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UK Rejects Chinese Plea Over Divest Order For Scottish Chip Firm
High Court in the UK rules that Chinese owner must sell stake in Scottish chip design business without delay
US Lawmakers Blast UK’s Demand For Encrypted Apple Data
Two US lawmakers urge US national intelligence director to demand UK to back down or face restrictions on intelligence sharing
Elon Musk’s X To Pay Donald Trump $10m To Settle Lawsuit
X agrees settlement with Donald Trump, after his lawsuit over account suspension for his role in 6 January 2021 attack on US Capitol
SEC Files To Pause Legal Battle Against Binance
Donald Trump's crypto friendly SEC seeks to pause high-profile lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance
Man Pleads Guilty To Hack Of SEC X Account
Alabama man admits hack of a US Securities and Exchange Commission social media account to manipulate Bitcoin price
France Opens Probe Into X Over Algorithmic Bias
Paris prosecutor's office opens investigation into alleged algorithmic bias at social media platform X after report by lawmaker
South Korean Prosecutors To Appeal After Samsung Boss ‘Not...
After Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee's not guilty verdict this week, Korean prosecutors say they will appeal to Supreme Court
UK Orders Apple To Provide Access To Encrypted User Data –...
Potential privacy clash, after Apple is reportedly ordered by UK court to provide 'blanket access' to encrypted user data
Former ASML Employee Accused Of Contact With Russian Intelligence
IP theft? Former Russian employee at both ASML and NXP denies allegations of contact with Russia's FSB intelligence service
Amazon To Face Legal Action Over Warehouse Closures
Union says it will ask court to compel Amazon to re-open seven closed warehouses in Quebec that triggered 1,700 job losses
China Retaliates Against Trump’s Tariffs, Starts Google Probe
Beijing responds to Trump's new tariffs with its own tariffs, and begins other measures against US firms including Google
FTX Reaches Settlement With Clinton-Linked K5
FTX reaches settlement with investment firm K5 Global, co-founded by former Hillary Clinton aide, as bankrupt crypto firm readies repayments
LinkedIn Lawsuit Over AI Training Is Dismissed
Plaintiff dismisses proposed class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn over alleged use of private messages for AI training
Meta Discusses Moving Incorporation To Texas
Facebook parent Meta Platforms in discussions over possibly reincorporating in Texas as it seeks more favorable legal regime
DoJ Sues To Halt HPE $14bn Acquisition Of Juniper Networks
US Justice Dept sues to block HPE proposed acquisition of Juniper, cites elimination of competition in wireless networking
Meta Agrees To $25m Trump Settlement
Meta to pay $25m to settle litigation by Donald Trump over 2021 account suspension following violent Capitol riots
Indian News Publishers Join OpenAI Legal Action
Indian news publishing group files to join legal action against OpenAI over alleged misuse of copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT models
Crypto Exchange KuCoin To Pay $297m In US Settlement
Major crypto exchange KuCoin agrees to pay more than $297m in US legal settlement in latest result of crypto enforcement actions
Sweden Detains Ship In Latest Baltic Cable Damage Incident
Sweden launches probe into latest incident of suspected Baltic undersea cable sabotage, detains Malta-flagged vessel
CMA Secures Google Commitment To Tackle Fake Reviews
British competition watchdog secures undertaking from Google to tackle fake reviews, as Amazon probe continues
Indian Tribunal Suspends Meta’s Data Sharing Ban
After Meta had warned that India's data sharing ban could collapse WhatsApp's business model, tribunal suspends ban
LinkedIn Sued Over Alleged Use Of Private Messages To Train AI
Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for allegedly using customer data, including private messages, to train AI models without permission
Google Wins UK Injunction To Halt Russian Enforcement Of Judgements
Google wins permanent injunction from London's High Court to prevent enforcement of Russian YouTube judgements
Donald Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
Not just insurrectionists. Founder of criminal marketplace Silk Road also receives pardon from Donald Trump
TikTok Restores Service In US After Trump Pledge
After Trump says he will issue executive order on Monday, TikTok began restoring service on Sunday to US users
TikTok Switched Off In US Ahead Of Ban Deadline
TikTok goes dark in the United States on Saturday, ahead of America's nationwide ban on the Chinese app on Sunday
Supreme Court Rules TikTok Can Be Banned in US
Ruling from Supreme Court upholds nationwide ban on TikTok unless ByteDance sells, but official says Biden won't enforce it
Age Verification For Porn Websites Needed By July, Ofcom Warns
Ofcom warning. All websites featuring pornographic material must introduce a “robust” age-checking system by July 2025
UK CMA Investigates Google Over Online Search Domination
More potential antitrust trouble for Google, after UK competition watchdog launches investigation into online search domination