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
The Web Google Google bans Canadian political ads during its 2019 election cycle Lawmakers were warned the company could not comply with new law, but it fell on deaf ears By Cal Jeffrey , March 5, 2019, 1:01 PM
Apple Industry Apple shareholders decisively reject 'ideology' disclosure proposal Diversity of opinion was a big topic at Apple's annual meeting By James Miller , March 3, 2019, 11:37 AM 13 comments
Security The Web The US Cyber Command shut off infamous Russian troll factory from the internet on the day of the 2018 midterms The attack was to prevent Russian trolls from spreading misinformation on election day By William Gayde , February 28, 2019, 1:18 AM
Tech Culture Gaming Pennsylvania wants to tax violent video games Lawmakers want an additional 10% tax on mature rated games By Eric Hamilton , February 11, 2019, 7:43 AM 29 comments
Science Industry Current plans for the border wall will split SpaceX's Texas launchpad in two Democrats have requested that the area be exempt By Isaiah Mayersen , February 10, 2019, 10:05 AM 10 comments
The Web Russian trolls are still wreaking havoc on many Reddit communities "Less than one percent of communities were responsible for 75 percent of antisocial behavior" By William Gayde , February 5, 2019, 4:10 PM
Tech Culture John McAfee is running for President, on a boat, while on the run from US authorities He plans to release daily update videos from his boat By William Gayde , January 25, 2019, 5:25 AM 26 comments
The Web Tech Culture Arizona lawmaker wants to help fund the border wall through a $20 online porn fee Not sure how many people would be okay with this By Rob Thubron , January 23, 2019, 8:45 AM 19 comments
Tech Culture The Web New study finds internet users over 65 share the most fake news The study found that 18% of Republicans shared fake news and less than 4% of Democrats did By William Gayde , January 11, 2019, 12:16 AM 50 comments
Industry The Web Appeals court rules that politicians cannot block citizens on social media Doing so is a violation of the First Amendment By Rob Thubron , January 8, 2019, 5:25 AM 7 comments
Google Industry Google CEO Sundar Pichai set to testify before Congress next week Topics will include alleged bias against conservatives By Rob Thubron , November 28, 2018, 8:42 AM
Gaming Tech Culture FTC promises to investigate loot boxes This could have far-reaching repercussions By Rob Thubron , November 28, 2018, 7:58 AM 25 comments
Industry Alibaba chairman Jack Ma confirmed to be Communist Party member He's never revealed his political affiliation By Rob Thubron , November 27, 2018, 6:29 AM 13 comments