Illinois officer claims Sheriff's office told him to play copyrighted music to shut down citizens' recordings Article 22 votes
Regulators and reality: The FTC's case against Facebook social media facebook Article 3025 words 5 votes
Little-known Federal software can trigger revocation of citizenship amazon Article 3260 words 9 votes
US FTC: Facebook was bad at business, so it “illegally bought or buried” competition facebook Article 518 words 14 votes
History of the Segway - Dean Kamen's literary agent revisits the story twenty years later to reflect on his contribution to the invention's hype and failure Article 9978 words, published Aug 1 2021 3 votes
Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google security google facebook Article 1682 words 28 votes
Why right to repair matters – according to a farmer, a medical worker, a computer store owner Article 1633 words 17 votes
Former eBay security manager sentenced to eighteen months in prison for his role in cyber-stalking campaign against eBay critics Article 504 words 13 votes
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature internet Article 941 words 13 votes
Big Tech is trying to disarm the US FTC by going after its biggest weapon: Lina Khan amazon facebook Article 1330 words 8 votes
US Consumer Product Safety Commission sues Amazon, citing over 400,000 hazardous products sold through its "Fulfilled by Amazon" program amazon Article 961 words 12 votes
Trump files lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google google facebook social media Article 675 words 14 votes
Swedish Coop supermarkets shut due to US ransomware cyber-attack – the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks security.cyber Article 33 words 8 votes
Judge tears Florida’s social media law to shreds for violating First Amendment social media facebook Article 1547 words 16 votes
In leak investigation, tech giants are caught between courts and customers apple google Article 1587 words 9 votes
US Democrats circulate draft antitrust bills that could reshape Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google facebook apple amazon google Article 723 words 15 votes
US Department of Justice recovers $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin that Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware extortionists security.cyber Article 883 words 17 votes
US FBI secretly ran the An0m encrypted messaging platform, yields hundreds of arrests in global sting Article 249 words 7 votes
Amazon devices in the US will automatically join the Amazon Sidewalk mesh network and start sharing internet with neighbors on June 10th, unless opted out internet privacy security amazon.sidewalk Article 882 words, published May 29 2021 30 votes
Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law Article 1725 words 12 votes
King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software privacy Link 15 votes
Heat List - Chicago PD automated policing program got this man shot twice Article 5235 words 10 votes
Florida has passed an unconstitutional law to allow suing and fining social media companies (except ones that also own theme parks) for censoring users or de-platforming politicians social media Article 1637 words 20 votes
We found Joe Biden’s secret Venmo. Here’s why that’s a privacy nightmare for everyone. privacy security Article 1630 words 17 votes
Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack security.cyber Article 965 words 31 votes
Ransomware gang threatens release of DC police records privacy security.cyber Article 447 words 10 votes
96% of US users opt out of app tracking in iOS 14.5 facebook apple privacy ios.14 Article 410 words 35 votes
New York Attorney General issues report detailing millions of fake comments, revealing secret campaign to influence FCC’s 2017 repeal of net neutrality rules Article 1035 words 28 votes
Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney social media facebook Article 613 words 14 votes
Reddit faces lawsuit for failing to remove child sexual abuse material social media Article 1102 words 15 votes
After decades of not using them, the Pentagon has given control of millions of IP addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats security.cyber Article 1115 words 17 votes
Foxconn and Wisconsin have amended their contract to reflect a $672 million investment, instead of the $10 billion promised in 2017 Article 1152 words 17 votes
Comcast nightmare: Six months without Internet despite $5,000 payment internet Article 1494 words 12 votes
Supreme Court of the United States Justice Clarence Thomas argues for regulating large internet platforms as common carriers internet Article 535 words 21 votes
Employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments privacy Article 5855 words 9 votes
Multiple US Navy destroyers were swarmed by mysterious 'drones' off California over numerous nights Article 2912 words 11 votes