10% of annual revenue Software19 Sep 2024 | 32
Google dodges €1.5B EU ads antitrust fine after appeal win Qualcomm, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky Personal Tech18 Sep 2024 | 13
Open source orgs strengthen alliance against patent trolls The more successful FOSS gets, the more it becomes a target Software18 Sep 2024 | 10
Google sued for using trademarked Gemini name for AI service Even the chatbot allegedly admits to infringement claim AI + ML12 Sep 2024 | 14
Samsung faces strikes in India, amid reports of global layoffs Union alleges work conditions are like solitary confinement and violence is common at Tamil Nadu plant Legal12 Sep 2024 | 1
Ex Samsung execs reportedly arrested for alleged IP theft in China chip caper Duo accused of stealing $3.2B of 20nm tech and secrets Legal10 Sep 2024 |
AI agent promotes itself to sysadmin, trashes boot sequence Fun experiment, but yeah, don't pipe an LLM raw into /bin/bash
The fix for BGP's weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works
Two years after entering the graphics card game, Intel has nothing to show for it Comment Chipzilla's AIB market share a rounding error compared to Nvidia, AMD
Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances Updated Unidentified tech issues now resolved
700K+ DrayTek routers are sitting ducks on the internet, open to remote hijacking With 14 serious security flaws found, what a gift for spies and crooks
Microsoft hits go on Windows 11 24H2: Fresh features, bugs, and a whole lotta AI Complete with Copilot Vision – but sessions won't be stored, insists Redmond
Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026
'Patch yesterday': Zimbra mail servers under siege through RCE vuln Attacks began the day after public disclosure
NIST's security flaw database still backlogged with 17K+ unprocessed bugs. Not great Logjam 'hurting infosec processes world over' one expert tells us as US body blows its own Sept deadline
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
Feds urge 3D printing industry to end DIY machine guns DoJ, ATF target MCDs, but what about the printers? Legal09 Sep 2024 | 151
Age discrimination layoff case against X granted class-action status Judge clears path for 149 ex-Twitters over 50 to sue collectively Legal05 Sep 2024 | 24
AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn't want or need, at huge prices Virtualization05 Sep 2024 | 29
Elon Musk’s Starlink won't block Elon Musk’s X in Brazil, as required by court order Appeal panel upholds ban as Musk Xeets up a rage-storm Legal03 Sep 2024 | 156
Musk's X, Media Matters headed to trial The platform 'has provided sufficient allegations to survive dismissal,' judge says Legal30 Aug 2024 | 116
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
Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck Thankfully his injuries are not life threatening Legal30 Aug 2024 | 10
Yelp accuses Google of being a local search bully in antitrust lawsuit Chocolate Factory claims rival is trying to revive cases it's already lost Legal29 Aug 2024 | 8
EU tries to pin down China on definition of 'important data' Rules on cross border data transfers have European businesses scratching their heads Legal29 Aug 2024 | 2
TikTok isn't protected by Section 230 in 10-year-old’s ‘blackout challenge’ death Want a bot to pick engaging content and immunity from liability? Sorry, no Legal28 Aug 2024 | 80
Big Tech: Malaysia won't let us set our own rules and that's not fair and makes us grumpy Asia Internet Coalition asks for rethink of social media licensing law with the old 'You'll scare away investors' line – a week after AWS opened a region Public Sector28 Aug 2024 | 22
Judge acquits web dev accused of spreading fake news that led to UK riots With a warning: Words have power Legal27 Aug 2024 | 38
Shein, Temu escalate epic e-commerce squabble Chinese fast fashion slingers get their Spider-Man meme moment Legal21 Aug 2024 | 45
Alibaba and Tencent clouds see demand for CPUs level off, GPUs accelerate Lenovo also cashes in on AI demand, without being able to turn it into profit Off-Prem20 Aug 2024 |
FTC urges judge to spank Google over Android App market monopoly Pay no attention to web giant's whining about the cost of compliance, watchdog argues Legal13 Aug 2024 | 9
Legal eagles target Intel for class action over cooked Raptor Lake CPUs If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with elevated voltage, you may be entitled to compensation Systems01 Aug 2024 | 10
Amazon, you will do a total recall of bad stuff sold through your site, watchdog barks E-super-souk isn't having any of it Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 | 92
US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data Not even Oracle could stop it, claims DoJ Legal29 Jul 2024 | 29
Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription exit fees to 'heroin', says FTC Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans Applications25 Jul 2024 | 38
ServiceNow president leaves after policy breach related to public sector boss hire But the books look good, because of real AI SaaS25 Jul 2024 | 2
Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth Legal24 Jul 2024 | 19
Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK Aussie definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto, faces £6M legal bill and possible perjury trial Security17 Jul 2024 | 86
Yandex sells off Russian ops, remaining Euro-biz now Putin itself about as Nebius Group Two-year legal saga ends with Netherlands-based entity ready to bring diverse AI interests to the world Legal16 Jul 2024 | 21
FBI gains access to Trump rally shooter's phone Hasn't said how it did it, but has form cracking devices Research16 Jul 2024 | 115
Epic accuses Apple of foul play over iOS access, wants EU to show DMA red card After button brouhaha, CEO rages Cupertino 'must be stopped' Personal Tech06 Jul 2024 | 40
Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends Legal05 Jul 2024 | 57
War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court Talk about painfully invasive processes Bootnotes02 Jul 2024 | 51
EFF wants FTC to treat lying chatbots as 'unfair and deceptive' in eyes of the law And hit AI operators 'with all the fines', says Cory Doctorow Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 13
Nintendo sues alleged Switch pirate pair for serious coin And if court finds for gaming giant? It's-a me! Bankruptcy! Legal02 Jul 2024 | 20
Brace for new complications in big tech takedowns after Supreme Court upended regulatory rules Analysis Matters like antitrust cases against AI players, Adobe's subscription mess, and net neutrality could be decided by judges – not experts Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 64
France poised to bring 'charges against Nvidia' Euro nation's monopoly gendarmes cheesed off with GPU giant's dominance AI + ML01 Jul 2024 | 19
Supreme Court orders rethink on Texas, Florida laws banning web moderation Sites and apps aren't given a say? That doesn't seem very free speech Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 21
Antitrust latest: Europe's Vestager warns Microsoft, OpenAI 'the story is not over' I'll get you next time, Gadget, next time! Personal Tech29 Jun 2024 | 4
Microsoft CEO of AI: Your online content is 'freeware' fodder for training models Unless you've got a lawyer, that is AI + ML28 Jun 2024 | 60
Infosys CEO to pay a whole $30K in penance for non-disclosure that enabled insider trading Staff were told of lucrative partnership before the rest of us Legal28 Jun 2024 | 7
Appeals court reanimates lawsuit accusing Meta of hiring bias against US citizens Software techie claims he was snubbed because he wasn't on an H-1B Software27 Jun 2024 | 18
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
Julian Assange pleads guilty, leaves courtroom a free man Now, about that bill for the private jet that's taking him home to Australia … Security26 Jun 2024 | 201
Intel investor sues over Foundry flop, seeks to reforge corporate governance Lawsuit demands big changes and a little transparency in reporting Systems25 Jun 2024 | 7
Julian Assange to go free in guilty plea deal with US WikiLeaks boss already out of Blighty and, if all goes to plan, ultimately off to home in Australia Security25 Jun 2024 | 144
America's best chance for nationwide privacy law could do more harm than good Analysis 'Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal' Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 32
Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation Applications24 Jun 2024 | 91
Europe accuses Apple of preventing devs from telling users about world outside Plus: Commission launches new probe into iPhone maker's efforts to work with new laws SaaS24 Jun 2024 | 13
Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew 'Substantial proportion' of America to get a little note from next month Cyber-crime21 Jun 2024 | 9
Uncle Sam sanctions Kaspersky's top bosses – but not Mr K himself Here's America's list of the supposedly dirty dozen CSO21 Jun 2024 | 17
Google’s attempt to kill off child privacy app advertising lawsuit defeated Won't somebody pleeease think of the ... oh, right, they are Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 5
Biden bans Kaspersky: No more sales, updates in US Blockade begins July 20 on national security grounds as antivirus slinger vows to fight back CSO20 Jun 2024 | 111
IBM, Kyndryl again once sued for age discrimination – this time by its own VPs More big blues at Big Blue ... And of course El Reg is cited in lawsuit CxO20 Jun 2024 | 5
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
Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M in all-cash deal to settle licensing suit Judge asked to green-light payout to shareholders over SEP license and bundling claims Personal Tech19 Jun 2024 | 4
Hong Kong authorities halt alleged smuggler shifting 596 'high-end' CPUs to China Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions Systems19 Jun 2024 | 15
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security Security18 Jun 2024 | 75
Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC Hey Andy, how do you like them Big Apples? Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 13
What's up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It's all about 'privacy-centric advertising' Analysis Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes? Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 49
US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks Something like ... Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads? Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 31
Crypto-failure Terraform Labs to cough up $4.5B, liquidate self South Korean outfit that triggered the world's 'Crypto Winter' will melt away after SEC order Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 17
Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards' AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41
Clearview AI reaches 'creative' settlement with privacy suit plaintiffs: A conditional IOU Biz too broke, class too big to settle now; agrees to pay in limited circumstances like an IPO, liquidation Personal Tech14 Jun 2024 | 14
Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share Public Sector14 Jun 2024 | 8
Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments DMA-like law passes in pursuit of a more innovative and open smartphone market Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 10
Elon Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit without explaining why Court docs suggest this matter could have run for years Legal12 Jun 2024 | 22
Samsung union stages its first ever strike – very politely Members stop work – on a day many take off, anyway – in pursuit of better conditions Legal07 Jun 2024 | 9
China's new sanctions loophole: Use export-controlled chips inside the US Oracle, Nvidia accused of working with ByteDance, others to provide access to advanced parts within America Systems06 Jun 2024 | 5
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
FTX's $24B tax bill written down to just $200M No, this isn't the weird logic of cryptocurrency infecting the IRS. It's a 'Fight us and everyone loses even more' kinda deal Personal Tech06 Jun 2024 | 22
UK tribunal greenlights $17.4B advertising monopoly case against Google Chocolate Factory entangled in yet another anti-competitive claim Networks05 Jun 2024 | 7
Contrary to its fine print, Google says it won't confiscate repair returns that have unapproved parts 'We are updating our terms to clarify this' Pixel giant tells The Reg Personal Tech04 Jun 2024 | 27
Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds Special report Just as we saw with housing, Facebook giant's advertising system seems to treat Whites and POC differently AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 44
Court accepts Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim's insider trading settlement Billionaire Arista chief architect to pay inconsequential sum via SEC Networks03 Jun 2024 | 7
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
California's Governor Newsom is worried AI will be smothered in regulation OTOH, 'If we chase a shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position' AI + ML30 May 2024 | 17
IBM spin-off Kyndryl accused of discriminating on basis of age, race, disability Exclusive Five current and former employees file formal charges with US employment watchdog CSO30 May 2024 | 18
Alleged $100M dark-web drug kingpin, 23, arrested DoJ claims he used platform's last days to extort its users Legal21 May 2024 | 31
As one Apple Store votes against forming union, another may go on strike Staff in Maryland want better pay and steady schedules; New Jersey doesn't want to rock the boat Personal Tech13 May 2024 | 14
IBM sued again for alleged discrimination – this time against White males Top Trump lieutenant Stephen Miller hopes to skewer Big Blue's Linux slinger on behalf of ex-director Legal09 May 2024 | 109
What do we make of Apple's plan B for a down quarter – that $110B buyback of shares? Kettle Plus: What our vultures thought of the US v Google trial that's wrapping up Personal Tech04 May 2024 | 32
Amazon boss receives tap on wrist for statements breaking labor laws Jass sass gets a pass Legal02 May 2024 | 13
Billions on the line for Google as web search monopoly trial nears end Chocolate Factory relies on dominance for bulk of its revenues, says US Applications02 May 2024 | 10
State-by-state is the best approach for right to repair, says advocacy leader Interview Gay Gordon-Byrne of the Repair Association says US at least is nearing a tipping point Personal Tech27 Apr 2024 | 41