Intel shut down a Russian-language developer forum for fear that the site might not comply with Russia's law about bloggers, GlobalVoices reports. The law requires companies that operate big websites to store all user data in Russia and make that data available to the FSB.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day happens a week from today, on Monday Jan. 19. But it's not a holiday for the loyal employees of Apple. They have to go to work.

Apple may have only unveiled their long-awaited Watch a few weeks ago, but they're already pushing the government to make sure it isn't subjected to health privacy regulations. According to Politico, companies including Intel, Apple, and Fitbit are pouring millions into lobbying campaigns against regulating wearables like medical devices.

Silicon Valley tried to settle away a $9 billion wage-fixing lawsuit, which alleges that companies including Apple and Google colluded to suppress employee wages. But a federal judge nixed the paltry $324.5 million pay out, saying it was not enough. Now the companies behind the conspiracy are appealing, insisting the lowball figure is adequate.

Lawsuits and federal investigations against tech companies tend to end one of three ways. Corporations pay a pittance of a settlement, swear they'll do better without admitting guilt, or the whole ordeal is over before it starts. But one plaintiff in the class action wage-fixing case against Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe has declined to roll over.

After a protracted legal battle, Reuters reports Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe will settle a lawsuit claiming they conspired to pay their employees far less than they deserved. These companies got a very good deal.

Kno, the Color of online learning startups, which raised $73.4 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, GSV Capital, and more, was sold for "literally pennies on a dollar," to Intel, reports Om Malik. "The venture investors lost pretty much their shirts on this deal."

Your job could be worse: HuffPo has the woeful story of one Intel employee with a 'Kick Me' sign on his back. His coworkers followed the instructions. Followed them until he wept, bruised of ego, bruised of buttocks.