In the latest fallout over yet another Silicon Valley privacy scandal, computer users hit Google and its parent company Alphabet with a federal class action Monday night for potentially exposing the data of up to 500,000 users of Google Plus to outside parties. Google announced in a blog post Monday morning that it would discontinue […]
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‘THE GOOD CENSOR’: Leaked Google Briefing Admits Abandonment of Free Speech for ‘Safety And Civility’…
Despite leaked video footage showing top executives declaring their intention to ensure that the rise of Trump and the populist movement is just a “blip” in history, Google has repeatedly denied that the political bias of its employees filter into its products. But the 85-page briefing, titled “The Good Censor,” admits that Google and other […]
Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For?…
Jack Poulson, a Google research scientist, recently became alarmed by reports that the company was developing a search engine for China that would censor content on behalf of the government. While Dr. Poulson works on search technologies, he had no knowledge of the product, which was code-named Dragonfly. So in a meeting last month with […]
Leaked Transcript of Private Meeting Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China…
“We have to be focused on what we want to enable,” said Ben Gomes, Google’s search engine chief. “And then when the opening happens, we are ready for it.” It was Wednesday, July 18, and Gomes was addressing a team of Google employees who were working on a secretive project to develop a censored search […]
Google+ Shutting Down After Massive Date Leak…
Google exposed the private details of almost 500,000 Google+ users and then opted not to report the lapse, in part out of concern disclosure would trigger regulatory scrutiny and reputational damage, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing people briefed on the matter and documents that discussed it. Shortly after the article was published, Google […]
Facebook Is Teeming with Fake Accounts Created by Undercover Law Enforcement Officers…
In the summer of 2015, as Memphis exploded with protests over the police killing of a 19-year-old man, activists began hearing on Facebook from someone called Bob Smith. The name was generic, and so was his profile picture: a Guy Fawkes mask, the symbol of anti-government dissent. Smith acted as if he supported the protesters, […]
New North American Trade Deal Has Bad News for Canadian Copyright…
Earlier this week, the U.S. Trade Representative announced a replacement deal for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the nearly 25-year-old trade deal between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Amid the long list of tariff-free products and restriction-free cheese names [PDF] in the new trade deal, called simply the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement or USMCA, […]
AT&T Claims it Wants Meaningful Privacy Rules…After Just Lobbying to Kill Meaningful Privacy Rules…
If you hadn’t noticed, the telecom industry has been on a tear lately, completely dismantling most government oversight of its natural monopolies. From killing net neutrality to gutting FCC and state authority to rein in ISP bad behavior, companies like AT&T dream of a future where neither competiton nor even modest regulatory oversight prevent it […]
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies…
In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video. Based in Portland, Ore., Elemental made software for compressing massive video files and formatting them for different devices. Its technology had helped stream […]
Twitter Blacklists Popular ‘Wired Sources’ News Account…
The last tweet Wired Sources made before the ban was a video of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) admitting that the Democrat Party’s call for an FBI investigation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh was an “opening” to block him from the Supreme Court. “This was our last tweet before we left for the holidays. It had nearly […]
Democratic Intern Arrested in Doxxing of GOP Senators During Kavanaugh Hearing…
A Democratic congressional intern was arrested Wednesday and accused of posting the personal information of at least one Republican senator during last week’s hearing about sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, authorities said. U.S. Capitol Police said 27-year-old Jackson Cosko was charged with making public restricted personal information, witness tampering, threats in […]
Trump to Host Google CEO, Tech Execs at White House Summit…
The Trump administration will host a technology summit in the coming weeks with executives including Google chief Sundar Pichai, a White House spokeswoman confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The gathering comes as firms like Google, Facebook, and others face increasing pressure from Congress. Both Republicans and Democrats are pressuring social media companies to increase security […]
Tim Berners-Lee Tells Us His Radical New Plan to Upend the World Wide Web…
Last week, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, asked me to come and see a project he has been working on almost as long as the web itself. It’s a crisp autumn day in Boston, where Berners-Lee works out of an office above a boxing gym. After politely offering me a cup of […]
Inside The Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings…
Christopher Talbot thought he would make a great police officer. He was 29 years old, fit, and had a clean background record. Talbot had military experience, including a tour of Iraq as a US Marine, and his commanding officer had written him a glowing recommendation. In 2014, armed with an associate degree in criminal justice, […]
Class Sues Facebook for Breach of 50M User Accounts…
Mere hours after revealing that a security breach had compromised 50 million user accounts, Facebook was hit with a class action Friday afternoon seeking punitive damages for the exposure of private user data. Lead plaintiff Carla Echavarria of California claims Facebook acted with “absolute disregard” for its users’ private information, and that its “lax and […]
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The Hayabusa2 Rovers Just Made a Movie on the Surface of an Asteroid…
Japan’s MINERVA-II rovers have sent back a batch of new photos from Ryugu, including a stunning new video taken from the asteroid’s rocky surface. The 15-frame video was captured by MINERVA-II2, also known as Rover 1B, on September 23, the same day that it and its companion, MINERVA-II1, landed on Ryugu, an asteroid located 174 […]
The Case for Limiting Kids’ Screen Time to Two Hours a Day…
What would an optimal 24-hour day look like for children? According to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth, for kids between the ages of eight and 11, it should include at least 60 minutes of physical activity, two hours or less of recreational screen time, and nine to 11 hours of sleep. […]
Analyst Who Accidentally Leaked NSA Software Given Five More Years in Prison Than General Who Handed Classified Info to His Mistress…
An NSA employee will be headed to prison for inadvertently exposing the agency’s malware stash – Nghia Hoang Pho, 68, of Ellicott City, Maryland, and a naturalized U.S. citizen originally of Vietnam, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of classified national […]
DOJ Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law…
The Department of Justice on Sunday night sued California over its new net neutrality law, a little over an hour after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the bill. The lawsuit claims the California bill is “unlawful and anti-consumer” because it goes against the federal government’s “deregulatory approach to the Internet.” The bill signed by Brown […]
Being Julian Assange by Suzie Dawson…
Certain journalists would consult an almanac for Washington DC on the night of the 2016 election, and begin this article with a few picturesque, scene-setting words about the chill winds whipping the capital as it lay poised, awaiting the results with bated breath. But I have more respect for my readers than that. So I’ll […]
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