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Dev loses copyright appeal over forensic software after judges rule suite was owned by his employer

Did it during work time and got paid for it, affirms Court of Appeal

03 Dec 13:15 | 28

Alibaba exec accused of mishandling sexual assault case wants alleged victim to apologise

Manager was fired, now wants his reputation restored with post on a prominent website

03 Dec 03:32 | 13

Ubiquiti dev charged with knocking $4bn off firm's value after insider threat spree

Prosecutors claim Nickolas Sharp even posed as a whistleblower to press

02 Dec 21:05 | 8

UK data watchdog fines government office for disclosing New Year's gong list

New IT systems set up incorrectly, published CSV files which included names, addresses

02 Dec 15:02 | 21

Microsoft shareholders vote for a report into harassment within the company

Median pay gap reporting found less favour

01 Dec 13:08 | 4

UK competition regulator to Meta's Facebook: Sell Giphy, we will not approve the purchase

CMA finds that deal would be bad for consumers and tighten Zuck's grip on almost half of £7bn digital ad spend

30 Nov 13:15 | 27

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

Could be a Christmas surprise in store from Priti Patel

29 Nov 18:57 | 11

India backs away from digital services tax after US pressure

Will keep taxing, but consider payments as credits for future global tax regime

26 Nov 04:01 | 13

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

25 Nov 11:28 | 8

Beijing issues fines for 43 Big Tech M&A deals all the way back to 2012

Alibaba and Tencent racked up more than ten cases – each

22 Nov 06:58 | 4

Regulators on three continents probing Nvidia's $40bn purchase of Arm, CFO confirms

US Federal Trade Commission latest to 'express concerns'

18 Nov 13:15 | 8

A 'national security' issue: UK.gov blocks Nvidia's Arm deal for now, inserts deeper probe

Digi Secretary Nadine Dorries: CMA to 'report to me' on the next steps

16 Nov 14:30 | 64

SAP patent not inventive enough to get legal protection, judge rules

Teradata also sees wings clipped in ongoing battle with German ERP giant

16 Nov 10:15 | 17

Ofcom slams slammers: Telcos fined for switching punters' phone lines without their knowledge or consent

Guaranteed Telecom, Met Technologies nurse £35k penalty, and to them that's meaningful

15 Nov 10:46 | 15

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

Eye-catching claim in an eye-catching case

12 Nov 13:01 | 22

Google loses appeal against $2.7bn EU antitrust fine for distorting competition in price comparison websites

Was going to buy a spider from a pet shop, then realised I could pick one up on the web. Here all week

10 Nov 14:45 | 37

Google swats away £3bn Safari Workaround ad-tracking cookie lawsuit in Supreme Court victory

Campaigners' case had 'no real prospect of success'

10 Nov 10:52 | 29

Belgium watchdog reckons online advertisers should be data controllers under GDPR

Real-time bidding advertising tested by European authorities

08 Nov 15:32 | 14

Slapped wrists at Broadcom as FTC approves order against 'anticompetitive' conduct

No more loyalty deals or spanking customers for going elsewhere

05 Nov 18:30 | 3

22-year-old Brit accused of Twitter SIM-swap heists charged with $784k cryptocurrency theft

He's in Spain, faces extradition to the US to stand trial

04 Nov 13:30 | 26

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NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems

As with packaging systems, lightweight efficient approaches look set to lose out

Why your external monitor looks awful on Arm-based Macs, the open source fix – and the guy who wrote it

Q&A with the developer of BetterDummy: from macOS secrets to his motivations

How do you call support when the telephones go TITSUP*?

Fix the printer, fix the phones

Two Chinese companies leave US: China Telecom told it can't stay, DiDi gets out of Dodge

Just being practical here, but maybe they can share a cab?

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

A smarter alternative to password recognition could be right in front of us: Unique, invisible, maybe even deadly

Take your breath awayyyyyyyy

Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments

Alleged scheme said to have netted $20m since 2017

US trade watchdog opposes Nvidia's Arm buy, mostly over fears about datacentre innovation

FTC sues to block deal because it would be bad for competition

Netgear router flaws exploitable with authentication ... like the default creds on Netgear's website

Don't just install the patch, change your router passwords too

Qualcomm doesn't fear custom chips – in a weird way its modems matter more

Carriers covet fast, reliable modems, and when they're baked into SoCs it's hard to ignore 'em

AWS previews SDKs for Rust, Kotlin, Swift, and Amplify Studio for rapid web apps

Plus: Why company foresees growth of Rust, already widely used internally

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Assange psychiatrist misled judge over parentage of his kids, US tells High Court

Didn't make clear he was their dad... Why? In case CIA harmed them, suggests his barrister

28 Oct 14:37 | 159

Teen bought Google ad for his scam website and made 48 Bitcoins duping UK online shoppers

'If he was an adult he would be going inside' – judge

27 Oct 13:27 | 69

Google deliberately throttled ad load times to promote AMP, claims new court document

'Nice comparative boost' for AMP claimed to be achieved by actively slowing other formats

26 Oct 08:30 | 45

Amazon warehouse workers in New York to labor watchdog: We want our union vote

Unions face test on Staten Island after defeat in Bessemer, Alabama

25 Oct 23:18 | 15

Electronic Frontier Foundation ousts co-founder John Gilmore from its board

He's free of governance duties now, but still an emeritus member

25 Oct 05:58 | 21

Microsoft investor urges shareholders to vote for a deep dive into pay gap and harassment policies

More transparency and reporting needed, says Arunja Capital

22 Oct 15:30 | 1

Informatica UKI veep was rightfully sacked over Highways England $5k golf jolly, says tribunal

Underling took customer on bucket list trip - and VP signed it off without checking

21 Oct 10:56 | 30

Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'

Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says

20 Oct 16:05 | 40

Facebook fined £50m in UK for 'conscious' refusal to report info and 'deliberate failure to comply' during Giphy acquisition probe

That rebrand can't come soon enough

20 Oct 13:49 | 41

Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS

He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses

15 Oct 16:29 | 149

FTC carpet bombs industry with letters warning that fake reviews will be punished

The Register is an amazing website, simply one of the very best out there. Extremely cool people. 10/10

14 Oct 14:30 | 43

Amazon India accused of copying merchant products and juicing search results to sell its own knockoffs

Report claims documents show employees abusing access

13 Oct 22:01 | 14

Judge in UK rules Amazon Ring doorbell audio recordings breach data protection laws

Relax, this isn't a binding precedent - but it puts down a marker

13 Oct 20:03 | 37

EU Commission may extend antitrust probe into Nvidia's $54bn merger with Arm

Investigation to continue into early 2022

13 Oct 07:30 | 31

Booting up: Footballers kick off GDPR case for 'misuse' of their performance data

Legal action aims to give players a say in how data about them is traded

12 Oct 15:18 | 30

Australian PM and Deputy threaten Facebook and Twitter with defamation liability for users' posts

Big Tech's Australian lobby responds with more governance for its disinformation suppression code

12 Oct 04:01 | 53

Nearly 140 nations – from US and UK to EU, China and India – back 15% minimum corporate tax rate

Let's see how the world's largest companies wriggle out of this one

08 Oct 21:29 | 84

Ireland signs up for plan to make Big Tech pay 15 per cent tax everywhere

OECD close to finalising implementation plan hoped to secure a share of revenue from digital multinationals

08 Oct 06:58 | 26

Outgoing UK Information Commissioner issues warning about the independence of her office

Blasts proposals for Secretary of State to approve ICO guidance

07 Oct 16:33 | 9

Google won't fight South Korea's new app store payment laws requiring third-party payments

But will 'examine options that allow us to maintain the service fees that keep Android free'

06 Oct 03:27 | 11

Infosys and Wipro employees charged with insider trading

Undisclosed information allegedly shared earns one $350k, but he doesn't get to keep it

05 Oct 11:13 | 15

Former SAP leader's lawsuit claims she was canned for pushing corporate diversity

Company says 34.7% women in their workforce is pretty dang good

04 Oct 13:45 | 41

Campaigners call on minister to secure funding to protect UK workers' rights

Including shielding techies against bad behaviour from dodgy umbrella firms

01 Oct 11:15 | 12

Beijing explains what China's new data protection law really means – a month after it took effect

Orders annual data reviews to ensure compliance with rules on how to handle data that's terrifying to lose, or merely scary

01 Oct 05:59 | 5

Brit law firm files suit against Google and Deepmind over use of hospital patients' data

Royal Free Hospital saga continues as representative action brought

30 Sep 16:02 | 15

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

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

30 Sep 13:59 | 24

Oracle loses appeal against $3bn payment to HPE over withdrawal of Itanium support

Could one of the longest and dirtiest cases in tech history finally be over?

30 Sep 12:27 | 22

BT sued by representatives of the dead over unbundled landline market abuse claims

2.4m living and non-living Britons could score a payout, reckons lawsuit starter

29 Sep 15:30 | 5

Infosec outfit Group-IB's website was defaced in weeks before CEO's arrest over high treason claims

Co-founder takes over after Ilya Sachkov reportedly nabbed

29 Sep 13:33 | 8

Azure Purview is a preview no more: Microsoft is ready to sniff your sensitive data

Governance and compliance are the watchwords here

28 Sep 17:45 | 4

Texas cops sue Tesla claiming 'systematic fraud' in Autopilot after Model X ploughed into two parked police cars

Five officers seek $20m in damages from car maker and local restaurant

28 Sep 15:01 | 129

Indian state cuts off internet for millions to stop cheating in exams

1.6 million people sat teaching eligibility test, chasing 40,000 jobs

27 Sep 05:57 | 35

California Governor signs bill protecting warehouse workers from unsafe quotas

AB 701 takes aim at Amazon and other warehouse operators that prioritize productivity over health

23 Sep 23:52 | 14

Facebook overpaid FTC fine by up to $4.9bn to protect Zuckerberg, lawsuits allege

A whole lot of ███ in documents which finger Peter Thiel and execs

23 Sep 18:15 | 21

Two Northern Irish cops face Computer Misuse Act charges over Twitter trolling campaign

Prosecutors considering evidence for a number of offences

23 Sep 15:16 | 6

Senior IBMer hit with £290k demand from Big Blue in separate case as unfair dismissal claim rolls on

High Court and Employment Tribunal cases to be heard soon

23 Sep 11:26 | 28

Philippines approves digital services tax on streaming services, apps, even SaaS

Digital imports aren't currently taxed at all, and COVID means the government is keen to find new revenue sources

22 Sep 03:58 | 5

SEC takes legal action after crowdfunded marijuana investment scheme appears to go up in smoke

Platform and individuals charged in first case of its kind

21 Sep 18:32 | 19

Eco-friendly warning from UK tech trade group: Some of you have dirty green credentials

IT sector at risk of public humiliation if CMA finds they're not up to code

20 Sep 19:01 | 3

App Annie fined $10m by the SEC for deceptive practices around how it presented data

Analytics firm will neither admit nor deny the findings

15 Sep 14:15 | 6

Wikipedia bans seven Chinese users amid concerns of 'infiltration, physical harm'

Removes sysop privileges for another dozen, warns more about doxing, frets about preserving freedom to edit in the face of hostile regimes

15 Sep 03:58 | 26

Australia gave police power to compel sysadmins into assisting account takeovers – so they plan to use it

Soon, authorities intend to flush out CSAM and the creeps who share it. After that … privacy types are worried

14 Sep 04:57 | 44

IBM's former Chinese Power Systems partner sues for theft of customer data

Alleges IBM China staff had access to confidential info and took it with them to new Inspur operation

13 Sep 06:01 | 4

Search 'middle finger' on Giphy: Basically Facebook's response to UK competition concerns over merger

'Fundamental errors' in CMA's findings, claims The Social Network

09 Sep 13:43 | 17

Amazon says Elon Musk's wicked, wicked ways mean SpaceX's Starlink 2.0 should not be allowed to fly

Yes, that Amazon. The one that's been fined for breaches of privacy and labor laws and accused of price-fixing, making life hell for unions …

09 Sep 07:58 | 66

Australia rules Facebook page operators are legally liable for user comments under posts

Good news for chap abused by online mob. Not so much for page admins

08 Sep 20:28 | 64

UK splashes out £30m on improving antiquated patent system, Deloitte and NTT Data are the lucky winners

Plans to cut patent renewal time from five days to five minutes

08 Sep 06:20 | 1

Talent shortage? Maybe it's your automated hiring system, lack of investment in training

Harvard-Accenture study suggests opening up to 'hidden workers'

08 Sep 00:20 | 66

UK gov blocks the acquisition of Welsh graphene fiddler Perpetuus Group over national security concerns

Concerns like 'who is Taurus International,' and 'what is Dr. Zhongfu Zhou's relationship with it'

07 Sep 14:33 | 16

Kim Kardashian and Big Tech slapped for spruiking craptocurrency – and holding back useful crypto

Chair of UK Financial Conduct Authority says more regulation will help innovation to flourish

07 Sep 06:58 | 18

Chinese e-commerce tycoon Richard Liu to step away from the spotlight

Rural revitalisation and long-term strategy await founder of mega e-tailer JD.com

07 Sep 03:58 | 8

Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog

Harassment, bans on discussing pay, responsibilities slashed, and more alleged

03 Sep 19:14 | 24

Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine

Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap

02 Sep 14:27 | 32

Former Cisco exec jailed for fraud, dodging taxes

Lean in for a tale of shell companies, fake CEOs, bribes, prison time and $3.6m in fines

31 Aug 07:43 | 14

Chinese developers protested insanely long work hours. Now the nation's courts agree

'996' culture and its assumption of six twelve hour days - without overtime - labelled abusive and illegal

30 Aug 11:15 | 55

Yahoo! India! shuts! down! news! operation!

Says regulatory changes requiring local ownership made it impossible to continue, but fancies a comeback

30 Aug 01:28 | 3

Online disinformation is an industry that needs regulation, says boffin

Malaysian fake news laws didn't work well, so Big Tech should have to do better at spotting and stopping bad actors

27 Aug 06:01 | 35

Brit says sorry after waving around nonce patent and leaning on sites to cough up

Using that CSP 2.0 feature? You may have received a worrying missive

26 Aug 11:23 | 47

Facebook used facial recognition without consent 200,000 times, says South Korea's data watchdog

Hands Zuck its second-largest fine ever, also makes Netflix pay up and warns Google to be more obvious about privacy

26 Aug 04:57 | 22

Another UK government limb that can't get IR35 right: Court service pays taxman £12.5m

HMRC's 'fundamentally flawed' Check Employment Status Tool strikes again

23 Aug 15:29 | 35

China puts continuous consent at the center of data protection law

Regs coming into effect from November 1 even give your family rights to your data after you log off this mortal coil

23 Aug 07:03 | 14

New on Netflix: A corporate drama in which staff are sued for abusing early access to financial data

Plus: Pearson settles case for $1m alleging it misled investors over data spillage

19 Aug 07:30 | 15

Chinese web giant Tencent predicts Beijing has more internet regulations coming – and welcomes them

China is ahead of US and Europe on regulation, says company prez

19 Aug 04:58 | 13

GSMA and Euro-telcos argue for exemptions from big tech tax crackdown laws

Claim members already pay plenty, and might build fewer networks if asked to pay more

18 Aug 05:29 | 17

Blackbaud – firm that paid off crooks after 2020 ransomware attack – fails to get California privacy law claim dropped

Suit could net $750 a pop under GDPR-ish rule for complainants who allege info 'unencrypted'

17 Aug 11:34 | 4

World Intellectual Property Office settles dispute with CIO it previously ousted for 'criminal misconduct'

Complaints of 'retaliation and irregular termination' over whistleblowing backed by committee, admits governing body

16 Aug 10:35 | 12

India makes a play to source rare earths – systematic scrapping of its old cars

Doesn't hurt that taking clunkers off the road will address India's other health emergency: foul air in Delhi

16 Aug 00:59 | 33

Alibaba to offer self-defense training in response to sexual assault allegation

Pledges to 'strengthen organizational guardrails' with raft of new policy and training initiatives

13 Aug 03:15 | 10

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong awarded Get Out Of Jail Free card

South Korea needs Samsung monopolising effectively as it pursues industry development plans

10 Aug 01:58 | 12

Alibaba fires manager accused of sexually assaulting colleague

Chinese netizens and State media unleash as it emerges web giant lacks formal sexual harassment policy

09 Aug 08:11 | 31

Huawei reports severe revenue drop as US sanctions bite consumer business

Chinese chipmaker SMIC also reports trouble getting the American kit it needs to expand

09 Aug 02:31 | 15

Sueball over breach of more than 5 million payment cards at Dixons Carphone hit for six

Last claim standing relegated to the County Court after judge's ruling

04 Aug 10:30 | 13

China tightens distributor cap after local outfits hoard automotive silicon then charge silly prices

State Administration of Market Supervision warns it's going after collusion to cash in on shortages

04 Aug 06:58 | 17

US SEC chair calls for crypto regulation

Says digi-bucks are 'rife with fraud, scams, and abuse' that have created a 'Wild West' of speculation and naughtiness

04 Aug 06:01 | 36

Chinese state media describes gaming as 'spiritual opium' that stunts education and destroys families

Tencent shares dive and company restricts hours of play

04 Aug 03:58 | 81

Contractors argue umbrella companies need improved regulation, not outright ban

Trades Union Congress proposals miss the point, say campaigners

30 Jul 13:01 | 12

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

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

29 Jul 10:01 | 55

Ecuador shreds Julian Assange's citizenship

Quito Court finds numerous irregularities in naturalization process

28 Jul 06:29 | 56

I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key

Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution

27 Jul 09:15 | 195

Private cryptocurrencies make lousy national currencies: International Monetary Fund

But the idea of blockchain-powered money is worth government consideration

27 Jul 02:44 | 15

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