Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub, a site that offers a free gateway to paywalled research. The site is accused of violating the counterfeit policy of the social media platform. However, founder Alexandra Elbakyan believes that this is an effort to silence the growing support amidst a high profile court case in India. From a report: In recent weeks, Sci-Hub…
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‘Possessed’ woman at center of Irish court case
A man has been cleared of assaulting his ex-partner who had been allegedly possessed by ‘demonic forces’. An unusual court case in Ireland ended recen… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340925/possessed-woman-at-center-of-irish-court-case…
Irish Court Says Subway Bread Is Too Sugary to Be Called ‘Bread’
According to the Subway Ireland website, the chain’s six-inch and footlong subs are available on six different kinds of bread, including nine-grain multi-seed, Italian white bread, Italian herbs and cheese, nine-grain wheat, hearty Italian, and honey oat. And, according to the country’s Supreme Court, all six varieties are too sugary to legally be called “bread” at all. From a report: The…
Big Tech is Suing the Patent Office
Apple, Google, Cisco and Intel this week sued the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, challenging the agency’s recent rule that it can refuse to adjudicate patent claims while litigation about them is pending in court. From a report: The companies say the rule hurts innovation and their legal rights, letting invalid patents stay on the books while lawsuits slowly wend their…
A Saudi Prince’s Attempt To Silence Critics On Twitter
Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck write via Wired: In 2014, Mohammed bin Salman’s uncle, King Abdullah, was nearing death. Mohammed’s father, Crown Prince Salman, was set to inherit the throne upon Abdullah’s death. For more than 60 years, the Saudi crown had been passed from one son of the kingdom’s founder to the next, the heir being determined by a combination…
George Floyd: Anonymous Hackers Reemerge Amid US Unrest
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: As the United States deals with widespread civil unrest across dozens of cities, “hacktivist” group Anonymous has returned from the shadows. The hacker collective was once a regular fixture in the news, targeting those it accused of injustice with cyber-attacks. After years of relative quiet, it appears to have re-emerged in the…
Georgia Loses Legal Code Copyright Clash At Supreme Court
schwit1 writes: Georgia lost a close U.S. Supreme Court case over the state’s ability to copyright its annotated legal code, in a ruling that dissenting justices said would shock states with similar arrangements. Copyright protection doesn’t extend to the annotations in the state’s official annotated code, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a 5-4 majority on Monday that crossed ideological lines….
Facebook To IRS: Refund Me, I’m Irish!
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Among the techniques featured in a 2012 City Pages story on The 10 Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes was pretending to be Irish. Chris Parker wrote, “Most people associate such exhaustive money-laundering with drug cartels. But it’s now standard practice at firms like Eli Lilly, Google, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Facebook. The only difference is that when drug…
Her iPhone Died. It Led To Her Being Charged As a Criminal
Chris Matyszczyk from ZDNet retells the draconian story of a Financial Times writer who wasn’t able to prove she purchased a ticket for the London buses because her phone died (she used Apple Pay), which led to her being charged a criminal. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: Today’s witness is Jemima Kelly. She’s a writer for The…
Judge Gives E-Cigarette Makers 10 Months To Seek FDA Review
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: E-cigarette companies such as Juul must submit applications to U.S. regulators by May 2020 to keep their vaping products on the market, a federal judge ruled Friday. The ruling was the result of a court case brought by anti-tobacco and public-health groups after the FDA had delayed an earlier application deadline. The groups…