Neowin News Feed for: Cops

Gotta catch 'em all, LAPD cops fired for ignoring robbery call to hunt Snorlax instead

Sayan Sen — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 04:46:01 +0000

Two LAPD police officers were fired from the job in 2017 as available video evidence pointed towards them ignoring a robbery in progress call and instead, going hunting for a Snorlax in Pokémon Go. Read more...

NeoBytes :) Are cops in GTA V racist?

Usama Jawad — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:46:01 +0000

Has it ever crossed your mind to see if the cops in GTA V are racist? If not, a YouTube channel has made a video accompanied by an analysis to determine if the said personnel are racist as alleged. Read more...

Cops pull TV-links, claim facilitation of infringement

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:20:55 +0000

Last week's arrest of a 26-year-old Cheltenham man, and the related closure of the TV-links website, has prompted a flurry of speculation that the very foundations of the internet (linking to stuff) might be under... Read more...

Virgin France cops €600k piracy fine

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:02:41 +0000

Virgin France has been slapped with a €600,000 fine for illegally downloading Madonna's Hung Up for resale on its site - in the process ignoring an "exclusive deal reached by Warner Music France with France... Read more...

Gates helps cops fight kiddy porn

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 04:00:26 +0000

Microsoft and the Toronto police are now developing software that will make it easier for police to investigate the dissemination of child pornography on the Internet. They hope to complete an initial version of the... Read more...

Army data cops prepare for Iraq trials

Darren Bolton — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 07:36:07 +0000

Evidence gathered from computer systems to be used in war crime cases Forensic technology enlisted by the British Army to fight global terrorism could help find war criminals in the wake of... Read more...

Lucent calling the COPS

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:33:58 +0000

Bell Labs researchers say they've jumped a significant hurdle in the continuing development of mobile phone technology: allowing a caller to use the same phone anywhere in the world. So-called global roaming is virtually impossible... Read more...