| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.03.2026 | The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here’s What We Need to Do. | We’ve all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You’re right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly tr... |
| 15.03.2026 | Gen Z feels alone in their struggles—here’s what they ‘most need to hear’ from adults, says Harvard psychologist | Anyone who’s spent time around Gen Z — or watched news stories about them — has heard the stereotypes: They are more anxious, fragile, and coddled than previous generations.
As a developmental psychologist at Harvard, I study the experience... |
| 12.03.2026 | Этот пранк чуть не зашел слишком далеко: как мировые СМИ повелись на фейковый ИИ ЦОД посреди моря | Массовое применение и внедрение ИИ-технологий среди обычных потребителей случилось буквально пару лет назад. В 2023-м нас всех поражала возможность ChatGPT писать логически складные и осмысленные абзацы, а качество картинок с Midjourney воо... |
| 25.02.2026 | Предоставьте мне разрешение к… | Я регулярно рассказываю знакомым (особенно детям знакомых), что бездумно давать разрешения приложениям — даже скачанным из официального магазина — это верх беззаботности. На резонный возглас, мол, да кому нужны мои данные, я обычно размахив... |
| 12.02.2026 | Donald Trump Is VERY EXCITED About All Of Our Shitty Right Wing Broadcasters Merging Into One Bigger, Even Shittier Company | Trump 1.0 took a hatchet to media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, trampling smaller (and more diversely-owned) competi... |
| 11.02.2026 | Global AI Leader Mark Adams to Keynote Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane | As AI moves from experimentation to cultural, economic, and organisational force, CIOs are being challenged to understand not just the technology, but its real-world impact on power, creativity, and decision-making. At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 i... |
| 10.02.2026 | Washington Post обвинила ИИ в падении трафика вдвое — и уволила до 375 журналистов | Легендарная Washington Post, принадлежащая основателю Amazon Джеффу Безосу, 4 февраля провела крупнейшее сокращение в своей 150-летней истории. Газета уволила от 350 до 375 журналистов — по подсчетам профсоюза, это до 47% редакции, хотя рук... |
| 14.01.2026 | ICE Is Going On A Surveillance Shopping Spree | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 2024 budget... |
| 06.01.2026 | Right Wing Media Companies Begin Bickering At The FCC Over Who Gets To Dominate The Exploding Right Wing Propaganda Market | American right wing propaganda companies are beginning to fight among themselves as a shrinking number of dodgy media companies vie for domination of the Trump-coddled U.S. propaganda market.
Newsmax, a right wing propaganda organization pr... |
| 28.12.2025 | Соотношение свободы и приватности с безопасностью | Данная статья была написана и впервые опубликована осенью 2023 года. В ней разбираются мифы о свободном программном обеспечении и критикуются аргументы любителей проприетарного ПО. За прошедшее время статья нисколько не потеряла своей актуа... |
| 22.12.2025 | With new memoir, Tom Freston hopes to show young people there are multiple paths to success | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the formative days of MTV and his celebrity encounters — Bono would merit a few chapters on h... |
| 15.12.2025 | Honeyjar Secures $2 Million to Revolutionize PR with AI | Honeyjar, a San Francisco startup, just raised $2 million. It’s building an AI-powered platform for communications and PR teams. The funding will fuel development and expansion. Honeyjar aims to streamline workflows. It centralizes tasks li... |
| 13.12.2025 | Honeyjar: $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Closed To Launch AI Operating System For Communications And PR | Honeyjar, a San Francisco-based company building an AI co-pilot for communications and public relations, has raised a $2 million pre-seed round and opened an Early Access waitlist for agencies, in-house teams, and independent communications... |
| 10.12.2025 | Безопасность детей в Roblox | Платформа Roblox — крупнейшая в мире игровая платформа для детей. По данным компании, на её площадке ежедневно активны порядка 90 млн игроков, из которых около 40% младше 13 лет. Основная особенность игры — полноценная экосистема, которая п... |
| 08.12.2025 | Honeyjar Raises $2M to Launch the AI OS for Communications & PR | Honeyjar, the AI co-pilot for communications & PR, today announced a $2M pre-seed fundraise and the launch of its Early Access waitlist for agencies, in-house teams, and independent pros. The round was led by Heather Hartnett, CEO and G... |
| 21.11.2025 | Defense Contractor Lobbyists Are Trying To Kill Army ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms With A Bunch Of Lies And Bullshit | So we’ve noted repeatedly how there’s a real push afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you own. Unfortunately, while all fif... |
| 30.10.2025 | As Social Media Restrictions Spread, Is The Internet Entering Its Victorian Era? | A wave of proposed social media bans for young people has swept the globe recently, fuelled by mounting concern about the apparent harm the likes of TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat can cause to vulnerable minds.
Australia was the first to an... |
| 03.10.2025 | Брюс Стерлинг: писатель, который предсказал «умный дом» и войны в киберпространстве | Когда заходит речь о писателях в стиле киберпанк, имя Брюса Стерлинга всегда заслуженно идет через запятую с Уильямом Гибсоном, Нилом Стивенсоном и другими. Вместе с тем, есть такое ощущение, что идеи Стерлинга были восприняты массовой куль... |
| 30.09.2025 | Ring founder ‘backs the blue,’ says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime | In April, Jamie Siminoff returned to Ring, the company he founded 12 years ago that’s been part of Amazon since 2018.
Siminoff is unapologetically pro-police and says Ring’s technology can help law enforcement fight crime.
Privacy advocates... |
| 26.09.2025 | Verizon Remains On The Legal Hook For Illegally Spying On You And Selling Your Movement Data (For Now) | For decades, major U.S. wireless providers have collected sensitive customer movement and location data (often down to the meter), then sold it to a long list of random dipshits — usually without bothering to clearly inform customers or get... |
| 22.09.2025 | AI Slop Startup To Flood The Internet With Thousands Of AI Slop Podcasts, Calls Critics Of AI Slop ‘Luddites’ | So look, I’m not one of these people who thinks “AI” has no useful applications. Just this week I had an efficient conversation with a Gemini chatbot when trying to cancel a Google subscription. I used ChatGPT to help me fact check my own w... |
| 11.09.2025 | How Palantir Is Mapping Everyone’s Data For The Government | When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the public. Palantir Technologies, however, has attracted more and more attention over the past decade because of the size and scope o... |
| 08.09.2025 | Pastor Doug Wilson’s fringe teachings go mainstream in Trump’s Washington | By TIFFANY STANLEY
WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, Doug Wilson was a relatively unknown pastor in Idaho, relegated to the fringe of evangelicalism for his radical teachings.
Now he’s an influential voice in the Christian right. That shift in... |
| 28.08.2025 | GOP-Friendly Local ‘News’ Broadcasters Plan More Harmful Mergers After Trump Destroys What’s Left Of Media Consolidation Limits | During Trump 1.0, his FCC took at absolute hatchet to media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, trampling smaller (and mor... |
| 22.08.2025 | DC Appeals Court Shoots Down T-Mobile Claim That Selling Your Location Data Without Consent Is Perfectly Legal | In a rare win for U.S. consumer privacy, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled unanimously against T-Mobile and its subsidiary Sprint, upholding (for now) a $92 million 2020 FCC fine against the company for ... |
| 09.08.2025 | Emotional toll of 'mankeeping': Why women feel strained as men’s social circles shrink | Justin Lioi is a licensed clinical social worker in Brooklyn who specialises in therapy for men. When he sees a new client, one of the first things he asks is: Who can you talk to about what’s going on in your life?
Much of the time, Lioi s... |
| 03.08.2025 | AI Agent Security: Cyata Raises $8.5M to Tame Autonomous Enterprise AI | Tel Aviv's Cyata emerges with $8.5M seed funding, led by TLV Partners, to secure enterprise AI agents. As AI integration accelerates, autonomous agents pose new risks beyond traditional cybersecurity. Cyata offers a novel control plane for ... |
| 31.07.2025 | Credit Card Companies Fielding A Ton Of Complaints Over NSFW Games Disappearing On Platforms | A week or so ago, Karl Bode wrote about Vice Media’s idiotic decision to disappear several articles that had been written by its Waypoint property concerning Collective Shout. Collective Shout is an Australian group that pretends to be a fe... |
| 30.07.2025 | How can enterprises keep systems safe as AI agents join human employees? Cyata launches with a new, dedicated solution | Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now
You thought gen AI was a technological tidal wave of change coming for enterprises,... |
| 28.07.2025 | Financial Censorship and the Love Affair Between Payment Processors and Anti-Porn Campaigners | Valve Corporation recently came under pressure from payment processors to purge Steam, the popular PC gaming storefront, of “certain kinds of adult-only content.” The news rippled across tech and gaming news media, even for adult entertainm... |
| 24.07.2025 | Waypoint Writers Quit After Vice’s Chickenshit New Owners Delete Articles Critical Of Steam Policies | Last year you might recall that Vice Media suffered its final collapse after years of mismanagement by incompetent, fail-upward brunchlords. The new owners, Savage Ventures, quickly made it clear they were going to be even worse than past V... |
| 22.07.2025 | Amazon Ring Cashes In On Techno-Authoritarianism And Mass Surveillance | Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing n... |
| 19.06.2025 | The Rising Tide of AI: MiniMax-M1 Sets New Standards in Open Source Technology | In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, a new player has emerged. MiniMax, a Chinese AI startup, has unveiled its latest creation: MiniMax-M1. This large language model (LLM) is not just another entry in the crowded field... |
| 18.06.2025 | Surprise: Minnesota Killer Used Data Brokers To Target And Murder Politicians | For years we’ve noted how this country’s corrupt inability to protect consumer security, regulate data brokers, or pass even a baseline privacy law was going to have increasingly deadly consequences. Endless signs have been there; from stal... |
| 17.06.2025 | AI Dubbing Replaces Human Voices in Film Premiere, Signals Industry-Wide Shift | A visual representation of AI-generated voice synthesis, blending human form with soundwave patterns.
AI dubbing is reshaping media, marketing, and training content with speed and scale, raising both opportunities and ethical concerns. DE, ... |
| 07.06.2025 | The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against Non-Consensual Imagery | In the digital age, where images can be manipulated with a click, the line between consent and exploitation blurs. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, recently signed into law, aims to combat non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII). But is it a shield for... |
| 07.06.2025 | The Shifting Sands of American Journalism: A Tale of Censorship and Survival | In the vast landscape of American journalism, the winds of change blow fiercely. The recent firing of Gabrielle Cuccia from One America News (OAN) highlights a troubling trend. It’s a tale of censorship, where truth is often the first casua... |
| 06.06.2025 | ‘Journalist’ For Right Wing Propaganda Outlet OAN Fired For Accidentally Almost Doing Honest Journalism | We’ve long written about One America News (OAN), the right wing propaganda mill pretending to be cable news journalism. The “news” outlet, originally funded and proposed by AT&T, traffics in no limit of dangerous conspiracy theories and... |
| 05.06.2025 | Rick Astley’s 1987 hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ gets 1 billion Spotify streams: He’s less famous now but happier, he says | Rick Astley was just 21 years old when he recorded his 1987 hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” It spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted for 24 more weeks.
At age 27, he retired from recording music, with no clue that h... |
| 20.05.2025 | ‘Populist’ Trump Rolls Back Minimal Efforts To Prevent Dodgy Data Brokers From Spying On You | There are two major reasons that the U.S. doesn’t pass an internet-era privacy law or regulate data brokers despite a parade of dangerous scandals. One, lobbied by a vast web of interconnected industries with unlimited budgets, Congress is ... |
| 19.05.2025 | От Mr. Splashy Pants до IPO: Reddit исполняется 20 лет | В далёком 2005 году два молодых выпускника Виргинского университета Стив Хаффман и Алексис Оганян загорелись идеей создать платформу, где можно было бы делиться новостями и обсуждать актуальные и интересные темы. Так появился Reddit, «главн... |
| 12.05.2025 | 10 Years of RaaS and the Making of a Billion-Dollar Business | May 12 is recognised globally as Anti-Ransomware Day, an initiative created to raise awareness about the threat of ransomware and to promote better practices for prevention, response, and recovery.
The date was chosen to mark the anniversar... |
| 01.05.2025 | Microsoft Increases Xbox Game Prices to $80 Amid Industry Trend | By Michael Lee
Updated: May 01 2025, 12:20 PM EDT
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| 21.04.2025 | Watch: Google DeepMind CEO and AI Nobel winner Demis Hassabis on CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
A segment on CBS weekly in-depth TV news program 60 Minutes last night (also shared on YouTube here) offered an i... |
| 12.04.2025 | Bridging the Digital Divide: The Battle for Broadband Access in America | In the heart of America, a silent war rages. It’s not fought with guns or bombs, but with cables and signals. The battlefield? High-speed internet access. The stakes? A staggering $42 billion government fund aimed at connecting the unconnec... |
| 11.04.2025 | ARPA Is Delivering The ‘Abundance’ Ezra Klein Claims To Be Looking For | So you may have noticed that the media red carpet has been rolled out for Ezra Klein’s new book, “Abundance.” I don’t think the premise of the book is particularly original or challenging: that government should promise and efficiently deli... |
| 10.04.2025 | Trump FCC Prepares To Destroy Whatever’s Left Of Media Consolidation Limits | During Trump 1.0, his captured FCC took at absolute hatchet to what was left of media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, ... |
| 08.04.2025 | Whoops: T-Mobile Reveals Names, Real-Time Locations Of Customers’ Kids | T-Mobile has long been a hot mess on issues of security and privacy. Distracted by its problematic merger with Sprint, T-Mobile was hacked eight times in less than five years, leaking oodles of sensitive customer information onto the open w... |
| 24.02.2025 | The Frictionless Illusion: Why Convenience Can Be Dangerous | In a world obsessed with convenience, the pursuit of frictionlessness has become a double-edged sword. Companies promise ease and speed, but at what cost? The digital age has birthed a culture where everything is designed to be effortless. ... |
| 24.02.2025 | The Digital Revolution: How Mobile Gaming is Reshaping Zimbabwe's Entertainment Landscape | Zimbabwe is witnessing a digital revolution. Mobile gaming is at the forefront, transforming how people engage with entertainment. Once a niche, mobile gaming has exploded into a mainstream phenomenon. It’s a vibrant tapestry woven from the... |
| 24.02.2025 | The Rise of Rice: Kinish's Revolutionary Dairy Alternative | In the heart of Tokyo, a quiet revolution is brewing. Kinish, a food tech startup, is turning rice into a dairy alternative. This isn't just a culinary experiment; it's a response to a pressing global challenge. As climate change reshapes a... |
| 22.02.2025 | We need to talk about the F word (‘friction’ in enterprise, that is) | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Today, everything is frictionless. Whether you’re parking your car, selling your home, hitting the drive-thru or ... |
| 20.02.2025 | After 5G Was Idiotically Overhyped And Fell Flat, 6G Appears To Be A Nervous Mess | We’ve long noted how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more resilient, and lower latency networks, it’s mo... |
| 07.02.2025 | AI Is an Answer, But Not the Only Answer — Here's Why It Can't Replace Humans The detriments of lacking human touch due to AI are not unique to the music industry: It's a conversation being grappled w... | As we emerge from Spotify Wrapped season, many will agree that this past year's recaps looked a bit … different, disappointing some who proclaimed this iteration a "flop" due to over-reliance on generative AI, barely a year after ... |
| 28.01.2025 | National Politics | Kash Patel’s podcast persona: Staunch Trump defender and fierce critic of the FBI he could soon lead | The vast catalog of provocative public statements, sometimes made in the company of like-minded FBI antagonists, provides an unusually extensive record of a nominee’s unvarnished and controversial worldviews. At his Senate confirmation hear... |
| 23.01.2025 | The Battle of Transparency: How Corporate Fees Keep Consumers in the Dark | In the world of consumer services, transparency is a rare gem. Companies often hide behind a veil of fine print and misleading fees. The recent class action lawsuit against Verizon highlights this ongoing struggle. It’s a tale of corporate ... |
| 21.01.2025 | Verizon Class Action Nets Piddly Payouts Over Company’s Completely Bogus Fees | Last year U.S. broadband giant Verizon faced yet another class action lawsuit for sleazy, misleading fees. This latest $100 million class action alleged that Verizon for years ripped off its customers via a $3 (and up) “Administrative and T... |
| 13.01.2025 | Telecoms Glom Onto ‘AI’ Hype Cycle In A Fruitless Bid To Make 5G Seem Interesting | We’ve noted for several years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more resilient, and lower latency netw... |
| 26.12.2024 | SimCity: игра, где после работы можно было ещё поработать | Источник
Когда в 1989 году вышла первая SimCity, мало кто верил в её успех. Со стороны казалось, что это как пройти «Инфобухгалтера» до 10-го уровня, где уже душат налогами. С тем же успехом можно было играть в калькулятор.
Но, похоже, обще... |
| 13.12.2024 | IP Slapstick: How Everyone From Funko To A Registrar Fucked Up And Briefly Took Down Itch.io | There are lots of ways for an individual person or entity to err when it comes to intellectual property enforcement such that it negatively impacts a website or business. But if you want to get really frustrated, what you need is several en... |
| 11.12.2024 | Dodgy K Street Lobbying Firm Used By AT&T And Verizon Under Fire For Hacking Into Environmental Activist Email Accounts | Way back during the battle during net neutrality, you might recall all the sleazy shit telecom giants did to tip the scales in their favor.
Like making up dead and fake people to stuff regulatory websites with phony support for telecom gian... |
| 09.12.2024 | UX-проектирование на кошке | Я занимаюсь созданием IT-систем и продуктов для людей уже более 10 лет. Такая работа позволила мне изучить различные инструменты для принятия решений, проектирования и системного мышления. При этом практически никогда я не использовала полу... |
| 29.11.2024 | Fugitive founder of One Coin behind $4 billion crypto scam could be in Russia | Ruja Ignatova, the fugitive founder behind the One Coin crypto project that fleeced investors of $4 billion is reportedly in Russia according to fresh reports.
The One Coin founder has been missing since 2017 and repeatedly fled to Russia t... |
| 27.11.2024 | The Data Dilemma: A Ticking Time Bomb in Privacy and Connectivity | In the digital age, data is the new oil. It fuels industries, drives profits, and shapes our lives. Yet, like oil spills, the misuse of data can lead to catastrophic consequences. The U.S. stands at a crossroads, grappling with a privacy cr... |
| 22.11.2024 | Oh Look, It Was Trivial To Buy Troop And Intelligence Officer Location Data From Dodgy, Unregulated Data Brokers | There are two major reasons that the U.S. doesn’t pass an internet-era privacy law or regulate data brokers despite a parade of dangerous scandals. One, lobbied by a vast web of interconnected industries with unlimited budgets, Congress is ... |
| 22.11.2024 | Bookmarks | Microsoft at 50 – still hellbent on domination | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
These are the articles, videos and more that caught the attention of TechCentral’s editorial team in the past 24 hours. Microsoft at 50 is an AI giant – and still hellbent on domination: When Satya Nadella took o... |
| 20.11.2024 | The Intersection of Journalism and Storytelling: Hind Hassan's Triumph and the Controversy of Yellowjackets | In the realm of journalism, a beacon shines brightly. Hind Hassan, an Iraqi-British correspondent, has been awarded the 2024 Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism. This accolade is not just a trophy; it symbolizes a commitment to tr... |
| 19.11.2024 | Hind Hassan Awarded 2024 Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism | Hind Hannan in Lebanon
The Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism today announces Hind Hassan as the recipient of the 2024 award. Hind Hassan, an Iraqi-British, multi-Emmy Award winning international correspondent and documentary fil... |
| 14.11.2024 | Supreme Court Helps AT&T, Verizon Avoid Accountability For Spying On Your Every Movement | We’ve noted for years how wireless companies were at the forefront of over-collecting your sensitive daily movement data, then selling access to any nitwit with two nickels to rub together. That resulted in no limit of scandals from stalker... |
| 09.11.2024 | Kindle Colorsoft's Color Crisis: A New Chapter in E-Reading? | The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition has arrived, promising a vibrant reading experience. It’s the first full-color e-reader, a dream for many book lovers. But a shadow looms over this bright new device. Users are reporting a discolored y... |
| 09.11.2024 | The Battle for Broadband: Community Networks vs. Corporate Giants | In the vast landscape of American broadband, a silent war rages. On one side, corporate giants like AT&T and Comcast wield their power, shaping laws and regulations to protect their monopolies. On the other, communities yearn for better... |
| 08.11.2024 | Inslee attending COP29, will stress urgency of subnational leadership on climate change | Gov. Jay Inslee will be traveling to Baku, Azerbaijan for the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).
This is the fourth COP that Inslee will attend. He first atten... |
| 08.11.2024 | Inslee attending COP29, will stress urgency of subnational leadership on climate change | WASHINGTON, November 8 - Gov. Jay Inslee will be traveling to Baku, Azerbaijan for the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).
This is the fourth COP that Inslee wi... |
| 07.11.2024 | 16 U.S. States Still Ban Community-Owned Broadband Networks Because AT&T and Comcast Told Them To | For years we’ve noted how U.S. broadband is expansive, patchy, and slow thanks to mindless consolidation, regulatory capture, regional monopolization, and limited competition. That’s resulted in a growing number of pissed off towns, cities,... |
| 06.11.2024 | Net Neutrality Heads Back To Court; Corrupt Supreme Court Could Dismantle U.S. Broadband Consumer Protection | Recent Supreme Court rulings have thrown most U.S. regulatory enforcement into operational and legal chaos. The dismantling of Chevron, with the Loper Bright ruling in particular, now dictates that regulators can’t implement new rules or re... |
| 27.10.2024 | Как хомяк стал лучшим трейдером: случайность, гений или просто маркетинг? | Люди издревле использовали животных для предсказаний. Этрусские жрецы гадали по внутренностям о назначении чиновников и закладке дворцов. Римские авгуры по птицам — отправлять ли в поход войска или какими полномочиями наделять госструктуры.... |
| 24.10.2024 | U.S. Finally Restricts Sale Of Location Data To Foreign Adversaries, But We’re Still Too Corrupt To Pass A Basic Internet-Era Privacy Law | Back in February, the Biden administration issued an executive order preventing the “large-scale transfer” of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern.” The restrictions cover genomic data, biometric data, personal health data, geo... |
| 21.10.2024 | Trump FCC Pick Thinks Broadband Caps Are Great, Likens Them To Coffee Refills(?) | As we recently noted, the FCC has announced that’s finally “taking a look at” broadband usage caps. We’ve noted for decades how such limits are completely artificial, technically unnecessary constructs that exist specifically so your local ... |
| 17.10.2024 | NASA's Space Odyssey: A Tale of Triumphs and Tribulations | NASA stands at a crossroads, a cosmic fork in the road. The agency, once the crown jewel of space exploration, now grapples with a tangled web of delays, budget overruns, and ambitious dreams that seem to drift further away with each passin... |
| 15.10.2024 | SLS по-прежнему является национальным позором | Четыре года назад, не сумев найти достаточно полного обзора вялотекущего провала под названием NASA SLS (Space Launch System), я написал его сам. Если вы не знакомы с темой, рекомендую сначала прочитать ту статью.
За эти четыре года SLS зап... |
| 07.10.2024 | You’ll Never Go Broke Correctly Estimating The Internet’s Desire For Deepfake Nudes | Cheap thrills? Perhaps not so much. A report from Joseph Cox for 404 Media not only points out there’s no such thing as a free meal AI-generated deepfake nude, but that this is exactly the sort of thing Vice Media would have been all over i... |
| 25.09.2024 | PLOY: The video platform bridging the gap for Gen Z workplace recruitment | By 2030, Gen Z will make up 30 per cent of the workforce, yet they don't have a professional network built around their form of communication: mobile video.
So how do you find roles, get to know companies in your sector of choice, and get a... |
| 20.09.2024 | The Double-Edged Sword of AI: Trust and Skepticism in the Digital Age | The digital landscape is shifting. Social media platforms are awash with AI-generated content. This surge has birthed a new phenomenon: deep doubt. It’s a term that captures the growing skepticism surrounding the authenticity of digital med... |
| 18.09.2024 | Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is here | Enlarge
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Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly entering a new age of media skepticism: the era of ... |
| 16.09.2024 | Navigating the Digital Landscape: Education in the Age of Surveillance and Technology | In today’s world, technology is as ubiquitous as air. It surrounds us, shapes us, and, for better or worse, defines our future. Yet, as schools grapple with the dual challenges of integrating technology and ensuring student safety, a storm ... |
| 13.09.2024 | School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy For Unproven Promises Of Safety | Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: i... |
| 01.09.2024 | Полиция Техаса потратит $5,3 млн на инструмент с технологией геозонирования | Департамент общественной безопасности Техаса (DPS) подписал контракт стоимостью в $5,3 млн на использование инструментов Tangles и WebLoc израильской компании Cobwebs Technologies, принадлежащей PenLink. Контракт будет действовать пять лет.... |
| 29.08.2024 | 404 Media Shows Online Journalism Can Be Profitable When You Remove Overpaid, Fail-Upward Brunchlords From The Equation | There was a long period where journalists writing about failing media ventures loved to imply that these collapses meant online journalism was no longer profitable. In reality, the industry had simply become overly infected by waste and mis... |
| 28.08.2024 | TaiwanPlus: A Rising Star in Global Media | In a world where information flows like a river, TaiwanPlus has emerged as a powerful current. Celebrating its third anniversary, this media organization has transformed from a fledgling platform into a beacon of Taiwanese narratives. With ... |
| 28.08.2024 | TaiwanPlus: A Beacon of Taiwanese Voices in a Global Landscape | TaiwanPlus is not just a media organization; it’s a bridge. A bridge connecting Taiwan to the world. As it celebrates its third anniversary, the platform stands tall, boasting nearly 200 million global views. In a mere three years, it has t... |
| 26.08.2024 | TaiwanPlus Celebrates Three Years as a Leading International Media Organization, Nearing 200 Million Global Views | Expands into New Markets and Launches Innovative Mandarin Education Channel
TAIPEI, Aug. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TaiwanPlus proudly commemorates its third anniversary on August 30, 2024, celebrating a remarkable journey of growth and inter... |
| 19.08.2024 | Big Telecom Asks The Corrupt Supreme Court To Declare All State And Federal Broadband Consumer Protection Illegal. They Might Get Their Wish. | As we recently noted, telecom giants like AT&T and Comcast are having some very good luck using a corrupt, MAGA-heavy court to not only kill popular net neutrality rules — but to effectively lobotomize the FCC’s ability to protect broad... |
| 14.08.2024 | The 5G Mirage: Why U.S. Wireless Is Stuck in the Slow Lane | 5G was supposed to be the golden ticket. A leap into a world of speed, efficiency, and innovation. It promised smart cities, remote surgeries, and robots at our beck and call. But the reality? A disappointing echo of those grand claims. The... |
| 14.08.2024 | Business | Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. How to protect yourself | Last week, a purported member of USDoD identified only as Felice told the hacking forum that they were offering “the full NPD database,” according to a screenshot taken by BleepingComputer. The information consists of about 2.7 billion reco... |
| 13.08.2024 | The GPS Gamble: Navigating the Perils of Spoofing and Jamming | In the digital age, navigation is as crucial as breathing. We rely on GPS for everything—from finding the quickest route to work to guiding aircraft safely through the skies. Yet, this invisible thread that connects us to our destinations i... |
| 13.08.2024 | Deep-Live-Cam goes viral, allowing anyone to become a digital doppelganger | Enlarge / A still video capture of X user João Fiadeiro replacing his face with J.D. Vance in a test of Deep-Live-Cam. reader comments 119
Over the past few days, a software package called Deep-Live-Cam has been going viral on social media ... |
| 13.08.2024 | Report: Real World 5G Signal Availability Is Pathetic At AT&T (12%) And Verizon (7.7%) | Fifth-generation wireless (5G) was supposed to change the world. According to wireless carriers and gear makers, not only was it supposed to bring about the “fourth industrial revolution,” it was supposed to usher forth amazing new smart ci... |
| 12.08.2024 | Как джамминг и спуфинг GPS мешают мирному населению | Региональная карта помех GPS на 5 августа 2024 года, источник
Давно известно, что сигнал GPS подвержен джаммингу (глушению) и спуфингу (подделке). Орбита спутников находится на высоте 20 180 км, так что сигнал на Земле легко заглушить. Но в... |
| 06.08.2024 | Dogged By ‘AI’ ClickBait Scandals, CNET (Once Valued At $1.8 Billion) Sold For $100 Million | It hasn’t been a fun few years for once-respected tech news outfit CNET. After being purchased by private equity backed marketing firm Red Ventures in 2020, the company has been in a downward spiral due to brunchlord mismanagement, facing s... |
| 06.08.2024 | 6th Circuit Temporarily Puts Net Neutrality On Ice As The Post-Chevron GOP Assault On The Regulatory State Accelerates | We recently noted how the telecom industry, with the help of the recent Chevron ruling, was gearing up to deliver what it hoped would be the killing blow to popular net neutrality protections (read: broadly popular FCC rules designed to pre... |
