Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences has completed the acquisition of YM BioSciences. A Gilead subsidiary acquired all YM's outstanding common shares as per the terms of a plan of arrangement. Thus, YM has become a wholly-owned ...
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Applications for domestic drone licenses are increasing steadily, even as privacy concerns related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the U.S. continue to mount. Government documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier ...
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Software vendors Microsoft and Symantec have "taken down" the Bamital botnet following a joint investigation lasting more than three years. The operation involved shutting down servers that were being used to control hundreds of thousands ...
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National secretary of the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) Tony Sheldon said revelations from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it did not investigate the impact the proposed Qantas/Emirates alliance will have on ...
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Gasoline blended with 15% ethanol caused failure in a "substantial" portion of fuel pumps and other components in a test designed to represent 29 million vehicles approved to use the fuel, according to a study the Coordinating Research ...
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January 30, 2013 - British Columbia has announced a $1.3-million investment in direct current (DC) fast-charging infrastructure in 13 communities throughout the province to help electric vehicle (EV) owners plug in and get charged. ...
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Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69% of the time in the U.S., as government requests for user information worldwide continue to rise. The total number of information ...
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Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69 percent of the time in the U.S., as government requests for user information worldwide continue to rise. The total number of ...
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In light of data privacy day, the search giant promises to increase its efforts in protecting user online information. The new initiatives aim to create a stricter process for handling data request from government agencies. "If it's ...
Google’s Transparency Reports, which are released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they fail to reveal. Transparency reports are ...
Russian steelmaking and mining company Mechel OAO announced Thursday the resumption of work at several of Mechel Bluestone's mining facilities in West Virginia. Due to decreased coal inventories, Mechel decided to resume open-pit mining at ...
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Governments continue to ask Google for more data about its users, with more than two-thirds of requests in the U.S. made through a subpoena, which usually doesn't require asking a judge for a search warrant. User data requests of all ...
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Google's Transparency Reports, released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they do not reveal. Transparency reports are basically a biannual ...
U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said Wednesday that prosecutors recognized that there was no evidence against Internet activist Aaron Swartz that warranted severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has been criticized for her ...
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John Smedley has received the first Royal Warrant in its 229 year history. Her Majesty The Queen, through her household, has been purchasing fine knitwear directly from John Smedley for several years. The Royal Warrant of Appointment is ...