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The US net neutrality landscape is now fragmented and weird
A US court says states can write their own net neutrality rules. Strangely the legal reasoning has little to do with net neutrality. Or how the internet works. Read more…
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Huawei slaps US govt with lawsuit over “unconstitutional” ban
Huawei sues the US government over the NDAA 2019 – which bans Huawei from government contracts – on the grounds that the ban is unconstitutional. Read more…
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Bangladesh files suit against Philippines bank over cyber-heists
Bangladesh files lawsuit in a U.S. court against Philippine bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) over its role in one of the world’s biggest cyber-heists. Read more…
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Qualcomm must license tech to competitors: judge
(Reuters) – A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that chip seller Qualcomm must license some of its technology to competitors such as Intel. The preliminary ruling came in an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm brought Read more…
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No, the Supreme Court did not end the net neutrality debate
ITEM: On Monday, the US Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) declined to hear a case brought by telecoms companies to reverse earlier rulings by lower courts that the 2015 Obama-era net neutrality rules were Read more…
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DOJ indicts UMC and Fujian Jinhua for stealing Micron secrets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Justice Department on Thursday unveiled an indictment against Taiwan-based United Microelectronics, China state-owned Fujian Jinhua and three individuals, saying they conspired to steal trade secrets from US semiconductor company Micron Read more…
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Apple is $7b behind in royalty payments, claims Qualcomm
(Reuters) – Qualcomm said in a court hearing on Friday that Apple is $7 billion behind in patent royalty payments to the mobile chip firm, which for years supplied parts for the iPhone. The two Read more…
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Altaba settles hacking-related lawsuits for $47m
Altaba – the holding company formerly known as Yahoo! – said on Monday it has reached an agreement to settle three lawsuits over two massive cyber security breaches for $47 million. Yahoo! revealed in 2016 Read more…
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Google faces class-action lawsuit over mobile tracking
(Reuters) – Google has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally tracking the movements of millions of iPhone and Android phone users even when they use a privacy setting to prevent it. According to a Read more…
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AT&T sued after mobile ID theft leads to stolen cryptocurrency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – US entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit on Wednesday against telecommunications company AT&T, accusing it of fraud and gross negligence in connection with the theft of Read more…