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California judge finds Prop 22 gig worker measure unconstitutional

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A California judge has ruled that Proposition 22, the measure that allows companies like Uber and Lyft to keep classifying app-based drivers in the state as independent contractors, is unenforceable and unconstitutional. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Alameda County Superior Court judge Frank Roesch found that Prop 22 illegally “limits the power of a …

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Huawei accused of pressuring US firm into installing a data backdoor

Huawei is once again facing claims that it’s placing backdoors in networks. The Wall Street Journalreports that American contractor Business Efficiency Solutions (BES) has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Huawei of not only stealing technology, but pressuring the firm into installing a data backdoor for a law enforcement safer-cities project in Lahore, Pakistan. The system …

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Apple ordered to pay $300 million in LTE patent dispute

Apple will have to pay another company a handsome amount to keep using certain wireless tech. Bloomberg and The Register report that a Texas jury has determined that Apple must pay patent firm Optis $300 million for allegedly violating patents covering LTE cellular service in devices like the iPhone and iPad. A jury had awarded …

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Record labels sue Charter over copyright infringement claims

Record labels sue Charter over copyright infringement claims

Charter Communications has been sued by a group of major record labels who claim it has failed to address “flagrant and serial” music copyright infringement, The Verge has reported. It’s the second time over the last several years that the group has sued Charter over song piracy. The labels said that they sent around 150,00 …

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