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USA bars imports of Chinese polysilicon due to human rights violations
Made-in-Xinjiang feedstock for solar panels and semiconductors is under scrutiny
25 Jun 05:49 | 3
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These six proposed bipartisan antitrust laws put Big Tech in the cross-hairs – and a House committee just OK'd them
Well, it's a start
24 Jun 23:35 | 6
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India tweaks telecoms laws to make itself an even more attractive offshoring destination
Allows cloud PABXs, VPNs, and data sharing, so that locals can participate in multinational workflows
24 Jun 06:58 | 10
Legal
In South Korea the new normal future of work is ... a 52-hour work week! (Down from 68)
New rules kick in for small businesses on July 1 and, despite three years’ warning, the government still sees a need for extra support
24 Jun 04:32 | 18
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Euro court rules YouTube not automatically liable for users illegally uploading copyright-protected material
It has to take action on takedowns though, prelim ruling on long-running Sarah Brightman spat finds
23 Jun 22:01 | 13
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Google set to face fresh sueball over its Play Store revenue commission after probe by several US states – report
Suit may be filed as soon as next week
23 Jun 19:30 | 3
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Campaigners warn of an 'algorithm-driven censorship' future if UK Online Safety Bill gets through Parliament
MPs and activists join forces to fight 'dangerous' legal threat
23 Jun 15:00 | 42
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£1bn lawsuit by Google Shopping rival staggers back to feet in London High Court
Judge rules in Chocolate Factory's favour during prelims of 2015-era case
23 Jun 08:30 | 5
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'Google is present at almost all levels of the supply chain' for online ads: It's time for a competition probe, says EU
French regulator can probably help having already fined megacorp €220m
22 Jun 19:20 | 16
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UK set for 'adequacy' status on data sharing with EU, but it all depends on how much post-Brexit law diverges
TIGRR threatens to bounce through unacceptable changes to the rules
22 Jun 11:30 | 26
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India seeks ban on e-commerce sites discounting own-brand goods
Crackdown on global giants comes as UN criticises content takedown rules
22 Jun 03:57 | 6
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EU court rules in Telenet copyright case: ISPs can be forced to hand over some customer data use details
Belgian firm must produce the IP addresses of BitTorrent users
21 Jun 17:04 | 24
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Final guidance on Schrems II ruling: Data from EU could be held up if a third country lets authorities access it
We're looking at you, Uncle Sam
21 Jun 13:52 | 14
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Foxconn builds stuff for everyone. Now it finds vaccines for Taiwan, and TSMC's chipped in, too
President blames China for blocking government purchases as tech titans say they'll find five million doses
21 Jun 07:59 | 20
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India tells Twitter to obey its laws — or make wielding them easier
Minister lashes avian network and suggests its legal protections may have been removed
21 Jun 04:28 | 19
Legal
Toshiba engulfed by scandal again — and the prime minister is implicated
Company conspired with government to make life hard for activist foreign investors
21 Jun 01:10 | 17
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South Korea bans 1700 tech products for using forged test reports
Huawei, Cisco, and Samsung caught out as US-based testing labs allegedly sent work to China
18 Jun 03:44 | 12
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Gov.UK taskforce publishes post-Brexit wish-list: 'TIGRR' pounces on GDPR, metric measures
Let's 'free up data for innovation and in the public interest,' says paper
17 Jun 15:30 | 121
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SpaceX spat with Viasat: Rival accused of abusing legislation to halt Elon's Starlink expansion
Viasat's 'newfound environmentalism is belied by its actions at every turn'
16 Jun 17:15 | 22
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China's latest online crackdown targets mean girl online fan clubs that turn toxic
China’s fan economy is the new business model for artists and brands - and it sometimes gets ugly
16 Jun 05:55 | 23
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John McAfee dead: Antivirus tycoon killed himself in prison after court OK'd extradition, says lawyer
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Apple scrambles to quash iOS app sideloading demands with 'think of the children' defense
And if that doesn't work, terrorism or satanic panic next?
Science
Hubble Space Telescope may now depend on a computer that hasn't booted since 2009
Perhaps instrument-halting failure is due to compute and interconnect hardware, not memory, after all
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Russia spoofed AIS data to fake British warship's course days before Crimea guns showdown
Great powers clash while the rest of us sigh and tut at data feed meddling
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Canadian province's supreme court orders Dell to pay nearly $500,000 to sales rep fired in his twilight years
BC judge lengthens notice period
15 Jun 20:33 | 20
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They think it's all over. It's not now: US judge rejects HPE motion to have Oracle's Solaris sueball dismissed
Here we go again
15 Jun 19:47 | 8
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Tech contractor loses IR35 tribunal appeal: 'Right' to substitute didn't mean he could, say judges
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Law prof: New Chinese data regulations make it 'very hard for foreign firms to comply'
Fines for sending 'core' and 'important' info overseas, although what qualifies remains undefined
14 Jun 18:15 | 12
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Amazon exec's husband jailed for two years for insider trading. Yes, with Amazon stock
Couple now definitely past their Prime
11 Jun 21:57 | 37
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BT sues supplier for £72m over exchange gear that allegedly caused wave of ADSL outages
Tii Technologies claims hamfisted BT bods caused problems, not their kit
11 Jun 13:45 | 27
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Mounties messed up by using Clearview AI, says Canadian Privacy Commissioner
RCMP said it only used technology to rescue children, but regulator says that's wrong and Privacy Act was breached
11 Jun 06:58 | 6
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UK.gov's new single enforcement body does not cover rogue umbrella companies, contractor campaigners complain
Why does it always... That's why. That's why it's raining on you
10 Jun 08:30 | 15
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NTT slashes top execs’ pay as punishment for paying more than their share of $500-a-head meals with government officials
None were illegal, but they did put civil servants in awkward ethical territory and execs knew it
10 Jun 04:58 | 23
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EE and Three mobe mast surveyors might 'upload some virus' to London Tube control centre, TfL told judge
Unimpressed beak orders Transport for London to let them onto Southwark roof
09 Jun 10:01 | 76
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Google ad biz shenanigans smacked down by French competition regulators
Chocolate Factory competition-squashing tactics receive a firm 'Non' from Paris
08 Jun 12:15 | 9
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Chinese app binned by Beijing after asking what day it is on anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Hybrid Instagram/Amazon app Xiaohongshu may just have been making mirthful TGIF post
08 Jun 05:10 | 24
Legal
Apple settles with student after authorized repair workers leaked her naked pics to her Facebook page
Which pours cold water over Cupertino's insistence that third-party fixes violate privacy
07 Jun 16:45 | 115
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South Korean regulator to probe in-app payments, creates new 'team' to look into digital ads
The usual suspects are accused of anti-competitive behaviour, naughtiness with data
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Oracle hits UK reseller with lawsuit for allegedly reselling grey market Sun hardware
Big Red wanted TXO Systems dragged to court for years, say legal papers
07 Jun 09:15 | 40
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Indian government to Twitter: Stop offshoring and outsourcing – or risk losing legal protections
Social network lashed for ‘inglorious’, ‘dogged refusal’ to comply
07 Jun 06:45 | 22
