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Is It Social Media or Corporate Surveillance? Facebook’s Business Model…

It’s time to ask this question: is Facebook wearing the friendly façade of a social media company while actually operating as a high tech citizen surveillance center? We’ll get to that in a moment, but first a look at what an actual citizen surveillance center looks like in New York City. In 2012 we broke […]

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Robo-Trousers to Give Elderly Bionic Strength…

Robo-trousers which help people stand up, walk upstairs and get out-and-about without wheelchairs, are being designed by British scientists in a government-funded scheme to help the elderly and disabled stay mobile. The University of Bristol is developing ‘smart trousers’ with artificial muscles which give frail people bionic strength so they can live independently for longer. […]

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Twitter Exposes its Politically Motivated Censorship Policy in Banning of Alex Jones…

It has been a busy month for Twitter, and Alex Jones, with Jack Dorsey forced to defend the decision not to ban Jones early last month, only reverse course by suspending Jones shortly after a tense Senate hearing on social media. The Senate hearing, in which Dorsey spoke alongside Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, […]

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Are New York’s Free LinkNYC Internet Kiosks Tracking Your Movements?…

LinkNYC kiosks have become a familiar eyesore to New Yorkers. Over 1,600 of these towering, nine-and-a-half-foot monoliths — their double-sided screens festooned with ads and fun facts — have been installed across the city since early 2016. Mayor Bill de Blasio has celebrated their ability to provide “the fastest and largest municipal Wi-Fi network in […]

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Russian Man Accused of Stealing 100M Customers’ Information from U.S. Companies Extradited…

A Russian man was extradited to the United States from the the European country of Georgia to face charges for a “massive” computer breaching campaign, including the largest-ever theft of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution, the U.S. Secret Service announced Friday. Andrei Tyurin, 35, appeared in Manhattan federal court Friday afternoon after arriving […]

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Pew Study: 44 Percent of Young Adults Deleted Facebook App in Past Year…

Almost half of the young adults in the U.S. who use Facebook deleted the app on their phones over the past year, according to a new study examining Americans’ changing relationship with Facebook. The Pew Research Center study, published on Wednesday, found that 44 percent of adults between ages 18 and 29, which is composed […]

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Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars…

Twitter banned Infowars and its founder, the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, following months of public pressure to do so. In a series of tweets on Thursday, the company said it had “permanently suspended” accounts associated with Jones and Infowars after numerous complaints that they violated its terms of service prohibiting repeated abusive behavior. A Twitter […]

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New Tech Watchdog to Monitor Conservative Censorship on Facebook, Twitter, Google…

The Media Research Center, a conservative press watchdog which has long monitored liberal bias in the news media, on Thursday launchedMRC TechWatch — a new project dedicated to exposing bias and censorship online by major tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube. Overseeing the new effort: Allen West, a senior fellow at the […]

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U.S. Charges North Korean Man in Sony Hack and WannaCry Ransomware Attack…

The Justice Department has charged an alleged North Korean operative with involvement in the infamous hack of Sony Pictures in 2014, as well as last year’s devastating WannaCry ransomware attack. The United States had faulted the country for the Sony hack as far back as late 2014. The cyber-operation was believed to be taken in […]

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Robot Boat Sails Into History to Become the First Unmanned Vessel to Cross the Atlantic…

A robotic craft has made history as the first unmanned sailboat to cross the Atlantic after a 1,800-mile (3,000 km) journey from Newfoundland in Canada to Ireland. The boat’s two-and-a-half-month journey saw it cross the churning North Atlantic as part of the Microtransat Challenge – a transatlantic race for autonomous boats. The SB Met, built […]

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‘Strange Disappearance’ of WikiLeaks Consultant in Norway…

WikiLeaks has raised concern after Arjen Kamphuis, an associate of founder Julian Assange, went missing in Norway. The cybersecurity expert was last seen in northern Norway on August 20. The internet transparency entity WikiLeaks tweeted on Sunday about Arjen Kamphuis’ “strange disappearance,” saying he has been missing since August 20, when he left his hotel […]

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Analyst Downgrades Facebook Over ‘Toxic Brew’ of Slow Sales and Regulation Risk…

CNBC reports that analysis firm MoffettNathanson has downgraded Facebook’s stock in a surprise move after the firm predicted that the social media company will generate earnings below expectations this year. Analyst Michael Nathanson said in a note to clients this week: “We believe that revenue growth deceleration coupled with the company’s long-term margin guidance does […]

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Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales…

For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google paid for. But most of the two […]

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U.S. Levels Charges at China of ‘Super Aggressive’ Spy Campaign on LinkedIn…

The United States’ top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down. William Evanina, the U.S. counter-intelligence chief, told Reuters in an interview that intelligence and law enforcement officials have told LinkedIn, owned […]

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Google Is on the Verge of Making a Huge Mistake With China…

The recent news that Google is working on a search engine for China’s highly censored Internet reminded me of a Chinese saying: “to have your spine pointed at.” Back home in China, if someone who has done something immoral or unethical is seen walking down the street, others might point at the person’s back after […]

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