Uber Gets Sued By Waymo Over Stolen Self-Driving Car Secrets
Feb 24, 2017 10:03 am UTC| Technology Law
With so many tech companies vying for supremacy in the race for self-driving cars, some of them were bound to clash at some point. This is exactly what is happening between Googles driverless car division Waymo and the...
How undocumented immigrants negotiate a place for themselves in America
Feb 23, 2017 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Once undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers arrive on American soil, they run the risk of being stopped by law enforcement officials who are charged with investigating their status. A Feb. 17 memo released by the...
How Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
Feb 23, 2017 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Every year, Australia provides protection to thousands of refugees under its humanitarian program. In 2015-16, the government issued 15,552 visas to people in need of humanitarian assistance overseas. These included people...
Nurses should not participate in executions by lethal injection
Feb 23, 2017 00:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In some US states, prisoners condemned to die are killed using lethal injections. This takes place in two steps which make the prisoner unconscious and then stop breathing. Nurses are often present, but do they really need...
APRA fiddles on bank risk while Rome burns
Feb 21, 2017 02:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Central Banks
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chairman Wayne Byers has made it clear the bank regulator will be cracking down on bank capital levels this year. Bank capital reserves are a loss-absorber, designed to...
Tech Industry Faces Sexism Controversy Again With Ex-Uber Coder's Complaints
Feb 21, 2017 02:50 am UTC| Technology Law
The tech industry is usually regarded as one of the leaders in pushing progressive platforms in the US, but even free-thinking companies are still experiencing their own issues when it comes to matters of equality. A good...
Uber CEO Orders Company Investigation Over Sexual Harassment, Gender Bias Claims By Ex-Programmer
Feb 21, 2017 02:47 am UTC| Technology Law
On Sunday, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick issued a comment about matters regarding claims by a former company employee who claimed that she experienced sexual harassment and gender bias multiple times while working at the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects