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Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook blow massive amounts lobbying Trump administration

Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are finding the Trump Administration a very expensive prospect, at least according to their newly released lobbying figures.
Kieren McCarthy, 21 Jul 2017

Legal boffins poke holes in EU lawmaker's ePrivacy proposals

The European Commission's proposed ePrivacy law needs significant amendments, particularly on location tracking and keeping people's communications confidential, according to an in-depth study.
Rebecca Hill, 21 Jul 2017
Hacker

UK households hit by 1.8m computer misuse offences in a year

Stats show few report such crimes to cops
16 Comments
20 Jul 14:02
NHS hosptial photo, by Marbury via Shutterstock

NHS trusts splashed £260m on PCs in last four years

Obviously not enough to stop Wannacry...
19 Comments
20 Jul 13:28
Policeman number 10, photo by pcruciatti via Shutterstock

UK.gov watchdog didn't red flag any IT projects. And that alone should be a red flag to everyone

AnalysisTransparency is welcome – but you gotta read between the lines
19 Comments
20 Jul 07:04

Europe's 'one patent court to rule them all' vision may be destroyed by EPO shenanigans

King Battistelli finally facing consequences for his actions
15 Comments
20 Jul 06:01

Amazon may still get .amazon despite govt opposition – thanks to a classic ICANN cockup

Special reportDNS king breaks own bylaws yet again
32 Comments
19 Jul 20:58

.. ..-. / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. / .-. . .- -.. / - .... .. ... then a US Navy fondleslab just put you out of a job

-.-- --- ..- -. --. / .--. . --- .--. .-.. . / - --- -.. .- -.-- --..-- / . .... ..--..
139 Comments
19 Jul 19:51

Australia releases MH370 sea floor data but search is still off

Minister celebrates lovely pictures of the sea floor, says he hopes new info is found
27 Comments
19 Jul 04:57

One-quarter of UK.gov IT projects at high risk of failure

Digital borders, digital tax and raft of MoJ projects singled out
43 Comments
18 Jul 15:03

UK government's war on e-cigs is over

CommentVape at work? Hey, why not?
241 Comments
18 Jul 13:22

UK regulator set to ban ads depicting bumbling manchildren

Vows crackdown on sexist commercials next year
174 Comments
18 Jul 11:33

Another Brexit cliff edge: UK.gov warned over data flows to EU

'No prospect of a clean break' on data protection laws – but UK may lose its influence
178 Comments
18 Jul 09:39

US laptops-on-planes ban now applies to just one airport, ends soon

Meanwhile the TSA found 78 guns at US airports last week, 32 with a round chambered
70 Comments
18 Jul 00:29

Juicy fine for Bradford firm after it blurts one million spam texts

Brit biz told to pay £80k for messages advertising Satsuma Loans
29 Comments
17 Jul 15:09

Google must cough up contact info for 8,000 employees in gender discrimination case

But judge narrows scope of US Labor Dept request
16 Comments
17 Jul 14:01

Media mogul Murdoch's 'Sky dataset' swallow poses 'grave threat'

UK peers want ICO to ensure info cannot be misused
26 Comments
17 Jul 11:25
jail

Nearly three-quarters of convicted TV Licence non-payers are women

Good old Capita keeps Auntie's purse overflowing
143 Comments
17 Jul 10:58

UK.gov snaps on rubber gloves, prepares for mandatory porn checks

Smut regulator also to be set up
169 Comments
17 Jul 10:11
Donald trump tweeting

IETF moves meeting from USA to Canada to dodge Trump travel ban

15 per cent of potential attendees don't fancy trying to make it to San Francisco
64 Comments
16 Jul 23:11

Opinion

Man with bun sucks on vape. Photo by shutterstock

UK government's war on e-cigs is over

CommentVape at work? Hey, why not?

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

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

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

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

A minister for GDS? Don't talk digital pony

CommentJunior appointment more telling than non-expert status
29 Comments
28 Jun 12:30

News

Pastor la vista, baby! FCC enforcers shut down church pirate radio

Forget about the internet: FM is where the real action is
76 Comments
14 Jul 21:50

Rimini Street: Dispute with Oracle is contract law, not copyright

Ninth Circuit panel urged to throw out injunction on software support biz
14 Comments
14 Jul 15:55

Man facing $17.5m HPE fraud case has contempt sentence cut by Court of Appeal

Now-freed 'serial entrepreneur' has yet to face a full trial
38 Comments
14 Jul 12:21

Now here's a novel idea: Digitising Victorian-era stamp duty machines

UK Office of Tax Simplification wants to scrap 'anachronistic and cumbersome' process
49 Comments
14 Jul 11:13

UK spookhaus GCHQ can crack end-to-end encryption, claims Australian A-G

Antipodean not-backdoors plan will mirror UK Investigatory Powers Act, ensure law of land trumps laws of mathematics
96 Comments
14 Jul 01:49

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

Oh, and you owe us $5,000. Lots of love – California
106 Comments
13 Jul 19:51

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

Can't be GDP-arsed with this anymore
36 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
39 Comments
13 Jul 09:56

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

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

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
168 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
50 Comments
12 Jul 15:27

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
77 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
Puppy and bone, image via Shutterstock

European Parliament keen to throw news publishers a bone

But will Google and Facebook be good neighbours?
14 Comments
12 Jul 08:39
Blocked from following Trump image

Trump tramples US Constitution by blocking Twitter critics – lawsuit

Tweet-addicted President treats website as a public forum so cannot exclude views
114 Comments
11 Jul 19:38
Image from Shutterstock 161369036

Ofcom pops 37% spectrum cap on mobile providers' domes

Decision ahead of auction falls short of calls by Three
trump

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
Businessman with unlocked padlock - shutterstck

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
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