Apple Wins $502 Million VirnetX Patent Infringement Reversal

March 31 (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Friday convinced a US appeals court to overturn a $502 million judgment for patent licensing company VirnetX Inc (VHC.N) in a long-running battle over internet privacy technology. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the verdict could not stand after the US Patent Trial … Read more

US advocacy group asks FTC to stop new OpenAI GPT releases

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – The technology ethics group Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy is asking the US Federal Trade Commission to stop OpenAI from releasing new commercial releases of GPT-4, which has puzzled some users and caused others suffering with his quick and humane responses to questions. In a complaint to the … Read more

Jailed Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib loses latest attempt to review corruption conviction

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s top court on Friday rejected a bid from imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, putting Najib’s judicial attempts to challenge the guilty verdict , were terminated. . Najib became the first Malaysian prime minister to … Read more

FTX’s Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to campaign finance, bribery charges in China

NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) – Indicted founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to fresh US charges of conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws and bribe Chinese authorities. Bankman-Fried, 31, through his attorney, Mark Cohen, entered the plea for the new 13-count indictment at a hearing before U.S. … Read more

Exclusive: Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive

BRUSSELS, March 30 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud has accused Microsoft (MSFT.O) of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticized upcoming deals with several European cloud vendors. license terms. In Google Cloud’s first public comments on Microsoft and its European deals, Vice President Amit Zavery told Reuters that the company has raised the issue with … Read more

Taiwanese president revolts after China threatens retaliation for US trip

Taiwanese President Tsai leaves for New York China threatens retaliation if Tsai meets Speaker of the House of Representatives No reason for China to overreact: senior US officials Tsai also visits Guatemala, Belize TAOYUAN, Taiwan/BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) – External pressures will not stop Taiwan from engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said as … Read more

US regulator sues top crypto exchange Binance CEO for ‘intentional evasion’

CFTC accuses Binance of ‘deliberate evasion’ of federal law Binance’s compliance was ‘ineffective’ under CEO – CFTC CFTC cites practices first reported by Reuters last year March 27 (Reuters) – The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance and its CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao were charged on Monday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) … Read more

Prince Harry arrives for the UK court hearing against the Daily Mail publisher

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry arrived at London’s High Court on Monday for a hearing against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over alleged wiretaps and other invasions of privacy. Harry, the youngest son of King Charles, has filed a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers along with other famous figures, including singer … Read more

Australia’s Latitude Group says 7.9 million driver’s license numbers have been stolen in data theft

Data theft far greater than declared on March 16 Driver’s license, passport numbers, customer data stolen Shares fall 2.5% March 27 (Reuters) – Australian consumer finance firm Latitude Group Holdings Ltd (LFS.AX) said hackers stole nearly 8 million Australian and New Zealand driver’s license numbers in one of the country’s largest confirmed data breaches, sending … Read more

Venezuelan Maduro replaces oil minister, police arrest anti-corruption officials

CARACAS, March 20 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Monday accepted the resignation of the country’s powerful oil minister following the detention of at least six senior officials amid a corruption probe targeting state-owned PDVSA and the judiciary power. Tareck El Aissami had said on Twitter earlier Monday that he would step down to … Read more