Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service Article 428 words 30 votes
Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of fifteen as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children's brains” social media Article 508 words 32 votes
What Facebook has done to us social media facebook privacy Video 3:09:58, published Oct 7 2024 20 votes
More people than ever are trying to hack the US government--and they love it security.cyber security.network Article 328 words 11 votes
Google loses €2.4bn EU antitrust case for favouring its own shopping service google internet Article 607 words 33 votes
Chinese government hackers penetrate US internet providers to spy internet security.cyber Article 794 words 17 votes
Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics social media Article 525 words 17 votes
The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button Article 563 words 58 votes
Tech giants should be made subject to a global tax for their use of people's personal data, according to Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Link 30 votes
Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX and X from California to Texas, blames new trans privacy law social media privacy Article 256 words 28 votes
Microsoft laid off a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team, and its lead wrote an internal email blasting how DEI is 'no longer business critical' microsoft Article 375 words 37 votes
What's up with solid state batteries? A conversation with Siyu Huang of Factorial Energy. Article 9082 words 12 votes
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids social media Article 789 words 51 votes
In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel Article 850 words 15 votes
Minnesota repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition internet Article 576 words, published May 24 2024 22 votes
Taiwan, on China’s doorstep, is dealing with TikTok its own way social media Article 1195 words 11 votes
US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating' Article 326 words 27 votes
It's not just TikTok. ByteDance has a variety of apps that could also be banned. social media Article 523 words, published Apr 23 2024 21 votes
Google blocks some California news as fight over online journalism bill escalates google Article 26 votes
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms social media Article 1047 words 22 votes
Once more with feeling: Banning TikTok is unconstitutional and won’t do shit to deal with any actual threats social media Article 24 votes
House passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US, sending it to the Senate social media Article 795 words 45 votes
European Union approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology Article 26 votes
EU fines Apple €1.8bn over App Store restrictions on music streaming apple Article 348 words 26 votes
White House urges use of type safe and memory safe programming languages and hardware security.cyber PDF 38 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
"By all means, go after big tech. But for the love of the next generation, don’t pretend that it’s going to help vulnerable youth." social media Article 3142 words 33 votes
The most dangerous Canadian internet bill you’ve never heard of is a step closer to becoming law internet Article 1059 words 34 votes
Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet. Article 293 words, published Nov 20 2023 16 votes
US cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as Federal Communications Commission bans digital discrimination internet Article 507 words 43 votes
A Meta engineer known as an expert at curbing online harassment saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before the US Congress social media Article 817 words 19 votes
Fact sheet: US President Joe Biden issues executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence Article 1522 words 24 votes
Finland faces growing Russian online threat, Finnish security services say – espionage attempts have increased since Ukraine invasion security.cyber Article 584 words 22 votes
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, Secret Service all illegally used US smartphone location data privacy Article 1326 words, published Oct 5 2023 30 votes
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook facebook microsoft google social media Article 746 words 34 votes