SEATTLE — Technology executives have for days assailed President Trump’s executive order suspending immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries, framing their arguments largely in moral terms. On Monday, two tech companies — Amazon and Expedia — stepped up their opposition to the order... Read more...
This is one of the reasons why I Am Not A Rapper... That is, according to federal court documents filed Wednesday by attorneys for Chuck D. The detailed breakdown shows that for every 1,000 iTunes downloads sold, a UMG-signed artist gets paid 3. And that's after the label collects on a 2... Read more...
A central Alabama judge ordered a man to serve three days in jail for contempt of court for wearing so-called saggy pants. Twenty-year-old LaMarcus D. Ramsey was in Autauga County Circuit Court on Tuesday to enter a plea on a charge of receiving stolen property. Circuit Judge... Read more...
Israel has passed a law banning the use of underweight models in advertising. The legislation, known as the "Photoshop Law," also requires that agencies tell their audience if they've digitally altered pictures to make models look thinner. "This is such a happy day for me, and it should be for ... Read more...
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” began one of the most famous of the classic radio mystery serials. “The Shadow knows!” If so, the Shadow is still the only one who does. Despite decades of advances in biometric technologies and neuroscience, investigators have at best on... Read more...
Demonstrators protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on February 11, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany (AFP Photo / Sebastian Gabriel / Germany Out) The EU has suspended the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and referred the text to the European C... Read more...
The Minister of Information JR interviews Jannah Bey, the sister of Yusef Bey IV, who is on trial for the murder of reporter Chauncey Bailey currently in Oakland, California. .....F*ck... A, 57-year old journalist Chauncey Bailey was walking to work when he was shot dead. Just before 7... Read more...
Independent rights group Merlin has reached an out-of-court settlement with LimeWire, the P2P file-sharing company that was shut down by a federal court in October 2010 due to a "massive scale of infringement." The amount of the settlement is not being disclosed, but Merlin CEO Charles Caldas t... Read more...
The 17-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting rampage at an Ohio high school appeared briefly in juvenile court as residents of the shaken community offered sympathy and support for families and friends of the three students who were killed and two who were wounded. A prosecutor described ... Read more...