With a new Skill piloted by the DVLA, UK motorists that have devices with Amazon's Alexa are able to obtain tax and MOT information about their vehicles by reading out the registration number.
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A federal court ruling in Virginia has found that a politician contravened a constituent's freedom of speech rights when she blocked him from commenting or sending her messages on her Facebook page.
In the continuation of a lengthy patent battle between Apple and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a judge has ruled that Apple must pay $506 million for infringing a processor technology patent.
The Indian transport and highways minister, Nitin Gadkari, has stated that the country will not allow driverless cars to be tested on its roads, over concerns that the technology would take away jobs.
In a statement on its website, the UK Government has announced plans to require new drones heavier than 250 grams to be registered, with their owners obligated to sit safety awareness tests.
In the latest suit in a legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm, four contractors for the Cupertino company have brought a suit against Qualcomm, accusing it of violating antitrust laws.
In a statement on Monday, the TSA announced that it had lifted a ban that prohibited passengers on direct flights to the US from specific countries from carrying large electronic items in the cabin.
Two former aides to a congresswoman are being charged with cyberstalking and obstruction of justice for having allegedly stolen nude images from her iPhone and posting them online.
A data breach that was encountered by service provider Sabre has affected 14 properties owned by Trump International Hotels Management LLC, including locations in Las Vegas and Chicago.
An Airbnb host who cancelled a customer's reservation and left racist remarks back in February has been ordered to pay $5,000 in fines and must also enroll in an Asian-American studies course.
Amid several sexual harassment scandals in the tech industry, the President of Harvey Mudd has criticized companies for a lack of investment in human resources, and the presence of "bro culture".
Industry sources that spoke to Asian news site Nikkei claim that Apple is planning to launch three iPhone models with organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays in the second half of next year.
Amid a flurry of leaked images and videos alleging to show the Samsung Galaxy Note8, an image purporting to be a glass protective cover for the Samsung's upcoming device has surfaced on Twitter.
A UK watchdog has ruled that a trust of the National Health Service violated privacy law when it provided the details of 1.6 million patients to Google's DeepMind in a medical trial last year.
After receiving a voicemail from a suspicious source claiming to be the IRS, Reddit user YesItWasDataMined developed an ingenious way to get his own back: flooding their line with robocalls.
A civil rights organisation called the Equal Rights Center has filed a lawsuit against ride-sharing company Uber, for failing to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles for riders in Washington DC.