To the surprise of many, Microsoft has introduced a new hybrid tablet-notebook hybrid called the Surface Book, which can be seen in action in this
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I can think of nothing that has done more harm to the Internet than ad tech… It interferes with everything we try to do on
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CWA zings Verizon for putting profits ahead of its promises to workers and customers The Communications Workers of America are once again taking Verizon to
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Six technology giants have teamed up with nonprofit browser maker Mozilla to develop new open source media formats for the Web that will be royalty-free and unencumbered by patents. The companies are calling their joint initiative the Alliance for Open Media.
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NSA spying relies on AT&T’s ‘extreme willingness to help’ “The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the
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Humanity shouldn’t make autonomous weapons: an open letter from AI & robotics researchers A distinguished group of scientists and researchers involved with physics, computer science,
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Delighting lovers of astronomy everywhere, NASA today released the first public photo taken by its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, which is mounted on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite launched earlier this year.
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People don’t really want software – they want a solution to their problem. — Community organizer, entrepreneur, and software engineer Nathan Woodhull, speaking as part
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Leading cryptographers oppose FBI’s desire for built-in backdoor to bypass encryption A group of elite cryptographers today released a paper concluding that any laws requiring
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When a company is put up for sale, in many cases, your data is, too Some Internet companies claim they will not sell users’ data,
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IBM was arrogant in saying, ‘We’ll give them some tech and then innovate faster than them,’ and that wasn’t the case. — Clyde V. Prestowitz,
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Some interesting news from across town today: Microsoft is shuttering its three-year old Microsoft Open Technologies subsidiary, which the company originally created to “advance Microsoft’s
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Bear in mind that the new MacBook also charges over the Type C connector—so, in the case of the $19 adapter that gives you a
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It is important to draw the distinction between regulation of the Internet, and regulation of carriers. The FCC’s order will disallow carriers from discriminating against
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Rolling Rebellion supporters rally at Kerry Park for Net Neutrality (Photo: Rick Barry/Broken Shade Photo)
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The great SIM heist: How spies stole the keys to the encryption castle Using documents provided by Edward Snowden, The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill and Josh
LaunchRe/Code’s Kara Swisher talks with Barack Obama about encryption becoming a default
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Where there is a situation in which we’re trying to get a specific case of a possible national security threat — is
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The great Internet swindle: ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Jon Henley reviews Andrew Keen’s provocative book The Internet is Not the Answer for
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Shades of Orwell’s 1984: Samsung reveals its SmartTV is always listening The Daily Beast’s Shane Harris reports, “You may be loving your new Internet-connected television
LaunchWhy Title II reclassification for Net Neutrality is a big deal
Last January, when the court struck down the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet Order, it gave us the outcome we needed to go forward and do
LaunchFCC chairman mocks industry claims that customers don’t need faster Internet
FCC chairman mocks industry claims that customers don’t need faster Internet Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler had some fun with America’s major telecommunications firms
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