Italian company releases seeing-eye mannequins that check out customers for age, sex, and race

High-fashion mannequin maker Almax has released mannequins that don't just look good, but also look. Right back at you, that is.

Apple to pay $1.2M for misleading customers in Italy

Apple owes $1.2 million to Italian consumers after losing an appeal today. The company is charged with misleading customers into unnecessarily buying its AppleCare service.

AppleCare is Apple’s warranty program, which extends a product’s insurance coverage to two years, in …

Italy fines Apple $1.2M over warranty confusion

Italian regulators have slapped Apple with $1.2 million (€900,000) in fines for misleading customers about assistance services and guarantees for products.

The fines came from Italy’s anti-trust authority, which said Apple gave unclear information on payments necessary to maintain customer …

Italian Wikipedia site gets disabled to protest privacy law

User-generated encyclopedia Wikipedia shut down its Italian website yesterday to protest a proposed privacy law drafted by the Italian government, reports The Atlantic.

The law would force websites to remove any information identified as defamatory to an individual within 48 …