The Web Tech Culture New California laws tackle political and pornographic deepfakes Expect more states to do the same By Rob Thubron, October 7, 2019, 8:55 AM 12 comments
Industry Senator Warren proposes reinstating Office of Technology Assessment Asking experts, not lobbyists, to guide policy change By James Miller, September 28, 2019, 8:29 AM
The Web Tech Culture Facebook will allow "newsworthy" posts from politicians to break the rules The company doesn't want to be the arbiter of truth on its platform By Adrian Potoroaca, September 25, 2019, 3:33 PM 9 comments
Security Tech Culture Big Tech reportedly met with US officials to discuss 2020 election security Twitter says it's a "joint effort in response to a shared threat" By Adrian Potoroaca, September 5, 2019, 6:04 AM
The Web Tech Culture Proposed White House executive order targets social media 'censorship' The FCC may be about to get more powerful By James Miller, August 10, 2019, 2:03 PM 33 comments
Security Leaked U.N. report says North Korea has stolen billions of dollars in cyberattacks to fund its weapons program An estimated $2 billion went into its nuclear weapons program By Adrian Potoroaca, August 6, 2019, 4:28 PM 16 comments
Industry Trump announces an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports It will go into effect on September 1 By Cohen Coberly, August 1, 2019, 4:47 PM 45 comments
Software Industry GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea and Crimea Developers in the affected countries will get very limited access By Adrian Potoroaca, July 29, 2019, 12:20 PM
Security Tech Culture 'MoscowMitch' hashtag trends after election security bills blocked The Senate leader earns a new nickname By James Miller, July 27, 2019, 10:44 AM 31 comments
Google Democratic dark horse Tulsi Gabbard files censorship lawsuit against Google Campaign ads were pulled following 'unusual account activity' By Cal Jeffrey, July 25, 2019, 4:04 PM 14 comments
Security Mobile WhatsApp spyware could also steal data from your Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook accounts All your data are belong to NSO's customers By Adrian Potoroaca, July 20, 2019, 7:40 AM 16 comments
Tech Culture Electronics Newly acquired voting tech may be vulnerable to attack Election 2020: new hardware, old software By James Miller, July 14, 2019, 11:10 AM 7 comments
Industry Hardware Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others plan to move production out of China The U.S.-China trade war is far from over By Adrian Potoroaca, July 3, 2019, 1:11 PM
Tech Culture The Web A fake Biden campaign site may be outperforming the real one The site the NYT accuses of political 'trolling' By James Miller, June 30, 2019, 12:04 PM 33 comments
Industry President Trump rolls back Huawei ban, kind of Huawei trade allowed where there is "no great national emergency problem" By James Miller, June 29, 2019, 11:54 AM 40 comments
The Web Warning labels will be applied to rule-breaking tweets from politicians But Twitter won't remove them outright By Cohen Coberly, June 27, 2019, 1:25 PM
Industry Bipartisan bill aims to force Google, Facebook, and others to disclose the value of user data How much is your information worth? By Cohen Coberly, June 24, 2019, 4:21 PM
Industry Trump declares national emergency over threats to US networks, adds Huawei to export blacklist The order bans foreign telecom equipment sales By Rob Thubron, May 16, 2019, 5:20 AM 11 comments
Gaming Industry Proposed Senate legislation could ban pay-to-win microtransactions and loot boxes aimed at kids It's called the 'Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act' By Cohen Coberly, May 8, 2019, 3:11 PM 13 comments
Security Tech Culture The UK and Huawei, Theresa May and the leaking scapegoat Lack of transparency is an actual issue of national security By James Miller, May 4, 2019, 7:28 AM 11 comments
Security Mobile UK defense secretary fired over Huawei leak Gavin Williamson insists he wasn't responsible By Rob Thubron, May 2, 2019, 8:05 AM
Tech Culture Donald Trump meets Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to discuss social media After the president complained about Twitter's alleged political bias By Rob Thubron, April 24, 2019, 7:03 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture The Web Democratic 2020 candidate Beto O'Rourke was a member of a hacking group More like Beta O'Rourke By James Miller, March 16, 2019, 12:15 PM 26 comments
The Web Industry Senator Amy Klobuchar floats idea of taxing companies that profit from user data Big tech is in the crosshairs By William Gayde, March 10, 2019, 1:09 PM 30 comments
Industry Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Amazon, Facebook and Google Should government break up big tech companies? By Shawn Knight, March 8, 2019, 12:20 PM 33 comments