Hong Kong's state-sponsored SEO on national anthem strikes the right note
Can't get Google to finish the job, though
Legal20 Mar 2023 | 11
Legal
Now collapsed SVB's parent files for bankruptcy as Biden calls for stiffer penalties
Thought you guys were into fail fast, fail often?
Legal17 Mar 2023 | 34
DXC Technology fined $8m by SEC for misleading investors
Penalty paid for misclassifying tens of millions of dollars of costs, and for 'inadequate' controls missing the error
Legal15 Mar 2023 | 1
Tough luck, Brits: Binance suspends UK deposits and withdrawals
Perfect timing – we could use another bank run
Legal15 Mar 2023 | 51
Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm bought by HSBC for 1 British pound in rescue deal
$2.9 trillion-asset globo corp's local subsidiary buys Silicon Roundabout fave
Legal13 Mar 2023 | 49
Silicon supply chain players plot exodus from China in wake of ASML's exit
Vietnam, Malyasia, and Singapore roll out the welcome mat
Legal13 Mar 2023 | 23
China launches yet another crackdown on social media
'I am the Chinese Communist Party. I will be with you forever' - Beijing's new propaganda vid says the quiet part out loud
Legal13 Mar 2023 | 18
US government says Silicon Valley Bank depositors can get their cash on Monday
Feds say this won’t cost taxpayers a dime
Legal13 Mar 2023 | 36
Silicon Valley Bank seized by officials after imploding: How this happened and why
2023, just like 2008
Legal10 Mar 2023 | 133
Two tech-centric banks strike trouble, spooking markets
Silicon Valley Bank sold billions in bonds as startups struggle, crypto-centric Silvergate Bank just gave up
Legal10 Mar 2023 | 12
South Korea warns US: The CHIPS Act leaves a sour taste
Minister wants to protect Samsung, SK hynix, from having to give up the crown jewels to score subsidies
Legal09 Mar 2023 | 18
South Korea moves to resolve WWII dispute with Japan that troubles tech supply chains
Nations edge closer to an acceptable settlement on reparations for forced labor
Legal07 Mar 2023 | 24
Ericsson fined for dodgy Djibouti dealings and warned over Iraqi indiscretions
$206 million for breaching 2019 settlement – and DoJ warns it won't be afraid to do this again
Legal03 Mar 2023 | 5
China blocked 54.3 million items online in 2022, after snitches sent 170 million tips
Regulator warns it's far from finished and the deletions will continue until morale improves
Legal01 Mar 2023 | 5
Germany to court Indian IT talent – starting with easier visa application processes
Perhaps just in time to give H-1B holders affected by US tech layoffs somewhere to go other than home
Legal27 Feb 2023 | 25
Global finance wonks worry financial services too invested in outsourcers, Big Tech
Not keen on crypto, either – and looking forward to consistent language on cyber incidents
Legal27 Feb 2023 | 2
Companies can't shut you up using severance pay, at least in the US
Watchdog reverses Trump era decision upholding ability to stop ex-staffers talking smack about you
Legal24 Feb 2023 | 28
Africa's internet registry has sometimes needed financial assistance to keep operating, could fail, warns ARIN head
AFRINIC situation has links to the APNIC snafu – and The Reg has more evidence of astroturfing
Legal22 Feb 2023 | 8
Can YouTube be held liable for pushing terror vids? Asking for a Supreme Court...
Will Section 230 immunity just be revoked? We can answer that
Legal22 Feb 2023 | 59
APNIC calls in lawyers to handle election code of conduct breach allegations
Threats to voters also reported as vote for regional internet registry heats up
Legal21 Feb 2023 | 7
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Vessels claiming to be Chinese warships are messing with passenger planes
Australian airline Qantas warns pilots to keep calm and carry on amid reports of satnav and altimeter jamming
BianLian ransomware crew goes 100% extortion after free decryptor lands
No good deed goes unpunished, or something like that
Microsoft pushes out PowerShell scripts to fix BitLocker bypass
Attackers exploiting the vulnerability could access encrypted data
IT phone home: How to run up a $20K bill in two days and get away with it by blaming Cisco
Who, Me? Badly configured routers ended up costing a bundle
AWS delivers a – rather late – major release of its homebrew Linux distribution
2023 is only one more than 2022, right?
OpenAI CEO warns that GPT-4 could be misused for nefarious purposes
In brief ALSO: Discord quietly edited its privacy policy after rolling out new generative AI features, and more
TikTok cannot be considered a private company, says Australian report
Asia In Brief ALSO: Japan ends chip supply crimp on South Korea, APAC infosec spending surges; Philippines SIM registration stalls
Google Cloud's US-East load balancers are lousy with latency
Monday morning rush job, anyone? Asking 'cos there's no ETA for a fix other than moving to another region
Police pounce on 'pompompurin' – alleged mastermind of BreachForums
In Brief Crypto laundering service gets cleaned up by police and SVB mess draws in more criminals
BBC to staff: Uninstall TikTok from our corporate kit unless you can 'justify' having it
Those with 'sensitive' work-related information told to contact Beeb's security team
STORIES
Hong Kong to crypto exchanges: get a securities broker's licence, or go home
Crashes like FTX and Terra have made regulation necessary, say authorities, even as Territory seeks to become a virtual asset hub
Legal21 Feb 2023 | 7
Toshiba COO dumped over entertainment expenses scandal
Asia In Brief PLUS: Chinese province to buy four million servers; Google Cloud's nine-day APAC network glitch; and more
Legal19 Feb 2023 | 1
APNIC warns members to watch out for fake election phone calls
The Register finds evidence of astroturfing in governance stoush
Legal17 Feb 2023 | 3
Ex-CEO of logistics startup Slync collared on multimillion fraud, embezzlement charges
Christopher Kirchner alleged to have hyped up biz to investors then siphoned off a slice of cash
Legal15 Feb 2023 | 2
IBM demands $500,000 from boss after she jumps ship
Big bill from Big Blue for Accenture move
Legal15 Feb 2023 | 19
American jailed for smuggling controlled tech to Iran
30 months in prison for providing, um... enterprise mobile banking software dev tool
Legal10 Feb 2023 | 12
Meta sees off another logo complaint from blockchain player Dfinity
What would possess a nonprofit to go after Mark Zuckerberg's empire?
Legal08 Feb 2023 | 7
India bans 232 Chinese lending and betting apps
And a few non-Chinese lending apps that appear to have been scooped by accident
Legal07 Feb 2023 |
Pakistan’s PM overturns Wikipedia ban, seeks end to whack-a-mole content blocks
Cabinet committee gets to find a solution after years of bans didn’t achieve a lot
Legal07 Feb 2023 | 21
South Korea to treat crypto tokens and virtual assets as if they were securities
‘Food does not change no matter what bowl it is served in’ says regulator
Legal07 Feb 2023 | 5
Australian government doxxed citizens who criticized illegal 'Robodebt' scheme
Asia In Brief PLUS: India is the new China for Apple; Sushi licking vid scandalizes Japan; Chinese spy balloon shot down; India's new Amazon tax
Legal05 Feb 2023 | 40
Google gives in to India Android antitrust verdict, kinda
Tech behemoth says it will appeal 'certain aspects' of the decision
Legal26 Jan 2023 | 3
British monarchy goes after Twitter, alleges rent not paid for UK base
One appears to not have been remunerated, Crown Estate tells High Court
Legal24 Jan 2023 | 99
India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary
Is a critical account of PM's past actions a real emergency, a political emergency, or a free speech emergency?
Legal24 Jan 2023 | 58
Ex-Twitter Brits launch legal challenge against dismissal
How to conduct a UK redundancy process: Not the way the US social media company is doing it, say sacked employees
Legal13 Jan 2023 | 38
2002 video streaming patent holder sues Amazon and Twitch
Both companies knew about the patent, claims lawsuit
Legal10 Jan 2023 | 22
Beijing official says crackdown on tech companies is over
We might be looking at a new China for 2023 and the Year of the Rabbit
Legal10 Jan 2023 | 3
Alibaba's Jack Ma out as boss of fintech Ant Group
'Corporate governance optimization' sees founder's role reduced, but not in pursuit of a listing
Legal09 Jan 2023 | 3
FTC floats rule to ban imposed non-compete agreements in US
Miscreants would face the wrath of Khan
Legal06 Jan 2023 | 15
FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators
What's the WiFly password again?
Legal05 Jan 2023 | 5
Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling
At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT
Legal04 Jan 2023 | 6
SEC: Startup had 'no functional streaming service', raised $1.3m anyway
Asks Florida judge to sanction 'American-Latino centric version of Netflix’ for alleged fraud
Legal22 Dec 2022 | 12
Toshiba breaks its silence on sales rumors, to quash them
Asia In Brief PLUS: FTX may be sold in Japan and Singapore; Binance busted in Australia; India won’t limit gaming time
Legal18 Dec 2022 |
Vietnam celebrates 25 years of internet with advertising blacklist
Facebook and YouTube among companies that will have to monitor user content
Legal13 Dec 2022 |
Theranos' Sunny Balwani gets longer sentence than Elizabeth Holmes
Ex-COO of failed blood testing startup will report to prison 6 weeks before fraudster CEO
Legal08 Dec 2022 | 53
Victims of IT scandal in UK postal service will get fresh compensation
Move follows award swallowed up by legal fees
Legal07 Dec 2022 | 76
Meta threatens to stop sharing news in USA to protest publisher payment plan
Good luck with that, Zuck – remember how it worked out in Australia?
Legal06 Dec 2022 | 72
China regulates use of motion detection to trigger smartphone ads
'Shake to jump' technique nixed a year after top apps put it to work
Legal06 Dec 2022 | 3
Tech contractor who uses an umbrella company? UK tax is coming after them
Britain's wallet-checkers suspect VAT avoidance from some of them – to the tune of 10,000-case tribunal backlog
Legal05 Dec 2022 | 69
US ends case against Huawei CFO who holed up in Canada for three years
Wanzhou Meng hasn't re-offended, so last possible charges have been dismissed
Legal05 Dec 2022 | 21
130,000 UK businesses sue Google over £13.6B in lost ad revenues
Parent biz Alphabet also accused of unfair monopoly in online ads
Legal01 Dec 2022 | 25
Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools
Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA'
Legal30 Nov 2022 | 100
Judge tells Amazon: Stop retaliating against employees
Pioneer Amazon union gets a boost, staffer still get the sack
Legal28 Nov 2022 | 8
Meta scores $200k default win against alleged peddler of Instagram Likes
Manipulating users' feelings on a social media platform? That's our job!
Legal28 Nov 2022 | 3
Software company wins $154k for US Navy's licensing breach
Court lands on less than the millions asked for after sailors made copies of 3D modeling suite 'hundreds of thousands' of times
Legal22 Nov 2022 | 43
After years without data privacy rules, India floats two sets in a week
And ponders subsidies to attract big datacenter and content delivery network builds
Legal22 Nov 2022 |
Dell agrees to pay $1b to settle claims it shortchanged stockholders during EMC acquisition
Drawing a line under the share swap drama of 2018, or trying to...
Legal16 Nov 2022 |
After 47 years, Microsoft issues first sexual harassment and gender report
Faint praise: Windows giant tries to follow best practices and wants to improve
Legal16 Nov 2022 | 4
What's that, Lassie? Boston Dynamics is suing its robot dog tech rival?
The way your computerized canine walks down the stairs looks familiar to us, claims MIT spinoff
Legal15 Nov 2022 | 20
Apple sued for collecting user data despite opt-outs
Doesn't matter what the data is, they thought they pushed the off switch, argues complaint
Legal14 Nov 2022 | 16
Apple and Amazon conspired to raise iPhone and iPad prices, claims class action lawsuit
Alleges agreement choked resellers using Amazon Marketplace, eliminated 98% of competition
Legal10 Nov 2022 | 11
Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules
And they don't like the states' 'patchwork' privacy laws, either
Legal10 Nov 2022 | 24
Microsoft's $69B deal to buy Activision Blizzard under investigation by EU regulators
Officials are concerned acquisition could reduce competition and lock gamers to Xbox and Microsoft PCs
Legal09 Nov 2022 | 10
Europe wants Airbnb and pals to cough up rental property logs
Holiday property landlords' vacation from regulation is coming to an end
Legal08 Nov 2022 | 52
Terraform Labs and crypto bro Do Kwon face $57 million court case in Singapore
But will Kwon show up in court? Probably not.
Legal01 Nov 2022 | 10
IBM India tells employees they can moonlight – but only for good causes, with permission
Local boss wants workers to indulge in their passions … so long as it doesn't conflict with Big Blue's activities
Legal27 Oct 2022 | 6
India fines Google another $114 million, demands Play open to third party payments
Ad and search giant protests even though it's already made the same changes in other countries
Legal27 Oct 2022 | 1
Infosys reverses opposition to staff taking side gigs
Moonlighting is now now OK – if you do it the Infosys way, says CEO Salil Parekh
Legal21 Oct 2022 | 11
EU companies claim Google still abusing its Shopping power
Search giant's 'Shopping Units need to go,' say coalition of 43 online comparison tools
Legal17 Oct 2022 | 10
Too bad, contractors: UK government reverses decision to axe IR35 tax reform
Latest U-turn follows a series of clown-car maneuvers that spooked financial markets
Legal17 Oct 2022 | 191
Meta mad as hell over allegations it let Indian politicians block content
Local outlet claims to have insider docs that prove takedown powers. Meta says they're fake. And around and around they go
Legal17 Oct 2022 | 8
American techies in China may be breaking the law by showing up to work
Pundit tips next wave of bans will target foreign investment in Chinese tech
Legal14 Oct 2022 | 5
Big win for Big Tech as Indian IT minister signals reversal of data sovereignty plan
Opponents want data to flow across borders for business and democracy. Privacy? They've heard of it
Legal12 Oct 2022 | 2
Infosys must face claims it told recruiter not to hire women with kids 'at home'
Attempts to dismiss suit denied as former staffer alleges she was expressly told to swerve over-50s
Legal04 Oct 2022 | 19
Xiaomi India names Qualcomm as destination for allegedly illegal payments
Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba considers offers, clams up; India's HFCL claims Wi-Fi 7 first; Vietnam may censor SocMed; and more
Legal04 Oct 2022 | 1
Apple exec sues over 'ageist' removal of $800k stock bonus
IP director claims he was skipped over for merit-based retention bonus because of the retention part
Legal29 Sep 2022 | 26
Indian authorities probe Singapore gaming payments outfit Coda
Claims kids unwittingly click up huge bills in games, only for their cash to fly offshore
Legal29 Sep 2022 | 2
Good news for UK tech contractors as govt repeals IR35 tax rules
Controversial reforms ditched but expert notes HMRC thinks 90% don't comply
Legal23 Sep 2022 | 83
Meta told to pay $175m to walkie-talkie techies for infringing IP
Facebook and Instagram Live use same programming described in Voxer patents, says jury
Legal22 Sep 2022 | 22
Where in the world is Terraform Labs' alleged crypto-crasher Do Kwon?
South Korean prosecutor believes he is on the run from charges laid over Luna stablecoin crash
Legal19 Sep 2022 | 8
Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon – the man blamed for 'crypto winter'
Terraform Labs CEO was boss of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto crash. South Korea wants him in cuffs
Legal15 Sep 2022 | 32
Google fined $4b after Euro court snips 5% off earlier price
Search giant’s appeal lands flat as fine imposed for anticompetitive practice in Android search
Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16
Google faces fines of up to $25.4b in UK and EU ad tech case
Legal cases in Europe claim anticompetitive conduct, which Google denies
Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16
UK tech sector facing structural difficulties, says analyst firm
Meanwhile, Federal Reserve sentiment sees US tech stock fall amid uncertainty
Legal07 Sep 2022 | 28
California passes bill requiring salary ranges on job listings
Legislation also aims to tackle wage gaps around gender, race, and ethnicity
Legal06 Sep 2022 | 64
Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election
National Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections
Legal02 Sep 2022 | 34
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard have days to show merger won't harm competition
Brit watchdog says what we're all thinking, motions for deeper investigation
Legal02 Sep 2022 | 19
Facebook settles Cambridge Analytica class action for undisclosed amount
Zuckerberg and Sandberg won't have to testify – worth much more than cash for Meta
Legal29 Aug 2022 | 31
Twitter whistleblower summoned to Senate Judiciary Committee
Updated Get the popcorn out for September 13
Legal25 Aug 2022 | 18
Apple autonomous car engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets
Top secret tech theft admission sealed into top secret plea deal
Legal23 Aug 2022 | 17
Lawsuit accuses Oracle of facilitating sales of 'billions' of folks' personal data
Privacy case claiming Big Red contravened a string of US laws follows boasts made by Larry Ellison in 2016
Legal23 Aug 2022 | 29
China cybersecurity regulator wants to support tech growth
New and friendlier CAC, after years of cracking down
Legal23 Aug 2022 | 2
How important are tech and other contractors to UK? PM candidate promises tax review if elected
Liz Truss to go over IR35 off payroll tax as ruling party voters gear up to pick their leader
Legal22 Aug 2022 | 63
Vietnam demands Big Tech localize data storage and offices
Mandate goes into effect October 1, but industry players will have a year to comply
Legal19 Aug 2022 | 5
South Korea cracks down on unlicensed foreign crypto businesses
Financial Services Commission also creates a digital assets task force
Legal18 Aug 2022 | 2
Ninefold increase in startup layoffs in Q2 follows economic uncertainty
Industry set to readjust to new realities of raising cash
Legal16 Aug 2022 |
Intel hands over nearly 5,000 patents in deal with IP management outfit
Newly formed Tahoe Research Limited will seek to license them to third parties
Legal15 Aug 2022 | 12
Samsung heir pardoned after doing time for bribery
Government said they need the Samsung boss back at work to deal with South Korea’s looming economic crisis
Legal15 Aug 2022 | 15
Apple says 2017 MacBooks don't have FlexGate defect. Aussie tribunal orders a fix anyway
Presiding officer was not impressed by Cupertino's arguments or behavior
Legal15 Aug 2022 | 73
Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia
Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible'
Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14
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