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Dear racist Airbnb host, we've enrolled you in an Asian American studies course

An Airbnb host who cancelled a guest's booking at the last minute because she was Asian has been fined $5,000 and told to attend a course on Asian American studies.
Kieren McCarthy, 13 Jul 2017
Bear attack

Uber borgs with Yandex's ride-sharing biz in Russosphere

Uber is getting a little bit of help in Russia and five other countries.
Andrew Silver, 13 Jul 2017
French

Wi-Fi firm Purple sneaks 'community service' clause into its T&Cs

Can't be GDP-arsed with this anymore
35 Comments
13 Jul 10:18

Academics 'funded by Google' tend not to mention it in their work

Two-thirds of the time support is not disclosed, say campaigners
35 Comments
13 Jul 09:56
HMRC photo via Shutterstock

NAO: Customs union IT system may not be ready before Brexit

System has capacity for 150 million declarations – just 105 million short...
77 Comments
13 Jul 08:10

PC sales still slumping, but more slowly than feared

~650,000 machines still ship every day, but that's the lowest total since 2007
33 Comments
13 Jul 06:27

Ready, aim... Ignition! Valley VC bigwig ejects after conduct complaints

Firm needs a new anti-harassment trainer after blowup
12 Jul 22:32

Guess who doesn't have to pay $1.3bn in back taxes? Of course it's fscking Google

Dieu merci, nous n'avons pas mis en place un bureau à Paris, le grand fromage of ads sighed
66 Comments
12 Jul 21:53

Hey, remember that monkey selfie copyright drama a few years ago? Get this – It's just hit the US appeals courts

AnalysisAnd, surprise, surprise, everyone's still baffled
151 Comments
12 Jul 21:15

WannaCry prompts promise of extra cash towards NHS security

UK.gov pledges transparency in long-awaited response to data and consent reviews
14 Comments
12 Jul 16:02

When 'Saving The Internet' means 'Saving Crony Capitalism'

CommentThe curious case of the dog that didn’t bark
46 Comments
12 Jul 15:27

Micro Focus posts pre-HPE Software borg numbers

Look here, we're doing OK now, aren't we?
12 Jul 13:45

Virgin Trains dodges smack from ICO: CCTV pics of Corbyn were OK

Showing Labour boss wasn't on 'ram-packed' train didn’t break law
76 Comments
12 Jul 11:19

Blighty's prosecutors slammed for failing to deliver savings on electronic tagging

£60m spent so far and five years late
14 Comments
12 Jul 10:27

European Parliament keen to throw news publishers a bone

But will Google and Facebook be good neighbours?
14 Comments
12 Jul 08:39

Citrix suddenly changes CEO: Tatarinov out, COO David Henshall in

'Mutual separation decision' after just 18 months in the job
12 Jul 01:19

Trump tramples US Constitution by blocking Twitter critics – lawsuit

Tweet-addicted President treats website as a public forum so cannot exclude views
109 Comments
11 Jul 19:38
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Ofcom pops 37% spectrum cap on mobile providers' domes

Decision ahead of auction falls short of calls by Three
11 Jul 11:59
Steve Martin dentist Little Shop of Horrors

Dental app startup drama: Two attack websites and a lawsuit

Here's what really happens when ex biz partners threaten to publish and be damned
23 Comments
11 Jul 10:55
Dog waits on a Welcome mat. photo by sHutterstock

Brit SAP user group seeking more line-of-business members

Newly minted chairman speaks of 'changes' to the IT dept's role
11 Jul 10:33

Opinion

When 'Saving The Internet' means 'Saving Crony Capitalism'

CommentThe curious case of the dog that didn’t bark

Oz government wants its own definition of what 'backdoor' means

When the good guys use backdoors, they're not backdoors, understand?
27 Comments
07 Jul 02:05

A minister for GDS? Don't talk digital pony

CommentJunior appointment more telling than non-expert status
28 Comments
28 Jun 12:30
Theresa May glass of water photo via Shutterstock

Tech can do a lot, Prime Minister, but it can't save the NHS

And it's not just a question of money, either
173 Comments
08 Jun 09:01

News

Trump to world: Forget moving to America to do a startup

International Entrepreneur Rule paused for at least 9 months, probably forever
73 Comments
11 Jul 06:58

G20 calls for 'lawful and non-arbitrary access to available information' to fight terror

CommentOr in other words, access to encrypted messages
50 Comments
11 Jul 00:58

Oracle, Amazon, Google, and Salesforce finally agree on something

Heavies team up to form patent-reform lobbying supergroup
10 Jul 23:59

'My dream job at Oracle left me homeless!' – A techie's relocation horror tale

Bloke's Amsterdam odyssey ends up in hardship
151 Comments
10 Jul 18:54

Twitter will no longer snaffle data allowances on Virgin Mobile

Please, for the love of god, keep your plans switched on!
19 Comments
10 Jul 12:57

GSM gateway ban U-turn casts doubt on 8-year prosecution in Blighty

Brit on bail for nearly a decade hopes crim case will be binned
29 Comments
10 Jul 12:05

Trump backs off idea for joint US/Russian 'impenetrable Cyber Security unit'

Goes from #MAGA to 'can't happen' in eight tweets
67 Comments
10 Jul 02:22

Canberra reviewing online Medicare lookup after data breach

Insider with a login, rather than an outsider with a hack, seems culprit for darkweb privacy panic
10 Jul 00:59

nbn™ hits the half-way mark – but has more than half of the job left

Signups remain at <50%, revenue isn't right and don't forget Turnbull promised we'd all be connected in 2016
24 Comments
10 Jul 00:10

Behind the scenes of Slovaks' fight to liberate their .sk domain

AnalysisWhat's really going on in battle to block sale of top-level address
67 Comments
08 Jul 09:32

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd scoops up $17.4m from 350,000 share sales

That sort of lolly could buy you 15 million Soleros
11 Comments
07 Jul 12:00

DIY music veteran SoundCloud flounders, lays off 40% of staff

Closes London and San Fran offices in pursuit of profits
15 Comments
07 Jul 09:42
a young farmer and a calf...

UK's food, farms and greens dept gives in to IBM, Capgemini addiction

Will extend IT contracts a bit, but winnow 25-supplier plan
07 Jul 08:33
icicle

Sysadmin bloodied by icicle that overheated airport data centre

On-CallIt's snowing at 3AM. Servers are dying by the dozen. So our reader went outside and climbed a ladder to fix things up
148 Comments
07 Jul 07:05
Uber self-driving car on a transport truck

UberPOP is Finnished in Helsinki until 2018

Paused awaiting new taxi laws
07 Jul 04:05

Oz government wants its own definition of what 'backdoor' means

When the good guys use backdoors, they're not backdoors, understand?
27 Comments
07 Jul 02:05
mcafee_sharper_648

McAfee settles McAfee lawsuit over McAfee name

And Intel sighs with relief
19 Comments
06 Jul 19:14
Woman packs up contents of desk. Image via shutterstock

Payroll glitch at DXC leaves former staff in employment limbo

They 'can't make people redundant properly despite having loads of practice'
18 Comments
06 Jul 11:25
Secret documents picture

Civil rights warriors file US lawsuit: Let us see Five Eyes agreement

Most recent public document is from 1955
Techie wields circular saw while standing over the innards of a workstation. Photo by Shutterstock

European MPs push for right to repair rules

A smartphone should be as fixable as a refrigerator
59 Comments
06 Jul 07:28

Need a change? Well, the Euro Patent Office needs a new president...

King Battistelli gets latest reform efforts approved, but his days are numbered
18 Comments
06 Jul 07:02
The Vancouver, CA skyline

Get the Canuck out: Vancouver vows Airbnb, Expedia crackdown

Mayor's plan could lead the way for other cities
17 Comments
05 Jul 23:51
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