US Courts Cannot Shackle All Defendants
A US appeals court on Wednesday deemed unconstitutional the practice of systematically shackling the hands and feet of pre-trial detainees in courtrooms, saying restraints must be decided on a...
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Uber Fires Engineer At Center of Trade Secret Suit
Uber on Tuesday confirmed that it has fired an engineer accused in a trade secrets suit involving files he purportedly purloined from Alphabet's self-driving car unit Waymo. The firing of Anthony...
Google Linking Online and Offline Worlds In New Ad Challenge
Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites while fueling privacy worries. A product called "Google Attribution" was unveiled at...
US Appeals Court Maintains Block On Trump Travel Ban
A US federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a fresh setback to President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, upholding a lower court's decision to block the measure targeting travelers from six...
Chinese Tech Firm LeEco Reverses Course In US, Cuts 325 Jobs
Cash-strapped Chinese tech firm LeEco on Wednesday confirmed that it is throttling back plans to invade the US market, cutting 325 jobs months after announcing a major expansion. The layoffs were...
United Plane Engine Fire Forces Newark Airport Shut-Down For An Hour
A plane engine fire at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has reopened after a plane engine caught fire, prompting a temporarily closure. United Airlines Flight 1579 from Newark to San...
Newark Airport Closed After Engine Fire Prompts Plane Evacuation
Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey temporarily shut down late Tuesday after an engine fire prompted the evacuation of an airplane, officials said. There were no immediate reports of...
Uber Says It Accidentally Shortchanged Drivers In NYC
Uber on Tuesday said that it accidentally shortchanged drivers in New York City and plans to pay them what they are due, plus interest. While rolling out a new pricing system in the US, the San...
Ford Names Hackett As CEO To Tackle Car Rivals, Silicon Valley
Ford Motor Co (F. N) abruptly named James Hackett as chief executive on Monday, responding to investors’ growing unease about the U.S. automaker’s slumping stock price and its ability to counter...
Hong Kong Police Arrest 21 Uber Drivers In Sting
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for carrying passengers without a proper permit following an undercover operation in the latest setback for the ride-hailing giant. The sting...
MTN In Discussions To Buy MultiChoice Africa – Sources
Industry sources have revealed that MTN is in discussions regarding a potential acquisition of MultiChoice Africa. MultiChoice Africa provides video entertainment for subscribers in 49 African...
Troubled World Rugby Sevens NZ Leg Moved To Hamilton
The troubled New Zealand round of the world rugby sevens circuit will be moved from its traditional home in Wellington in an attempt to breath new life into the tournament. After 18 years of being...
Uber Extends On-Demand Service To Trucking
Uber is expanding into a new field with a version of its on-demand ride application that lets truckers book cargo hauls with simple taps on smartphones. Uber Freight rolling out in the US was touted...
American War Photographer Stanley Greene Dies Aged 68
American war photographer Stanley Greene, who won five World Press Photo awards, died in Paris on Friday aged 68, the Noor Images agency he co-founded said. Greene passed away in a hospital in the...
People Are Marrying Themselves, It’s Called ‘sologamy’
If the secret to a happy marriage is finding the right person, we can all stop looking. At least, according to “sologamists.” They’re part of a growing relationship trend, in which people are...
Jerry Garcia Guitar On Auction To Back Rights Group
One of Grateful Dead legend Jerry Garcia's most famous guitars is going back on auction, where it could fetch more than $1 million to back a civil rights group. Known as Wolf, the electric guitar was...
Judge Blesses $1 Bn Compensation Deal In VW Diesel Case
A federal judge in California on Thursday said he would approve a $1.2 billion settlement between Volkswagen and the US authorities over the last 80,000 cars in the company's emissions-cheating...
Wells Fargo Announces $2 Bn In Additional Cost Cuts
Tarnished banking giant Wells Fargo said Thursday it will cut an additional $2 billion in costs each year as it aims to restore its reputation following a fake bank accounts scandal. The leader in...
New York Luxury Loos Are A Hit After $254,000 Makeover
Classical music, framed watercolors and vases overflowing with fresh flowers -- welcome to New York's poshest public toilets refitted with a $254,000 upgrade, where tips are banned and the facilities...
Online Grammar Fixers Get $110million Boost
There's money to be made from other people's mistakes: $110m (£85m) of it, to be precise. That's the amount raised in a funding round by Grammarly, a firm that boasts of having what it calls "the...