Neowin News Feed for: Allegations

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov officially charged for alleged crimes in France

John Callaham — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:58:01 +0000

The founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been charged in France for allegedly enabling crimes via the popular messaging app. Read more...

The Guardian battles controversy over offensive AI-backed poll, blames Microsoft for it

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:56:01 +0000

Microsoft is being charged with allegations by The Guardian for sharing an offensive AI-generated poll beside a news article on Microsoft Start by The Guardian. Microsoft has yet to reply. Read more...

Microsoft HoloLens head Alex Kipman resigns following allegations of misconduct

Usama Jawad — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:34:02 +0000

Senior Microsoft executive Alex Kipman has exited the company following allegations of misconduct. Kipman led numerous projects at Microsoft including Kinect and, most recently, HoloLens and Mesh. Read more...

Indian court summons Alibaba, Jack Ma on former worker's complaint

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 09:46:01 +0000

An Indian court has summoned Jack Ma, Alibaba's founder, and the firm, in a case in which a former employee alleges he was wrongfully fired after he objected to fake news on UC Web and UC Browser. Read more...

Apple denies "most of the allegations" that it violated labor laws in the making of iPhone 11

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:44:01 +0000

The tech giant was accused of allowing a supplier factory in China to break labor laws. However, in a statement, Apple has denied most of the allegations, saying that it has been falsely accused. Read more...

IGN pulls Dead Cells review following allegations of plagiarism [Update]

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:44:02 +0000

IGN has removed its written and video review for indie action game Dead Cells that was released yesterday, following plagiarism allegations from a small YouTube channel, BoomStick Gaming. Read more...

Lawsuit alleges Facebook gathered unauthorized biometric data

Sharath Ravishankar — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:00:02 +0000

A California judge has ruled that Facebook must face a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of illicitly using facial recognition technology without the explicit consent of its users. Read more...

EU to investigate Cambridge Analytica's alleged misuse of Facebook users' private data

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:42:01 +0000

The EU will be investigating allegations against Cambridge Analytica regarding its misuse of Facebook users' private data. The analytics firm is known for having assisted the Trump campaign. Read more...

Russian prosecutors urged to investigate Microsoft over claims Windows 10 is ‘spying' on users

Andy Weir — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:18:01 +0000

Russia's Prosecutor General has been asked to look into Microsoft amid claims that Windows 10 'illicitly' collects user data, by a state official who says the OS is 'effectively spying on its users'. Read more...

Samsung accuses LG executives of "deliberately destroying" its washing machines

Andy Weir — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:23:09 +0000

Samsung has accused LG executives of vandalising its washing machines in retail stores shortly before the IFA trade show in Berlin, but LG says the quality of parts in Samsung's machines was "weak". Read more...

Former Microsoft employee responds to spying allegations

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:24:42 +0000

Microsoft recently accused Mike Mullor, a former employee for applying for his job in Microsoft under false pretenses and using his role at the company to gain access to confidential data. Mullor, Chairman and Founder... Read more...

Microsoft sued over WGA spyware allegations in China

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:10:04 +0000

Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage woes aren't likely to end any time soon. Soon after a global WGA failure caused by human error comes word that a privacy suit has been brought against the company in... Read more...

Swedes Invalidate OOXML Vote Over Fraud Allegations

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:59:46 +0000

The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) has invalidated this week's ballot on the proposed Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, eliminating one vote in favour of the standard before the International Standards Organization (ISO). The body said... Read more...

Suit Levels Spyware, Typosquatting Allegations at Yahoo

Wed, 03 May 2006 14:28:33 +0000

A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Yahoo! Inc. and group of unnamed third-parties accuses the company of engaging in "syndication fraud" against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their ads on search results and on... Read more...

Lexmark denies spyware allegations

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:01:36 +0000

Lexmark has firmly denied installing spyware on its customers' computers, after allegations appeared on a Usenet newsgroup that its printers install software that sends personal information back to the company. The poster, calling himself Commander,... Read more...

Microsoft responds to Cigital allegations

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:24:57 +0000

I was surfing Ms Visual Studio .Net website and came accross a link to this response to Cigital. To: BugTraq Subject: In response to alleged vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual C++ ... Read more...