Chinese engineer charged in theft of Apple car secrets
A Chinese engineer was charged with stealing secrets from a stealth self-driving vehicle project at Apple, a freshly unsealed criminal complaint revealed.
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Flood of complaints to EU countries since data law adopted
Homophobia in the hallways: LGBTQ people at risk in Catholic schools
Recently, a Calgary woman filed two human rights complaints with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. The employee, Barb Hamilton, says she was pushed out the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) because of her sexuality ...
Google misleads kids and parents about apps, complaint filed with FTC says
Accusing Google of misleading practices about kids' apps, nearly two dozen child- and consumer-advocacy groups on Wednesday asked the FTC to investigate the Android maker.
Amazon targeted in German competition probe
German regulators on Thursday opened a probe into whether e-commerce giant Amazon was abusing its dominant position to obstruct competition from rival sellers on its online platform.
'Stash your trash,' say rat researchers
Rats. Can't live with them, can't live without them—or so it seems in a city like Chicago. Researchers from Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute and Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology set out to understand ...
Google accused of manipulation to track users
Seven European consumer groups filed complaints against Google with national regulators Tuesday, accusing the internet giant of covertly tracking users' movements in violation of an EU regulation on data protection.
Google says fired 48 for sexual harassment over two years
Google said Thursday it had fired 48 employees in the past two years—including 13 senior executives—as a result of sexual harassment allegations, citing "an increasingly hard line" on inappropriate conduct.
Tesla without Musk at the wheel? That's what the SEC wants
Tesla without Elon Musk at the wheel? To many of the electric car maker's customers and investors that would be unthinkable. But that's what government securities regulators now want to see.
South Korean swaps bitcoins for 2 mln euros in fake notes
The deal sounded murky from the start: in exchange for bitcoin worth two million euros ($2.3 million), the wealthy buyer would hand over the equivalent sum in cash in a luxury hotel on the French riviera.
