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Company conspired with government to make life hard for activist foreign investors
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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'
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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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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
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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
Substitution's 'not a silver bullet' advisor says
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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
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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
07 Jun 16:01 |
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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
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Google's diversity strat lead who said Jews have 'insatiable appetite for war' is no longer diversity strat lead
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28 May 14:29 | 30
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