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Amazon may get law enforcement involved in more counterfeit cases
Amazon has been waging a war against counterfeits for years. The company has tried everything from charging high fees in order to sell big names to letting brands issue takedowns. Now, Amazon is planning to give more data on counterfeits to law enfor...
Huawei technicians may have helped African governments spy on opponents
An investigation by The Washington Post claims Huawei technicians helped African governments spy on domestic political opponents. According to the report, Huawei employees helped authorities in Uganda intercept encrypted messages and allowed police i...
German Authorities Block Facebook from Combining User Data from Different Sources
Facebook faces new restrictions from German authorities. The Bundeskartellamt (Antitrust department) issued restrictions on how tracked user data can be combined. The social media giant is not...
German Authorities Block Facebook from Combining User Data from Different Sources
Facebook faces new restrictions from German authorities. The Bundeskartellamt (Antitrust department) issued restrictions on how tracked user data can be combined. The social media giant is not...
Authorities raid Apple’s offices in South Korea prior to iPhone X release
According a report by the UK’s Metro, authorities raided Apple’s headquarters based in South Korea right before the November 24th release date of iPhone X. Now that the situation is rising, many are...
Chinese Authorities Stop Illegal Broadcasts
More than 500 sets of equipment for making unauthorized radio broadcasts were seized in China over the past six months in a national campaign aided by more than 30,000 airwave monitors, the media...
Facebook allowed to triple size of its HQ, pays $10 million for the privilege
Swollen with cash following its IPO, Facebook is looking to expand its headquarters in Menlo Park. Its plan to triple its workforce there from 2,200 to 6,600 people was approved by local officials last night, removing the previous cap that allowed a maximum of 3,600 messy, resource-consuming humans. In lieu of the added burden on the city, Facebook will have to contribute $850,000 per year for ten years, plus a one-time payment of $1,000,000. The start of a surge towards greater products and profits, or the beginning of a complacent corporate decline? We'll let the stock market decide.
Facebook allowed to triple size of its HQ, pays $10 million for the privilege originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 05:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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