Mossack Fonseca, the law firm which become the center of Panama Papers controversy wrote a letter of apology to its Chinese banking client. The firm aimed to sustain its business in Asia after a leak of its financial data.
Campaigners for ‘Adult Use of Marijuana Act’ have so far collected 600,000 signatures from Californian voters till Wednesday. The proposed law aims to legalize recreational use of marijuana with certain terms and conditions. State officials have predicted for a $1 billion tax revenue earning, if the proposed law gets implemented.
Sony Pictures has reached a settlement deal with the opponents, who accused the company of making secret contracts with other studios to limit wages and halt hiring of animation staffs.
DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence division has been allowed access to patients’ data of three London hospitals run by Royal Free Trust. The data in encrypted form will be used to develop an app capable of alerting doctors about someone’s possible kidney injury. However, patients’ rights groups have criticized the move since the data may be used for any other purposes.
