I got a Ring doorbell camera. It scared the hell out of me. amazon privacy security.home Article 1905 words, published Feb 13 2020 11 votes
The Great Google Revolt: Some of its employees tried to stop their company from doing work they saw as unethical. It blew up in their faces. google Article 7517 words 18 votes
The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world microsoft Article 5935 words 9 votes
I’ve fought for a free internet for thirty years. Here’s where I think we went wrong, and right internet Article 2493 words 15 votes
DoorDash made its couriers agree to binding arbitration, and now a federal judge has ordered them to pay almost $10 million to arbitrate over 5000 claims filed by couriers Article 581 words 10 votes
US officials say Huawei has had the capability to secretly access telecom networks around the world for over a decade Article 15 votes
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened Article 8451 words 20 votes
The launch of the Green Flyway research project between Røros, Norway and Östersund, Sweden marks a world-first test area for electric flights Article 525 words 5 votes
The annual assessment of Lockheed Martin's $428 billion F-35 program includes 873 software flaws and a gun that can't shoot straight Article 4 votes
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois facebook privacy social media Article 846 words 9 votes
You can track your assets, including everything from ROVs to containers anywhere in the world with Iridium’s new IoT tracking capability Article 998 words 5 votes
Smartphones have blurred the distinction between different spaces by turning anywhere into a place you can work, watch TV/videos, talk with friends, and more Article 2356 words, published Jan 16 2020 10 votes
Critical Windows 10 exploit discovered which allows arbitrary software to be installed under the guise of Windows updates security microsoft Article 660 words 20 votes
Gadgets for life on a miserable planet: At the Consumer Electronics Show, the only solution for technology-induced stress is more technology Article 515 words 13 votes
Meet the mad scientist who wrote the book on how to hunt hackers security.cyber Article 2249 words 8 votes
UrbanFootprint: A SimCity-like tool that lets urban planners see the potential impact of their ideas Article 1353 words, published Apr 11 2018 6 votes
Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands privacy Article 3179 words 35 votes
Messaging app ToTok has been removed from the Apple and Google app stores following claims the United Arab Emirates government was using it to spy on people privacy android apple.app store google.play Article 1762 words 12 votes
One nation, tracked : An investigation into the smartphone tracking industry privacy Article 4390 words 15 votes
The real trouble with Silicon Valley: The toxicity of the web is peanuts compared with Big Tech’s failure to remake the physical world internet Article 2335 words 9 votes
Ponzi schemes, private yachts, and a missing $250 million in crypto: The strange tale of Quadriga and its founder's mysterious death Article 8102 words 8 votes
AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today. internet Article 1995 words, published Dec 10 2019 16 votes
Prime leverage: How Amazon wields power in the technology world amazon.web services Article 3013 words 5 votes
The age of Instagram face - How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look social media Article 3949 words 11 votes
FTC weighs seeking preliminary injunction against Facebook over antitrust concerns related to how its apps interact facebook social media privacy Article 915 words 3 votes
McKee, Kentucky has a population of 1200 people and gigabit internet provided by the Peoples' Rural Telephone Cooperative internet Article 3505 words 7 votes
In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track [Uighurs] members of a largely Muslim minority group Article 5665 words, published Apr 14 2019 13 votes
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "Cancel culture" has always existed - for the powerful, at least - now social media has democratized it social media Article 1262 words 18 votes
Here’s one reason the US Military can’t fix its own equipment: Manufacturers can prevent the Department of Defense from repairing certain equipment, which puts members of the military at risk Article 1149 words 11 votes
Google is an emerging health-care juggernaut, and privacy laws weren’t written to keep up privacy google Article 461 words 14 votes
Google’s secret ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans google privacy Article 354 words 12 votes
The strange life and mysterious death of Jerrold Haas, co-founder of the educational-blockchain startup Tessr Article 7850 words 7 votes