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Apple and Samsung have agreed to end all patent battles outside the US

In a joint email sent to the press, Apple and Samsung have agreed to drop all patent lawsuits against each other...
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A Microsoft employee is suing the company for discrimination

A longtime Microsoft employee has sued the company, alleging that she was subjected to race, gender and age discrimination in her...
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The US is reportedly proposing a ban on in-flight cell phone calls

Don’t plan on making a cellphone call on a plane any time soon. Though the Federal Communications Commission is in the...
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Over 11,000 Europeans are suing Facebook at once

Grab a map, because we’re going around the world on this one. A Viennese privacy activist is suing Facebook’s Irish subsidiary,...
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Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law has come to Wikipedia

A Wikipedia entry was removed from search results for the first time today as a part of Europe’s ‘right to be...
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FCC blocks Sprint and T-Mobile’s attempt to buy spectrum together

A proposal from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler would block an attempt by Sprint and T-Mobile US to buy spectrum together in...
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Russia is looking to completely ban Bitcoin

One of the largest news agencies in Russia, RIA Novosti,reported today that the Russian Finance Ministry is preparing a bill to...
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European could launch yet another probe into Google over Android

European regulators are ready to launch yet another probe into Google that will try to ascertain whether it is using its...
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Microsoft is suing Samsung over unpaid patent royalties

One of the world’s top tech companies is suing Samsung for patent violations, only this time its not Apple. Microsoft announced...
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A judge has approved Apple’s $450 million e-book settlement

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote has granted Preliminary approval to Apple’s proposed $450 million settlement for claims that it colluded with...
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Russia’s anti-freedom “blogger law” has come into effect

The new law requiring Russian bloggers to register as media entities and hold themselves to the same standards as a full...
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Facebook is facing a serious privacy lawsuit in Austria

Privacy campaign group Europe-v-Facebook is inviting Facebook users outside the U.S. and Canada to join a lawsuit against the company, which...
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Twitter is pushing to be able to disclose more government data requests

After providing a clearer picture of the diversity of its workforce last week,Twitter followed up with a regularly scheduled transparency report...
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Facebook is facing a $123 million “revenge porn” lawsuit

Revenge porn is nasty business and it seems that in several parts of the US, it has actually been banned. For...
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Self-driving cars have been approved for testing in the UK

The UK government today announced that driverless cars will be able to get on the country’s roads as early as January...
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UK committee believes the “right to be forgotten” ruling is unreasonable

And so the saga continues … In the short time since the EU ruled that individuals have the right to be...
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China is opening an anti-monopoly probe into Microsoft

China has opened an anti-monopoly probe into Microsoft over problems arising from its Windows and Office software, a government regulator said...
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Apple is no longer trying to get Samsung products banned

Apple filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday, dropping its cross-appeal of Judge Lucy Koh’s verdict in its...
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