After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...
The CIA must be radically changed in its command and control, while maintaining the agency's proper legal function.
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal. The firings confirmed by Google late Wednesday came a day after nine employees were arrested during sit-in
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania recently analyzed 100 non-federal acute care hospitals (those with an emergency room) across the country and found that a whopping 96 percent transmitted user information to third parties. If that weren't bad enough, the team was only able to find publicly accessible privacy policiesRead Entire Article
Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve gotOn 6 April, Maryland became the first state in the US to pass a “Kids Code” bill, which aims to prevent tech companies from collecting predatory data from children and using design features that could cause them harm. Vermont’s legislature held its final hearing before a full vote on its Kids Code bill on 11 April. The measures are the latest in a salvo of proposed policies...
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed this week that the recent Microsoft attack from Russian hackers stole emails between the company and the US government.
The US and European Commission outlined joint progress towards 6G development and potential AI use cases, following a meeting to discuss an existing trade and technology pact.
Big Tech censorship is nothing new. Truth-tellers around the world have come to expect it and have even developed new ways to navigate around the censorship. But a new factor has been added to the equation: government as the driving force behind much of the censorship. While it is not surprising to learn that the Chinese Communist Party controls all media inside of China, it is surprising to learn about government-driven coercion of media in the West. Brazil is the most recent exposure to come...
Not half as much as we think, according to the evidence – and there are ways to break the cycle of mutual mistrustPolitics is a firestorm, sometimes literally. In 2023 in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts, someone threw petrol on a pro-Trump sign nailed to a tree and set light to it. Three years earlier in the same area, a 49-year-old Trump supporter started a huge blaze after igniting some hay bales that were emblazoned with a pro-Biden sign. This bucolic area of Massachusetts is not...
Shabab Al-Ahly player, the Iranian Saeed Ezzat, expressed his happiness at achieving his first title with the “Dubai Knights” when the team won the UAE-Qatari Super Shield title, by defeating Al-Duhail of Qatar with two goals to one, last Saturday, at Rashid Stadium in Dubai, stressing that he chose to move to Shabab. Al-Ahly last […]