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University of Wisconsin gets $506 million damages from Apple

27 July 2017, 11:01

Apple has been judged to have infringed on its patented 'predictor circuit' CPU technology.

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Apple opens UK office near Imagination Tech HQ

10 July 2017, 10:01

The 22,500 square-foot premises will house a graphics development unit.

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EU wants device packaging to indicate reparability, durability

6 July 2017, 10:01

It is aiming to tackle planned obsolescence and discourage things like glued in batteries.

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Google fined €2.42 billion for promoting own shopping results

27 June 2017, 12:01

Anti-competitive market distortion is abuse of Google's power says European Commission.

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Imagination Technologies put up for sale, negotiating with bidders

22 June 2017, 11:01

The whole company is up for offer, following withdrawal of future Apple GPU orders.

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Windows 10 Creators Update privacy settings detailed

6 April 2017, 10:01

And you can grab the update now via the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool.

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Intel's Nvidia GPU licensing deal ends next month

7 February 2017, 13:31

Meanwhile chitter chatter about a possible Intel / AMD GPU licensing deal intensifies.

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Asus faces EU probe for online price fixing

3 February 2017, 11:01

Meanwhile Valve/Steam is under scrutiny for geo-blocking European sales regions.

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Zenimax wins $500 million infringement case against Oculus

2 February 2017, 09:31

Of that $500m - Palmer Luckey has to pay $50m, and Brendan Iribe $150m.

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Stolen Razer Project Valerie appears on Chinese auction site

13 January 2017, 11:02

Listing price is 150,000 Yuan, which is about £17,800 / $21,700.

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Police want to probe Amazon Echo, as a murder 'witness'

28 December 2016, 13:01

'Alexa' might have overheard some plotting or skulduggery - but Amazon won't help.

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US wants visitors to reveal their social media user names

23 December 2016, 11:01

A request for Facebook, Twitter, and other IDs, now forms part of the ESTA application.

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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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