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Amazon and Audible taken to court over audio patents

A Delaware-based company called TrackTime have filed a complaint against Amazon, citing accusation of infringements on two patents relating to audio services offered across their range of products and services.

‘Robolawyers’ among futuristic ideas backed by £10m innovation fund

Business secretary Greg Clark has announced plans to use a new fund to facilitate futuristic projects that would otherwise be held back by red tape and legal regulations, in a bid to show that Britain has a flexible regulatory environment.

First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years

Dr Donna Strickland, a Canadian physicist, is only the third woman ever to be awarded the prestigious science prize for her work developing an optical device described as ‘laser tweezers’.