legal

Japan Enacts New Law With Up to 1 Year in Prison Now for Online Abuse!

Online abuse is clearly a pretty huge problem. And, unfortunately, one that doesn't seem to have a magic bullet solution…

2 years ago

Apple Faces New Legal Challenge in UK Over iPhone Throttling

Taking a small trip down technologies memory lane, you may recall that back in 2017 Apple got into some exceptionally…

2 years ago

European Union Mandates the USB-C Charging Standard!

Over the last few years, the European Union has made more than a few overtures toward looking to standardise (as…

2 years ago

Club Penguin Fan Remake Shutdown with UK Police Currently Holding Website!

I never once visited the official Club Penguin website. And even if I wanted to at this point, I'd have…

3 years ago

UK ‘Cyberflashing’ Law! – An End to Unsolicited “Eggplant” Pictures?

Let me just start by having a quick heart to heart with our male readers here at eTeknix over what…

3 years ago

UK Edges Closer Towards Online ‘Passports to Porn’

For the last three years, the UK Government has regularly discussed/proposed plans to introduce terser age verification checks when it…

3 years ago

Facebook Threatens to Withdraw its Platform From Europe (It Won’t!)

Facebook has never had a particularly great relationship with its users. In fact, I know many people who are seemingly…

3 years ago

Mikes Rant Christmas Edition – The Craziest News from 2021!

I'll freely concede that here at eTeknix if something a bit bizarre crops up in the news it's usually passed…

3 years ago

Man Murdered Over Diablo 2 Loot Dispute!

I think it would be fair to say that, in gaming terms, Diablo II has managed to snag more than…

3 years ago

CD Projekt Red Basically Settles Class-Action Lawsuit for $1.85M

It's certainly been a pretty rough 12-months for developer CD Projekt Red. Not only did it see the rather ignominious…

3 years ago

Man Shot After Attempting to Privately Sell His PS5

With Christmas fast approaching, it's not surprising to see that attempts to sell, or more accurately resell, PS5 consoles online…

3 years ago

Man Arrested For Reselling 200 Consoles That Were Set For Delivery!

With games consoles in such short supply at the moment, it's not surprising to see that they have quite a…

3 years ago

UK To Finally Ban All Handheld Devices While Driving!

I would hope that the vast majority of you would acknowledge that when you're driving a car, the only thing…

3 years ago

GTA Modders Issue Countersuit Against Take-Two Citing ‘Fair Use’

One of the most notable precursors to the release of the GTA Trilogy was the fact that Take-Two Interactive had…

3 years ago

Bowser Pleads Guilty To Nintendo Piracy Charges

Team-Xecuter was (formally) a group that looked to make money by selling software and hardware information related to various Nintendo…

3 years ago