US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia
Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech
Public Sector06 Sep 2024 |
Law
Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says
Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission
Personal Tech05 Sep 2024 | 9
Canadian artist wants Anthropic AI lawsuit corrected
Interview Tim Boucher objects to the mischaracterization of his work in authors' copyright claim
AI + ML31 Aug 2024 | 17
France charges Telegram CEO with multiple crimes
Testing the idea that a platform boss can be responsible for the acts of others, or not helping to investigate them
Legal30 Aug 2024 | 126
Facebook whistleblower calls for transparency in social media, AI
Frances Haugen says navigating the digital world requires a North Star
Software27 Aug 2024 | 14
Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats
Cracked Labs examines how workplace surveillance turns workers into suspects
Security27 Aug 2024 | 68
NARROWER TOPICS
Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered
Hallucinating AI models excel at defamation
AI + ML26 Aug 2024 | 79
Telegram founder and CEO arrested in France
Rumors swirl that lack of content moderation has angered authorities
Personal Tech26 Aug 2024 | 192
Feds, US states sue RealPage for building rent-hiking software for landlords
Algorithm just a fancy way to collude using private info, prosecutors say
Applications23 Aug 2024 | 35
Amazon antitrust case in Washington DC is resurrected
DC appeals court reverses dismissal, finding enough evidence of anticompetitive behavior to proceed
Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 2
Shein, Temu escalate epic e-commerce squabble
Chinese fast fashion slingers get their Spider-Man meme moment
Legal21 Aug 2024 | 45
Writers sue Anthropic for feeding 'stolen' copyrighted work into Claude
Another day, another lawsuit over how AI lands training sets
AI + ML20 Aug 2024 | 35
Euro antitrust cop Margrethe Vestager to depart after decade of reining in Big Tech
Her legacy hinges on her successor – will they double down?
Public Sector20 Aug 2024 | 5
Game not over: Epic brings Fortnite back to iOS in Europe, using its own app store
But the cost of battling Apple and Google? A hefty $1B lost in revenue
Software17 Aug 2024 | 27
New Zealand minister OKs Kim Dotcom extradition to US
Entrepreneur vows to keep on buffering
Software16 Aug 2024 | 36
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious
Comment A business breakup may be coming – but what comes after may not be better
Software15 Aug 2024 | 114
India shuffles away draft law treating influencers like real broadcasters
Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 12
AI chatbots amplify creation of false memories, boffins reckon – or do they?
We can misremember it for you wholesale
AI + ML13 Aug 2024 | 14
'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading
Bad guys claim they're cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones' crimes go away
Cyber-crime13 Aug 2024 | 5
Twilio's Segment SDK challenged with wiretapping claim
Mobile app analytics software said to surreptitiously snarf data
Applications09 Aug 2024 | 5
Illinois relaxes biometric privacy law so snafus won't cost businesses billions
Some scowl, some smile, as fines no longer apply every time your mugshot or fingerprint is shared
Security06 Aug 2024 | 4
IBM Canada can't duck channel exec's systematic age discrimination claim
'They actually replaced me with a younger employee'
Channel04 Aug 2024 | 34
San Francisco set to ban rent-hiking algorithms used by landlords
Automated price-fixing software screwing over tenants? Fog off!
Software02 Aug 2024 | 39
Amazon, you will do a total recall of bad stuff sold through your site, watchdog barks
E-super-souk isn't having any of it
Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 | 92
Revamped UK cybersecurity bill couldn't come soon enough, but details are patchy
Analysis Long overdue updates include expanded mandatory security incident reporting
Malware Month30 Jul 2024 | 28
Automation needed to fight army of AI content harvesters stalking the web
Analysis Just when you think you've ban-hammered them all, more pop up
AI + ML30 Jul 2024 | 21
ServiceNow president leaves after policy breach related to public sector boss hire
But the books look good, because of real AI
SaaS25 Jul 2024 | 2
Algorithmic wage discrimination: Not just for gig workers
Interview What's in the box! No seriously, what's in there that sets our wages
AI + ML06 Jul 2024 | 19
Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS
That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends
Legal05 Jul 2024 | 57
RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76
Obit Tributes paid to passionate LGBTQ+ equality champion
Applications03 Jul 2024 | 51
EFF wants FTC to treat lying chatbots as 'unfair and deceptive' in eyes of the law
And hit AI operators 'with all the fines', says Cory Doctorow
Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 13
Brace for new complications in big tech takedowns after Supreme Court upended regulatory rules
Analysis Matters like antitrust cases against AI players, Adobe's subscription mess, and net neutrality could be decided by judges – not experts
Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 64
Supreme Court orders rethink on Texas, Florida laws banning web moderation
Sites and apps aren't given a say? That doesn't seem very free speech
Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 21
Microsoft CEO of AI: Your online content is 'freeware' fodder for training models
Unless you've got a lawyer, that is
AI + ML28 Jun 2024 | 60
As expected, Apple set to vanish Batterygate, dodgy audio lawsuits with money
Pocket-change payouts of $6M and $35M await approval in July
Personal Tech26 Jun 2024 | 15
Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit
Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation
Applications24 Jun 2024 | 91
Apple Intelligence won't be available in Europe because Tim's terrified of watchdogs
These privacy rules might harm privacy! No, really, that's totally why we're doing this
AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 65
Hong Kong authorities halt alleged smuggler shifting 596 'high-end' CPUs to China
Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions
Systems19 Jun 2024 | 15
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians
If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security
Security18 Jun 2024 | 75
Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with 'hidden' cancellation fees
Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs
Applications17 Jun 2024 | 24
Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year
Because who needs disinformation research at times like these
Research14 Jun 2024 | 85
IBM dream to gobble up HashiCorp challenged in court
Updated This benefits management, but not us shareholders!
Software11 Jun 2024 | 3
'Building AI co-workers going to be largest opportunity of tech in our lifetime'
Or so this Thomson Reuters bot boss claims
AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 32
Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds
Special report Just as we saw with housing, Facebook giant's advertising system seems to treat Whites and POC differently
AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 44
Court accepts Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim's insider trading settlement
Billionaire Arista chief architect to pay inconsequential sum via SEC
Networks03 Jun 2024 | 7
IBM spin-off Kyndryl accused of discriminating on basis of age, race, disability
Exclusive Five current and former employees file formal charges with US employment watchdog
CSO30 May 2024 | 18
Uncle Sam's had enough of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, sues to end monopoly
Music to everyone's ears
Personal Tech23 May 2024 | 19
Read AI about it... OpenAI does deal with News Corp
Pact made with WSJ, New York Post, Sunday Times, Australian publisher as lawsuit bullets ping around the industry
AI + ML23 May 2024 | 24
Open Source Initiative tries to define Open Source AI
Meanwhile, the creator of Open Source Definition argues the real problem is unauthorized copying
AI + ML16 May 2024 |
Prof asks court to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook's ire
You've got to fight for your right to personalize
Personal Tech02 May 2024 | 47
Open Source world's Bruce Perens emits draft Post-Open Zero Cost License
Interview Software doyen hopes to achieve a third impossible thing
Software30 Apr 2024 | 135
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US fined $200M for selling off people's location info
Carriers claim real culprits are getting away with it - the data brokers
Personal Tech29 Apr 2024 |
Turns out teaching criminals to write web code keeps them out of prison
The software redemption
Devops25 Apr 2024 | 29
Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors
And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks
Public Sector25 Apr 2024 | 108
Law prof predicts generative AI will die at the hands of watchdogs
Video Big tech backlash and animus against the machines will invite stifling red tape
AI + ML24 Apr 2024 | 21
Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban
Updated Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA!
Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 88
Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight
+Comment Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties
Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 62
House passes bill banning Uncle Sam from snooping on citizens via data brokers
Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office
Security18 Apr 2024 | 21
Amazon search results now less self-centered, boffin says
Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect
Networks12 Apr 2024 | 8
US legislators propose American Privacy Rights Act - and it looks quite good
After two decades of calls for national protections, something may actually happen
Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 39
Google will delete data collected from 'private' browsing
Declares victory in settlement of class action lawsuit, but individual claims remain possible
Personal Tech01 Apr 2024 | 30
Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption
I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case...
Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20
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