Patent wars, regulation and legislation increasingly matter to the tech sector.
To help Russian security services, providers will now have to keep customers' texts, calls, and chat logs in full.
Court also grants Tesla's request to order Facebook, WhatsApp, Open Whisper, and Dropbox to save documents in its suit against a former employee.
A seven-year patent dispute over the alleged copying of the iPhone has been settled between Apple and Samsung Electronics.
Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene.
Huawei is again offering up its equipment and source code up for testing by intelligence agencies in an effort to avoid a ban on taking part in Australia's 5G rollouts.
After the ACCC appealed a court decision to dismiss a warranty and repair-related case against LG, the Full Federal Court has found the electronics giant made two representations to consumers that were false.
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An expansion of copyright infringement safe harbours to the educational, cultural, and disability sectors including while using cloud service providers has passed Parliament.
Automated patent decision-making will help 'simplify and streamline' Australia's intellectual property laws, according to the draft legislation that a Senate committee has recommended passing.
Tumblr has agreed to better monitor illegal porn distribution with South Korean authorities after initially refusing to do so.
Under two new standards, RSPs will be required to provide greater information on NBN plans to consumers, as well as access to legacy broadband in cases of migration issues.
If passed, Article 13 will force all websites to check any and all posts for copyright violations. That will include photos, videos, words, tweets, memes, software code, etc, etc. Think about that for a minute, and shudder.
This court ruling changes everything about internet e-commerce. Billions in sales every year will now be taxed, which had been left untouched for over a generation.
Tesla accuses former employee of hacking, stealing data, and leaking false information to the media.
A proposed European law would mandate that content providers utilize some kind of content filter to make sure rights holders get their royalties. But for a public open source code repository, such a contraption could be a nuisance, or it could be catastrophic.
Amid recent political upheaval, Catalonia in northeastern Spain is bringing together its security initiatives.
Apple's "Design and Health" kit contents: Weighted mugs, lenticular mouse pads, post-it notes, and more!
Apple's internal "design and health" guide for their designers (click images to enlarge).
A run down of some of the most controversial decisions or actions by Facebook, including some of their biggest mistakes to date.
A quick run through of the newly released Amazon Cloud Drive - the online storage service, and the Amazon Cloud Player - the integrated music streaming service.
Prysmian Telecom Cables and Systems was awarded a contract of up to $300 million this week to supply fibre-optic cables for the National Broadband Network (NBN). NBN Co head Mike Quigley visited the company's Dee Why factory after the announcement.
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A quick look over the proposed Privacy Icons to simplify the online privacy policies.
Everyone's talking about mobile. They want to access the internet while they're on the go, and they want it to be fast. Ericsson is one of a swathe of vendors conducting trials for the next generation of mobile technology — Long Term Evolution (LTE).
The Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIP popularized the desktop personal laser printer. TechRepublic cracks it open to see what made the IIP tick.
Artist turns old printed circuit boards into useful items--clocks, clip boards, picture frames, pencil holders and more.
Chipmaker Qualcomm offered a glimpse of what the future might hold for the next generation of smartphones.
One of Microsoft's early US patents had nothing to do with computers. Drawings show a reading stand and book holder that Microsoft patented in 1986.
Organisations are struggling to ensure they're compliant with the right to be forgotten, breach notifications and more.
Facebook's new report attempts to convey how effective its AI is at flagging bad content and fake accounts.
Trump has said that he is working with the president of China to give ZTE 'a way to get back into business, fast'.
Apple has removed a bunch of apps in the App Store that send location data to third parties without obtaining user consent, according to a report.
In a Hong Kong Exchanges filing on Wednesday, ZTE told investors that 'major operating activities of the company have ceased' because of the US Commerce Department's export ban.
Former chief executive officer of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn has been indicted by US prosecutors on charges related to the emissions cheating scandal.
ACCC has told HP PPS Australia to compensate customers who purchased its printers without being told they contained technology that did not allow for non-HP ink cartridges to be used in them.
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Far-right leader's win over Facebook in a German comment case could have international ramifications.
Panasonic Avionics Corp, which develops in-flight communication systems and products for airlines, has agreed to pay a $137.4 million criminal penalty after being accused of corrupt practices by the US Department of Justice.
The case to block a series of domain names linked with the HD Subs Plus app being accessed via smart TV boxes has been successful.
The Australian Federal Court has ordered Telstra to pay AU$10 million in penalties for making false or misleading representations to consumers on the management of its premium direct billing (PDB) services.
Adblock Plus isn't in breach of antitrust law or interfering with press freedom, German supreme court rules.
Here's how the social media giant is updating privacy policies ahead of the EU's new data law.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has emerged victorious in its almost four-year legal battle against US-based video game distributor Valve Corporation.
Russia's quest to stop encrypted messaging app Telegram also blocks thousands of Amazon, Google addresses.
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