Neowin News Feed for: Victim

YouTube star Logan Paul gets into hot water for insensitive dead body video

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:16:01 +0000

American YouTuber Logan Paul is receiving backlash for publishing an insensitive video featuring an apparent suicide victim in Japan's Aokigahara forest. The vlogger has already apologized. Read more...

Human driver hurts other humans in Google car accident

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:24:01 +0000

For the first time, Google's autonomous vehicles have been involved in an accident that hurt humans. Not surprisingly though, the autonomous car wasn't at fault - a distracted human driver was. Read more...

Microsoft Flight Simulator the victim of staff layoffs?

Tom Warren — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:44:25 +0000

Microsoft confirmed the closure of Aces Game Studio to IGN today, the internal development studio responsible for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Amidst the 5,000 job cuts at Microsoft it appears as though Microsoft Flight Simulator is... Read more...

Twitter hacked, Fox News and celebrity accounts fall victim

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:03:58 +0000

Many users got a shock when checking some twitter accounts like, Foxnews, Britney speaks, Barrack Obama, and many others. An attacked launched against celebrity twitter accounts is inserting crude headlines such as "Breaking, Bill... Read more...

Canada's New Anti-Camcording Legislation Finds First Victim

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:16:18 +0000

After being caught trying to record the movie 'Dan in Real Life' last month, a man from QuÃ©bec now faces up to two years in jail, if convicted, thanks to Canada's new anti-camcording legislation. Should... Read more...

Stock options scandal claims another victim

Steven Parker — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:21:59 +0000

The stock options scandal that has affected Apple, McAfee and CNet has claimed another victim, and this time it's one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley's chip business. The San Jose Mercury News reports: ... Read more...

Net Spam Victim Wins Landmark Case

Joe Cashman — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:46:41 +0000

Spam victim Nigel Roberts has won a landmark victory, successfully suing Media Logistics UK who had spammed him with junk mail. Under new EU laws companies can be sued for sending unwanted e-mails. Mr Roberts,... Read more...