Apple surrenders iCloud to cops
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Monday, 28 February 2022 12:00

Apple surrenders iCloud to cops

 
All that privacy it brags about? Turns out not so much

While Apple, and its fanboys, have been lecturing about how much privacy the fruity cargo cult offers customers, it turns out it is considerably more friendly with law enforcement than they think.

Australia proved that governments can stand up to Big Tech
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Sort of

When the Australian government stood up to Big Tech most expected it to cave in after Google threatened to leave the country, but it did not happen.

New York Times uses Wordle to track users
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Friday, 18 February 2022 12:51

New York Times uses Wordle to track users


Game loaded with add trackers

A month after Apple’s favourite newspaper, the New York Times, bought Wordle it has loaded it with advertising trackers.

Apple and Google face Netherlands class action
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:51

Apple and Google face Netherlands class action


Apple faces the power of Orange and Google faces thousands

Apple and Google face a potential class action lawsuit in the Netherlands over app store charges, after a foundation headed by Dutch entrepreneur Alexander Klopping began gathering claimants.

Google AI gets nukes
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 11:45

Google AI gets nukes


What could possibly go wrong?

Google’s AI Deep Mind has been brushing up on nuclear reactors and now can control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.

Linux bugs fixed faster
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 11:39

Linux bugs fixed faster


Closed source is slower 

Google's Project Zero team have released their latest time-to-fix data and it looks like no one stomps on bugs faster than a Linux developer.

Google Analytics breaks GDPR
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Monday, 14 February 2022 12:40

Google Analytics breaks GDPR


All hell about to break lose

The use of Google Analytics has now been found to breach European Union privacy laws in France -- after a similar decision was reached in Austria last month.

UK accepts Google’s cookie tracking plans
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Friday, 11 February 2022 13:16

UK accepts Google’s cookie tracking plans


Needs something to go with the tea

Britain's competition regulator said on Friday it had accepted a revised offer from Google of commitments relating to its plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers.

Google sued for €2.1 billion
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Wednesday, 09 February 2022 13:25

Google sued for €2.1 billion


Following anti-trust ruling

Search engine outfit Google has been sued by price comparison website PriceRunner for €2.1 billion because of its anti-competitive search result practices.

Big Tech should pay if its punters are scammed
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Wednesday, 02 February 2022 12:17

Big Tech should pay if its punters are scammed


UK government investigates

Big tech companies who carry scam adverts should be forced to reimburse victims, UK MPs have said.