Used to silence whistleblowers

A California judge ruled this week that the confidentiality agreements Google requires its employees to sign are too broad and break the state's labour laws.

Before paying them $100,000

Uber paid hackers $100,000 to delete 57 million user files but bizarrely got them to sign an NDA first.

Court ruling a bit of a cow for both sides 

A Texas Court has decided that Oculus will have to pay half a billion dollars to ZeniMax because Oculus co-Founder Palmer Luckey failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed.

Being part of the Empire is no fun

An ex-Google product manager has sued Google over its confidentiality policies on the grounds they violate California labour laws and involve spying on staff.

Information from Macau, China briefing arrives just before start of Q3

Over the past few days, a handful of staff writers, editors, analysts and industry professionals were fortunate enough to receive invitations to AMD’s 3-day Polaris event in Macau, China, including our very own editor-in-chief. The event is scheduled to take place between May 26th and May 29th, with a Polaris Tech Day that just took place behind a non-disclosure agreement for the press.