Euthanasia: more options doesn't always expand our freedoms, sometimes it limits them
Mar 07, 2016 11:32 am UTC| Law
Liberal democracies are built around individual freedom. That is, the freedom of the individual to act more or less as she wishes so long as she doesnt harm others. We take this freedom for granted today, but it is...
Japan’s Cabinet Approves New Bitcoin Regulations
Mar 07, 2016 07:21 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
In a move to improve transparency and ensure consumer safety, Japans cabinet has approved new regulations relating to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The new regulations recognize bitcoin as alegalform of payment...
Google expands the ‘right to be forgotten’, but Australia doesn't need it
Mar 07, 2016 04:03 am UTC| Law Technology
Search engines play an indispensable role in our information age. They are how we navigate the internet. Without their assistance, most of us would be lost. When access to their functionality is limited, our substantive...
Who (or what) is behind the wheel? The regulatory challenges of driverless cars
Mar 07, 2016 01:28 am UTC| Technology Law
A legal opinion by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) set the internet alight in February. The US road safety federal regulator informed Google that the artificial intelligence (AI) software...
Facebook looks set to pay more UK tax but it might not be as much as you think
Mar 04, 2016 17:55 pm UTC| Law Technology
Facebook has said it will pay more in UK taxes from 2017. The news comes hot on the heels of the much-derided settlement of Googles decade-long tax dispute with the UK tax authority. It also comes a day after it emerged...
The fight for encryption gets new allies as tech companies join Apple against the FBI
Mar 04, 2016 17:10 pm UTC| Technology Law
Apples defiance to the FBIs request to unlock the work phone of one of the San Bernadino shooters has become an all out PR and legal battle being waged on all fronts. Although the case is ostensibly about unlocking a...
Why do some 11-year-olds drink alcohol? (Hint: it's to do with their parents)
Mar 04, 2016 09:43 am UTC| Health Law
Official guidelines from the Department of Health are clear: children aged 15 or under should not drink alcohol. But they do. While the number of young people who say they drink alcohol has recently fallen, the teenage...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects