The Oct. 17 explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital shook the world. With a civilian death toll reportedly in the hundreds, accusations were initially lobbed against Israel, which swiftly contradicted the allegation. The country asserted the explosion was instead caused by a faulty rocket fired from Gaza, later producing geospatial and audio evidence to support [...]
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Monday found that Apple can proceed with a lawsuit against the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to challenge a set of instructions given by the PTO Director to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board about patentability reviews. Apple, Cisco, Google, and Intel filed a lawsuit [...]
New York Times releases redacted US military report on failed Afghanistan drone strike
The New York Times released an article on Friday containing a half-complete document from US Central Command which investigated a failed drone strike in Afghanistan. 66 pages of the unclassified document were released to the New York Times, containing redactions, after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. The investigation was instigated shortly after the drone [...]
Two New York residents arrested for alleged scheme to launder $4.5B in stolen bitcoin
The Department of Justice Tuesday announced that two individuals in Manhattan were arrested for an alleged conspiracy to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange. Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, allegedly conspired to launder the proceeds of 119,754 bitcoin that were stolen [...]
Knowing what you know now about the Holocaust, if you were given a chance to go back in time and attend the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, would you? Would you willingly support the propagandistic rebranding efforts of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime? Or would you do everything in your power not only to [...]
Intel wins appeal as EU court overturns $1.2B antitrust fine
In a major setback for EU antitrust regulators, the General Court of EU Wednesday overturned the €1.06 billion ($1.2 billion) fine imposed on Intel almost 13 years ago for abuse of market dominance and stifling competition. In 2009, the European Commission found that the US chip-maker had abused its position in the market for x86 [...]
Will Washington Ever Get Around to Regulating Artificial Intelligence?
On November 4, 2021, US Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced the introduction of S.3175 – 117th Congress (2021-2022): Advancing American Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2021 to Congress. Although the stated goal of S. 3175 is to ensure private companies have access to accurate data so they can better meet Department of Defense [...]
US appeals court rules Intel can challenge Qualcomm smartphone patents
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that the United States Patent and Trademark Office erred when it dismissed opposition by Intel Corporation to potential patents by Qualcomm Incorporated. The Federal Circuit released two rulings over the tech companies’ patent disputes, one regarding multi-processor systems and the other regarding radio [...]
HRW accuses sponsors of China Winter Olympics of supporting Uighur genocide
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday accused the corporate sponsors of the Beijing 2020 Winter Olympics of ignoring China’s crimes against humanity in its far western region of Xinjiang, thus “squandering the opportunity” to pressure China to address its “appalling human rights record.” Coca-Cola, Intel and Airbnb are among the 13 Olympic Partners accused by name [...]
Apple, Intel, Pfizer join 3,700-plaintiff tariff suit before Court of International Trade
Apple, Intel and Pfizer joined 3,700 other US businesses Tuesday in their suit against the US regarding Trump-era tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese products. This lawsuit concerns the List 3 and List 4 tariffs imposed on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is enforced by the US [...]