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Age discrimination class-action against HP and HPE gets green light to proceed

Old people were let go while the CEO was talking about hiring a bunch of young people, says complaint

16 Apr 18:15 | 11

Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong

Kids have missed almost an entire year of education due to coronavirus so parents have sought help online

16 Apr 12:15 | 3

Best of FRANDs: Judge allows Apple retrial following $506m patent infringement ruling

PanOptis was obliged to provide 4G LTE licences – but no one mentioned it

16 Apr 10:00 | 22

Patent battle over Facebook Live and 'walkie talkie' tech rattles through High Court in London

Sueball sees social network squaring off against app upstart in UK branch of worldwide fight

16 Apr 08:30 | 12

Docking £500k commission from top SAS salesman was perfectly legal, rules judge

Chap brought in $27m deal – so bosses withheld two-thirds of his pay

15 Apr 11:14 | 81

Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver calls on the UK to extend Coronavirus Act provisions for online meetings

Because local democracy is hilarious – oh, and transparency's good too

15 Apr 08:11 | 39

China requires 'self-correction' of monopolistic behaviour by 34 local web giants

Alibaba was just the beginning, says regulator, as it forbids western web titans' favourite bullying behaviours

14 Apr 06:02 | 19

Who'd have thought the US senator who fist pumped Jan 6 insurrectionists would propose totally unworkable anti-Big Tech law?

This one seems as well thought-out as his Capitol rally salute

13 Apr 21:44 | 93

We have never given census data to anyone – not even the spy agencies, says the UK's Office for National Statistics

Privacy and security fears bubble up again in wake of national headcount

12 Apr 08:36 | 49

China whacks Alibaba with US$2.8bn fine for breaking antitrust rules

Alibaba takes it on the chin, apologises, promises to do better (and maybe feels it got off lightly with fine of 4% of revenue)

12 Apr 05:11 | 15

India's open-source community challenges crypto-busting content-removal and ID-recording Code

Object to ‘undue burden of compliance on volunteer communities’

12 Apr 03:48 | 4

Amazon claims victory after warehouse workers in Alabama vote to reject union

Retail union accuses the tech giant of illegally swaying votes, files complaint

09 Apr 20:19 | 31

UK reseller sues Microsoft for £270m in damages claiming prohibitive contracts choke off surplus Office licence supplies

ValueLicensing also calls for action to 'restore and maintain competition and choice in the market'

08 Apr 11:24 | 35

Ex-Geeks staff lose legal bid to claw back withheld training costs from final paycheques

Company acted fairly and reasonably, rules judge

08 Apr 09:26 | 39

Privacy activist Max Schrems claims Google Advertising ID on Android is unlawful, files complaint in France

Tracking ID placed on mobile device without informed consent, says campaign group

07 Apr 11:13 | 100

Jeff Bezos supports US tax rise after not paying it for two years – and paying tiny amount in 2019

Expresses fondness for Biden administration infrastructure plan that would help parcels be delivered faster and boost broadband speeds

07 Apr 08:12 | 50

Australian ponders requiring multiple IDs to sign up for social media, plus more crypto-busting backdoors

Yes, this could mean Zuck gets your passport and credit card. We’re sure he’ll take care of them properly …

06 Apr 05:55 | 100

Long-running age discrimination case against IBM enters discovery, as judge trims off some claims

No new plaintiffs allowed to join

31 Mar 10:03 | 11

South Korean regulator recommends Apple be prosecuted for hampering fair trade probe

Alleges staff took down the internet when investigators visited, even got a little physical

31 Mar 05:58 | 10

Amazon’s critical Alabama warehouse workers union vote has started … and may be some time

High stakes battle could go on for days

30 Mar 21:55 | 11

Popular

To have one floppy failure is unlucky. To have 20 implies evil magic or a very silly user

Not quite what we meant by 'disk capacity'

Zorin OS 16 beta claims largest built-in app library 'of any open source desktop ever'

Linux for Windows switchers: smooth user experience, if users steer clear of Windows apps on Wine

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

How not to apply for a new job: Apply for it on a job site

Watch as I channel my digital Yosser Hughes, violence included

Pentagon confirms footage of three strange craft taken by the Navy are UFOs (no, that doesn't mean they're aliens)

Unless by aliens you mean Russians

Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess

If only it had a built-in loo and pillow, then we could work 24/7

Ex IBM sales manager, fired after battling discrimination against subordinates, wins $11m lawsuit

Big Blue, insisting it doesn't condone retaliation or discrimination, may appeal

Mobile app security standard for IoT, VPNs proposed by group backed by Big Tech

ioXt Alliance aims to bring 'transparency and visibility'

Watchdog thinks Google tricked Australians into giving up data, sues. Judge semi-agrees

Filing reveals: Google staff called meeting over data privacy issues the 'Oh Shit' meeting

Oh hello. Haven't heard much from you lately: Linux veteran Slackware rides again with a beta of version 15

It's time to move on from 2016

Microsoft received almost 25,000 requests for consumer data from law enforcement over the past six months

25% were rejected, and it's less than 2013's figure... but be wary of what Redmond does with your information

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Big tech suggests Vietnam rewrite its digital tax plans

Nice economy you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if growth slowed

30 Mar 03:36 | 8

Deloitte settled HPE's Autonomy lawsuit for $45m back in 2016 and agreed to cooperate with US DoJ

So that's why they're not named alongside Lynch and Hussain

29 Mar 11:12 | 37

Tesla broke US labor law with anti-union efforts – watchdog

And Elon Musk must delete 2018 tweet threatening loss of benefits for unionizing

26 Mar 20:28 | 74

Oracle sorely wanted case alleging improper inflation of cloud sales to disappear. But the judge said no

A couple of execs have been let off the hook, though

26 Mar 15:43 | 5

Everything you need to know about the HPE v Mike Lynch High Court case

Before 'end of Q1'* judgment we round up all the legalese into one place

25 Mar 09:45 | 34

WhatsApp in India? A probe into Facebook privacy, citizen cyber-cops absolved, and censorship criticism

Netflix gets the 'won't someone think of the children' treatment over show for adults

25 Mar 04:58 | 9

Apple stung for $308m in battle over patent used in FairPlay DRM software

'Cases like this... stifle innovation and ultimately harm consumers,' says iGiant

22 Mar 14:49 | 21

Indian MP calls for Australian-style pay for news laws

Calls for YouTube to cough up, plus Facebook and Google

19 Mar 03:51 | 4

Missile systems software dev leaker has sentence almost doubled after UK.gov says 4½ years was too soft

Ex-BAE engineer refused to give Brit cops his VeraCrypt key

18 Mar 17:04 | 81

Singapore seeks freer international data flows to boost post-COVID-19 growth

City-state also deploys new contact tracing boxes at entrances to public places

18 Mar 02:34 | 4

Chinese government yanks Alibaba’s browser from Chinese app stores

Another rough day for Jack Ma as Beijing continues big tech crackdown

17 Mar 04:56 | 5

Sharp’s smartphone camera lens biz Kantatsu blurred its finances, invented deals worth $84m

Foxconn-owned outfit claimed non-existent sales as revenue. Apologies and promises to do better all ‘round

17 Mar 03:58 | 2

California bans website 'dark patterns', confusing language when opting out of having your personal info sold

State privacy rules add pressure on lawmakers to craft national standards

17 Mar 01:39 | 32

Ex-Microsoft exec admits he tried to swindle $5.5m out of taxpayers with COVID-19 relief loans for bogus biz

Mukund Mohan invented employees, financial figures in application forms

16 Mar 21:43 | 14

Beijing pressures Alibaba to offload media assets, including Hong Kong's top newspaper

South China Morning Post's ownership up in the air as HK democracy erodes further

16 Mar 06:30 | 9

Rupert and Zuck, sitting in a tree, P-A-Y-I-N-G

Facebook signs deal to send cash to News Corporation’s Australian mastheads and Fox News wannabe

16 Mar 05:01 | 7

Xiaomi a comeback story: Mobile firm's stock up 10% after it slides off US blacklist

Judge rules 'Communist Chinese Military Company' designation 'arbitrary and capricious'

15 Mar 11:45 | 2

Huawei CFO's legal eagles take HSBC to court in Hong Kong to obtain evidence against US extradition

Similar attempt was made in London, where it failed

12 Mar 10:27 | 21

Chinese and American chipmakers establish regular chatfests to talk tech, trade, supply chain security

US industry groups still want Biden administration cash for local manufacturing

12 Mar 04:57 | 2

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