US sues SolarWinds for fraud over alleged cyber security neglect ahead of 2020 Russian hack of Justice and Homeland Security departments security.cyber Article 669 words 25 votes
US Federal Trade Commission accuses Amazon of illegally protecting monopoly in online retail amazon Article 1421 words 42 votes
Artists lose first copyright battle in the fight against AI-generated images Article 612 words 23 votes
Google decides to pull up the ladder on the open internet, pushes for unconstitutional regulatory proposals google internet.open Article 66 votes
Fact sheet: US President Joe Biden issues executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence Article 1522 words 24 votes
The costs of not investing in American public infrastructure, research, and education Article 5332 words, published Oct 17 2023 29 votes
The most insane “robocall mitigation plans” that US telcos filed with the FCC Article 737 words 50 votes
Cops are suing a teen for invasion of privacy after allegedly false arrest goes viral privacy social media Article 601 words 15 votes
The rent is too damn algorithmic - Washington DC attorney general is investigating RealPage, a company that helps landlords set rent prices, for potential antitrust violations Article 397 words, published Oct 3 2023 36 votes
ICE, CBP, Secret Service all illegally used US smartphone location data privacy Article 1326 words, published Oct 5 2023 30 votes
US FEMA and FCC plan nationwide emergency alert test for Oct. 4, 2023 Article 587 words, published Aug 3 2023 27 votes
In search of fresh material to mine, AI companies are hiring poets, novelists, playwrights, writers, and Ph.D.s Article 1461 words, published Sep 20 2023 34 votes
Building automation giant Johnson Controls hit by ransomware attack security.cyber Article 804 words 8 votes
Google sued for negligence after man drove off collapsed bridge while following map directions google.maps Article 422 words 67 votes
US FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai: banning fast lanes and ISP restrictions on legal content internet Article 865 words 50 votes
Taylor Swift managed to drive record-breaking numbers to voter registration website Vote.org after urging her 232 million followers on Instagram to take action social media Article 67 votes
Automated translation programs cause problems with US asylum cases, make 'insane' mistakes Link 8 votes
Inside ShadowDragon, the tool that lets ICE monitor pregnancy tracking sites and Fortnite players privacy social media Article 1474 words, published Sep 18 2023 23 votes
Google US antitrust trial - judge ordered trial exhibits removed from the web - the Verge responds by publishing them google Article 353 words 24 votes
At MGM's hacked casinos in Las Vegas, evidence of the massive ransomware hack is everywhere, if you're looking for it security.cyber Article 2733 words 45 votes
Interview with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark highlights large gift to counter harms of artificial intelligence, other philanthropic initiatives Article 16 votes
The batshit crazy story of the day Elon Musk decided to personally rip servers out of a data center social media Article 80 votes
Economist, business professor, digital economy expert Shane Greenstein discusses the US Department of Justice vs Google antitrust case google Article 1689 words 4 votes
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts apple Article 448 words 39 votes
And then Elon Musk said there’ll be no more war – not via his satellite. Aren’t we lucky to have the world in his hands? internet.satellite Article 907 words 69 votes
Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades google Article 625 words 32 votes
EU ‘gatekeeper’ list has five American and no European companies apple google browsers microsoft Article 570 words 43 votes
Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech social media Article 342 words 25 votes
Obituary: Remembering Doug Lenat (1950–2023) and his quest to capture the world with logic Article 2132 words, published Sep 5 2023 12 votes
Hollywood’s latest pirate site blocking injunction covers ‘future content’ Article 743 words 15 votes
As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules privacy Article 1428 words, published Jul 17 2023 12 votes
Two men exonerated thirty years after wrongful conviction thanks to retrocomputing enthusiasts and The Bloop Museum extracting data from a damaged floppy disc Link 60 votes
Scientologists ask US Federal government to restrict right to repair Article 722 words, published Aug 31 2023 46 votes
Pentagon's new website lets you explore declassified UAP sightings info. Eventually, people will be able to submit their own reports of "unidentified anomalous phenomena." Article 410 words 11 votes
2/3 of foreign components in Russian drones are made in the US; China is the main supplier, according to the Yermak-McFaul International Working Group and KSE Institute Article 327 words 15 votes
Maryland school district sues social media alleging addictive design rewires young brains social media Article 1645 words 20 votes
TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concerns Article 1908 words 31 votes
Mom’s Meals discloses data breach impacting 1.2 million people privacy security Article 363 words 17 votes