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Prime suspect: Amazon India apologises for offensive scenes in political thriller
Charges filed against head of content as cast and crew apply for 'anticipatory bail'
04 Mar 19:17 | 13
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US consumer protection bureau goes after tech support scammers' alleged payments processor
Hit the organ-grinder, not just the monkey
04 Mar 17:34 | 10
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Facebook decommissions 185 accounts run by Thai military
It’s not that they lied (which looks likely), it's that they all lied together, says spokesperson
04 Mar 05:55 | 5
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Intel told by jury to pay $2.18bn to VLSI for ripping off two semiconductor patents
Chipzilla vows to appeal verdict
03 Mar 01:55 | 12
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President Biden weighs in on Amazon unionization efforts, warns giant to steer clear of threats, coercion
Stops well short of ordering govt action as fresh discrimination lawsuit filed
01 Mar 22:55 | 17
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UK government may force online retailers to pick up e-waste from consumers
Future punters won't need to comb landfill for their bitcoin, we suppose
01 Mar 12:30 | 51
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Biden nixes Trump immigrant visa ban as clock runs down on H-1B suspension
Keeping family members out of the country deemed harmful
27 Feb 01:42 | 11
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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
26 Feb 13:39 | 48
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Zuck chucks Myanmar military out of Facebook and Instagram
Is The Social Network™ finally declaring a stance in democracy and politics
26 Feb 05:57 | 32
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Qualcomm under fire for 'anticompetitive' patent shenanigans causing pricey UK smartphones
Which? rides to the rescue of consumers and... er... Apple and Samsung?
25 Feb 10:06 | 51
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UKFast founder and ex-CEO Lawrence Jones denies rape and sexual assault charges
Trial date set for February 2022
24 Feb 12:57 |
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UK taxman is supposed to know how IR35 reforms work but still lost appeal against TV presenter Kaye Adams
Observers say having multiple clients works in favour of techie contractors
22 Feb 13:46 | 38
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Facebook and Apple are toying with us, and it's scarcely believable
What to do when companies think they own their customers
22 Feb 11:26 | 116
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China's semiconductor self-sufficiency drive slid backwards in 2020
5.9 percent of silicon made at home now, goal is 70 percent in 2025 and the USA's sanctions seem to be biting
22 Feb 04:58 |
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Australian government fights Facebook news ban by threatening 0.01% of Zuck's ad revenue
Talks continue but pay-for-news law won’t be amended
22 Feb 03:53 | 49
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Ex-American football player attempts to breathe life into failed lawsuit claiming Gears of War used his likeness
First Amendment under the microscope
19 Feb 21:09 | 13
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Toxic: Intel ordered to pay chip fab worker almost $1m after he was gassed at its facility in 2016
Spouse to receive $250k over 'loss of consortium' following Arizona incident
18 Feb 15:46 | 43
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Now this is Epic: Fortnite maker takes Apple fight to the European Commission and... er... Bismarck, North Dakota
Doesn't matter which court, Cupertino vociferously defends App Store terms
17 Feb 18:05 | 36
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UK tax collector won't probe businesses for compliance with IR35 rules unless there's reason to suspect naughtiness
No penalties for contractor oopsies in first year, but you'll still have to pay what HMRC thinks you owe
17 Feb 10:21 | 25
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Does a national Digital Intelligence Unit sound a bit sinister? India's new one will co-ordinate action on SMS scams
Maybe it can use the spatial data that India also liberalised yesterday to deliver promise of unplugging rogue operators
16 Feb 01:04 | 4
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Applications
Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling – and may even offer a paid-for, no-ad version
Pitches pro-privacy platform with customizable results filter dubbed Goggles
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Qualys hit with ransomware: Customer invoices leaked on extortionists' Tor blog
Ace infosec biz aware and investigating, we're told
Register debate
Hacking is not a crime – and the media should stop using 'hacker' as a pejorative
Hackers are friends not foes, says Alyssa Miller in this opening argument for our latest debate
Logowatch
What happens when cancel culture meets Adolf Hitler pareidolia? Amazon decides it needs a new app icon
Dodgy doppelganger not the first, won’t be the last
Networks
It only took four years and thousands of complaints but ICANN finally kills off rogue Indian domain registrar
DNS oversight body accused again and again of chronic foot-dragging
Personal Tech
Google says once third-party cookies are toast, Chrome won't help ad networks track individuals around the web
Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that...
Storage
The wrong guy: Backup outfit Spanning deleted my personal data, claims Cohesity field CTO
One warning email.... then three years of backup gone in a flash, says storage exec
Bootnotes
Telecoms shack in the middle of Scotland put up for auction at £7,500
No broadband or bedroom though, so you'll have to sign up for sats or build your own
Servers
The classic hits keep coming from IBM: z/OS set for big update in September
Mainframe operating system to get more AI, hybrid cloud cred, expanded coprocessor support
Ignite
Microsoft promises end-to-end encrypted Teams calls for some, invites you to go passwordless with Azure AD
When there are passphrases, there is inherent risk, says Redmond
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Can we exhale yet? EU set to rule UK 'adequate' for data sharing in post-Brexit GDPR move
Decision would mean less complicated situation for Blighty's digital economy
15 Feb 14:29 | 32
Column
Hey, maybe we should all be cat-faced eco-warriors on our daily video chats
IT can be measured to a high degree of accuracy – and what the world needs now is accurate data
15 Feb 09:30 | 58
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Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai get back on the phone with Australia for more pay-for-news talks
Compulsory arbitration code clears committee without amendments, but cracks show as one major local signs big Google deal
15 Feb 04:28 | 9
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Facebook and Google’s Australian pay-for-news nightmare finds a European admirer
MEP driving EU’s Digital Services Act backs down under cash dangle plan
10 Feb 06:08 | 32
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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
09 Feb 18:30 | 19
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India lifts 550-day Kashmir internet ban, tries to impose new Twitter ban
Twitter flaps about between the law and the right to free speech
09 Feb 05:57 | 3
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You'd have told them they should have used Apple/Google app model, right? NHSX seeks willing humans to fill health tech and data roles
£93k should help interested parties stomach challenge amid tumultuous change
08 Feb 13:03 | 16
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Missing GOV.UK web link potentially cost taxpayers £50m as civil servants are forced to shuffle paper forms
medConfidential spots tiny yet staggering online blunder
01 Feb 09:30 | 69
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Satya Nadella spoke with Australian PM about opportunities created by pay-for-news-plan. Zuck called the Treasurer for a chat, too
And the day after news of those talks emerged, Google said it never threatened to pull search from Australia
31 Jan 23:42 | 34
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A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
How do you license open-source hardware? Existing software licences will not do, says CERN
29 Jan 11:18 | 8
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Biden administration pauses ban on Chinese tech companies suspected of military entanglements
Top telcos still designated as stooges, but they've perked up a bit
29 Jan 02:57 | 28
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Four cold calling marketing firms fined almost £500k by ICO
That's 20 pence a pop for the 2.4 million calls made, many to Telephone Preference Service users
27 Jan 14:32 | 49
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Europe considers making it law that your boss can’t bug you outside of office hours
I’d love to sort out that issue for you, Steve, but it’s Saturday and I'd rather not commit a crime
27 Jan 07:32 | 149
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Back to the office with you: 'Perhaps 5 days is too much family time' – Workday CEO
Zoom is great for status update meetings, says big cheese, but as for inspiring a workforce...
18 Jan 11:30 | 158
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Xiaomi hit by US sanctions: Can't list on stock exchanges and investors can't invest
Parting shot by Trump – but 'bi-partisan' push against China will continue, says analyst
15 Jan 21:02 | 26
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Gloucestershire IT pro faces court over £30k Amazon voucher theft allegations
Accused pinched them from employer, sold them on eBay, prosecutors claim
14 Jan 10:16 | 10
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Boss behind 'reset' of delayed, overbudget Emergency Services Network shifts to new 'digital' Cabinet Office role
Three years at ESN would have been three years too many for most
13 Jan 16:59 | 21
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Social network Parler dumped by AWS, says it prepared for this by only using bare metal
Says it'll rebuild in a week, but evidence of DR plan is scant
11 Jan 04:00 |
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US backs down from slapping import taxes on French goods over Macron's web giant tax
Officials instead probe similar levies mulled by UK, India, Europe
08 Jan 10:32 | 18
