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Autonomous Taser drone could be deployed by police forces

28 October 2016, 14:01

Taser International was exploring this concept at a recent law enforcement conference.

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The CPS publishes social media hate crime prosecution guidance

10 October 2016, 14:31

Outlines trolling, doxxing, mobbing, and other online activities which should be prosecuted.

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Replacement Galaxy Note7 fire causes aircraft evacuation

6 October 2016, 09:31

"Thick grey-green angry smoke" poured out of the powered down Samsung smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy Note7 recall will cost the firm about $900 million

6 September 2016, 13:31

Flaw in battery manufacture meant that negative and positive electrodes could touch.

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Samsung removes Galaxy Note7 from sale, issues recall

2 September 2016, 11:31

Battery safety concerns, due to "35 cases" reported worldwide, says Samsung.

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Nvidia to credit Marty McFly Modding for Ansel source code

25 August 2016, 11:01

Modders surprised to discover code in Nvidia Ansel earlier this week.

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Bitcoin value slides following $77m loss from Bitfinex exchange

3 August 2016, 13:01

Exchange halts trading after hackers make off with 120,000 ill-gotten bitcoins.

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BBC will close iPlayer licensing 'loophole' on 1st Sept

2 August 2016, 09:31

At the same time it hesitates to reveal which TV stars make more than the UK PM.

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Nvidia settles US GeForce GTX 970 class action – $30 per buyer

29 July 2016, 09:29

And will pay $1.3 million for the attorneys’ fees.

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IP address not a smoking gun in movie piracy case says US judge

30 June 2016, 11:31

Oregon District Court dismisses piracy case as IP address "doesn't prove anything".

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Woman is awarded $10k following unwanted Windows 10 upgrade

28 June 2016, 10:00

She didn't initiate the upgrade and it made her business PC crash prone and unusable.

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Intel continues to fight $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine

23 June 2016, 10:31

As a reminder, it was fined for abusing its market dominance between 2002 and 2009.

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No Man's Sky developers win legal battle against Sky Plc

20 June 2016, 10:01

Sean Murray relieved that "3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense is over."

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Nvidia teasing Pascal launch with 'Order of 10' puzzle website

3 May 2016, 09:01

Meanwhile Nvidia and Samsung have made a deal to end their patent dispute.

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Open Wi-Fi owners not liable for dodgy users, asserts EU Judge

17 March 2016, 11:46

EU Court of Justice advisory says such businesses should get safe harbour, like ISPs.

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MEGA's Kim Dotcom eligible for extradition, to stand trial in USA

23 December 2015, 08:31

New Zealand court Judge Nevin Dawson made the decision today. Appeal already lodged.

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Kopimashin auto-generates $10m daily loss for the music industry

22 December 2015, 11:31

The device was created by TPB co-founder using a Raspberry Pi, an LCD and some Python code.

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EU antitrust regulators accuse Qualcomm of abusing dominance

10 December 2015, 12:01

Investigations reveal that Qualcomm may have used 'predatory pricing' strategies.

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Asetek demands AMD R9 Fury X graphics cards sales cease

7 December 2015, 10:01

And a Cease and Desist order was also issued against Gigabyte WaterForce cards.

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AMD faces class action lawsuit over Bulldozer core counts

9 November 2015, 13:01

Bulldozer cores share a number of resources causing "performance degradation".

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Investigatory Powers Bill: ISPs to keep 1yr of your browsing history

4 November 2015, 10:06

Access to the records will require judicial authorisation.

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Rock Band 4 makers caught posting 5-star reviews on Amazon

23 October 2015, 11:11

Harmonix says reviews by employees were posted "without ill intentions".

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Samsung and Qualcomm didn't infringe Nvidia patents says ITC

12 October 2015, 11:01

But Nvidia hopes the decision will be overturned by the full commission next Feb.

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Microsoft and Google end five year battle over patents

1 October 2015, 10:01

18 such cases are settled, in the US and Germany, companies pledge to work together.

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Asetek wins injunction, gets 25pc royalties from Cooler Master

24 September 2015, 11:06

In 2014 Cooler Master demanded a new trial in this all-in-one liquid cooler patent tussle.

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Toshiba overstated profits for past six years, Chief Exec resigns

21 July 2015, 11:06

Creative accountancy overstated operating profits by a total of 151.8 billion yen.

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UK gov: should we have 10 year sentences for internet pirates?

20 July 2015, 09:52

To bring sentencing in line with that for physical goods copyright offences.

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Skype name is treading on Sky's toes in Europe, decides court

6 May 2015, 11:07

In 2014 Microsoft had to rebrand its SkyDrive to OneDrive after similar court action.

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In-car emergency calling to be standard in new cars by April 2018

29 April 2015, 11:08

Regulation to make eCall systems standard equipment approved by EU to save lives.

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Nvidia gets favourable ruling in its patent case against Samsung

7 April 2015, 13:35

Meanwhile Samsung touts better than expected Q1 profits of $5.44bn.

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Steam to offer refunds to EU customers for 14 day period

18 March 2015, 10:50

But this only applies to games you haven't installed and subsequently tried out.

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Nvidia to face class-action lawsuit over GeForce GTX 970 memory

23 February 2015, 10:05

And makes a U-turn regarding GTX 900M Series mobile GPU overclocking.

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Following ban, Hotline Miami 2 dev tells Australians to "pirate it"

16 January 2015, 13:05

The ban in Australia was prompted by an in-game rape scene and acts of extreme violence.

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