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Zack Whittaker
Zack Whittaker, criminologist who studied at the University of Kent, UK, is a journalist, writer and broadcaster.
After studying criminology at university, though still in his early-20's, he has already had a series unconventional work and voluntary positions. He has worked with researchers studying neurological illnesses like Tourette's syndrome (which he suffers from), has given lectures on the nature of disabilities in the public community, and occasionally ends up speaking on television and radio discussing the events of the day.
He first had academic work published at the age of 22, then still an undergraduate, and has been cited by a wide range of publications: from the Huffington Post, Business Insider, AllThingsDigital, The Atlantic Wire and CBS News.
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Google defends new privacy policy to European data regulator
Google has responded in a letter to France’s data protection agency over claims it broke EU law with its new privacy policy, plus a few harsh words from the Dutch privacy chief.
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UK broadcaster Sky News admits email hacking
British broadcaster Sky News, part owned by Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, says it hacked into criminals’ email accounts to “serve the public interest”.
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Amazon ‘under investigation’ by UK tax authorities
Amazon is under “examination” by UK tax authorities, amongst others, according to a U.S. SEC filing. Claims made suggest the retail giant ‘avoids’ paying corporate tax in...
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European hackers face five-years in jail under proposed EU law
The European Parliament is proposing news laws that would harmonise cyber-criminal penalties from two years in prison, to in some cases five years in the slammer.
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Apple to fight on in e-book price-fixing ‘cartel’ case
Apple, along with two other major international publishers, may avoid settling in a “cartel” e-book fixing antitrust investigation, while others seek a faster resolution.
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What Google, Twitter, Angry Birds could have looked like in 1980 (video)
Despite Google being only 13 years old, one developer sought to recreate how it might have looked in the 1980’s, along with a mockup of Twitter and Angry Birds.
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Skype hires 400 staff in Europe expansion plans
Skype is to hire 400 people between London and Stockholm, as the Microsoft-owned company seeks to expand its presence in the UK and Europe.
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UK’s ‘Patriot Act’ Web monitoring law could face European veto
New plans by the UK government to monitor all Web and phone traffic, set to be announced at the weekend, could be shot down by the European Commission.
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TripAdvisor submits antitrust complaint about Google to EU
The list of complainants now reaches 14, as the European Commission feels the industry pressure to initiate a formal antitrust investigation into Google.
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Research in Motion sued for BlackBerry patent infringement
A Dutch company has sued Research in Motion over the alleged infringement of six patents it owns, ranging from software and phone design patents.
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