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Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Nears End After Closing RemarksSam Bankman-Fried Trial Nears End After Closing Remarks

Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Nears End After Closing Remarks

Criminal trial of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried enters the final stretch, after closing arguments from prosecution and defence teams

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Europe Expands Ban On Meta’s ‘Behavioural Ad’ PracticesEurope Expands Ban On Meta’s ‘Behavioural Ad’ Practices

Europe Expands Ban On Meta’s ‘Behavioural Ad’ Practices

Ban on Meta's 'behavioural advertising' practices has been expanded by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

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AI Safety Summit 2023: Elon Musk Says Summit Seeks AI RefereeAI Safety Summit 2023: Elon Musk Says Summit Seeks AI Referee

AI Safety Summit 2023: Elon Musk Says Summit Seeks AI Referee

Elon Musk says summit seeks to establish “third-party referee” for AI companies, as Kamala Harris calls for “urgent action” on…

1 year ago
Tesla Wins US Trial Of Autopilot Fatal CrashTesla Wins US Trial Of Autopilot Fatal Crash

Tesla Wins US Trial Of Autopilot Fatal Crash

Victory for Tesla in first US trial that alleged its Autopilot driver system had resulted in fatal accident, and other…

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Google CEO Defends Paying Apple For Default Search

Google CEO Defends Paying Apple For Default Search

Sundar Pichai defends payments, after Google paid Apple $26 billion in 2021 to make its search engine default option

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SolarWinds Sued By US SEC After 2020 Cyberattack

SolarWinds Sued By US SEC After 2020 Cyberattack

US regulators sue SolarWinds and its chief information security officer after the high profile cyberattack by Russian hackers

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Netherlands Challenges Apple Over App Store Commissions

Netherlands Challenges Apple Over App Store Commissions

Dutch competition regulator challenging Apple App Store commission fees in court, in move that could have broad implications

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Meta Offers Paid Ad-Free Subscription For Facebook, Instagram

Meta Offers Paid Ad-Free Subscription For Facebook, Instagram

Facebook and Instagram to offer a paid subscription in Europe in return for no adverts, costing from 9.99 euros (£8.73)…

1 year ago
Google Chief Pichai Takes Stand In Landmark Antitrust Trial

Google Chief Pichai Takes Stand In Landmark Antitrust Trial

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai testifies in landmark antitrust deal that could force company to change business practices

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Bankman-Fried Says He Acted On Legal Advice

Bankman-Fried Says He Acted On Legal Advice

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried testifies lawyers were involved in his key decisions at bankrupt exchange

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Online Safety Act Becomes Law In Blow To Campaigners

Online Safety Act Becomes Law In Blow To Campaigners

Online Safety Act receives Royal Assent, and government claims it will make the UK safest place in the world to…

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Sam Bankman-Fried Begins Defence In FTX Fraud Trial

Sam Bankman-Fried Begins Defence In FTX Fraud Trial

FTX fraud battle sees defence begin case for Sam Bankman-Fried, after damning prosecution witnesses testimony

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ICC Confirms Recent Cyberattack Was Espionage

ICC Confirms Recent Cyberattack Was Espionage

Not a random cyberattack. International Criminal Court confirms September cyberattack was case of “sophisticated espionage”

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Meta Sued By US States Over Harm To Children

Meta Sued By US States Over Harm To Children

Dozens of US states sue Meta Platforms, alleging Instagram and Facebook are harming children's mental health

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Mexico Orders Samsung, Motorola To Stop Remotely Disabling Phones

Mexico Orders Samsung, Motorola To Stop Remotely Disabling Phones

Samsung, Motorola, ZTE instructed by Mexican government to stop remotely bricking gray market smartphones imported into the country

1 year ago

Japan Opens Probe Into Google Search Domination

More bad news for Alphabet as Japanese competition watchdog begins investigation into Google's search domination

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FCC Votes To Start Reinstating Net Neutrality Rules

US communications regulator votes to begin process to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules struck down under Trump

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Amazon Defends Prime Service, Amid FTC Lawsuit

Amazon denies it has been duping millions of subscribers of the Amazon Prime service, as it seeks dismissal of FTC…

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Google Russia Declared Bankrupt After Bank Account Seizure

Russian subsidiary of Google officially declared bankrupt after authorities in Moscow seized bank account in dispute with Western tech

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China Lashes Out As US Tightens Chip Export Controls

Trade war intensifies, as Beijing lashes out at toughens export controls from US. Nvidia confirms new rules will impact AI…

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US Cuts China Off From AI Chips, As Export Controls Tightened

Beijing reacts with anger, as United States and President Biden tighten export controls to China for advanced computer chips

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FTX Engineer Testifies To Lavish Spending In Bankman-Fried Trial

Sam Bankman-Fried directed political donations and spent $1.13 billion on celebrities and sponsorships, Nishad Singh testifies

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Binance Stops Accepting New UK Users, Citing Regulations

New regulations in the UK cited as reason for Binance decision to stop accepting new customers in United Kingdom

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Meta Lawsuit Settlement Talks Collapse In Kenya

Content moderators in Kenya accuse Meta of not negotiating sincerely as lawsuit settlement talks break down

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Equifax Fined By UK Watchdog Over 2017 Data Breach

UK's financial watchdog fines Equifax £11.2m for failure to protect UK consumer data in one of the largest ever cyber…

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UK Regulator Approves Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Purchase

After protracted regulatory scrutiny, final hurdle removed for Microsoft's acquisition of Activision after UK grants approval

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Caltech Agrees To Halt Patent Fight With Apple, Broadcom – Report

End of seven year patent battle by California Institute of Technology against Apple and its supplier Broadcom over Wi-Fi chips

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino Responds To EU Allegations Of ‘Illegal’ Content

CEO Linda Yaccarino says X (Twitter) has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts, in pushback against EU letter

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Microsoft Owes $29 Billion In Back Taxes, IRS Claims

US government alleges Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes, but Redmond disagrees and say it will go to court…

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EU Writes To Mark Zuckerberg Over Hamas Attack Disinformation

Thierry Breton gives Meta similar warning issued to Elon Musk about disinformation concerning deadly attack on Israel by Hamas

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