Enlarge / Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference in the US Capitol on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Getty Images | Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call reader comments 217 with 100 posters participating Share this story Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has moved to end debate over a Trump nomination that ..
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Enlarge / Former Google AI Research Scientist Timnit Gebru speaks onstage during Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Kimberly White | Getty Images reader comments 174 with 114 posters participating Share this story Apple v. Samsung View more stories Google struggled on Thursday ..
reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating Share this story The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general is investigating the government’s use of cell phone location data obtained without search warrants. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a division of DHS, “has paid a government contractor named Venntel nearly half a million dollars for ..
Enlarge / Sunset, by the Google empire. reader comments 64 with 39 posters participating Share this story Google’s actions amid workplace organizing efforts, including the high-profile firings of several employees, were illegal violations of the National Labor Relations Act, federal regulators said this week. The National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint (PDF) against ..
Enlarge / A Verizon FiOS truck in Manhattan on September 15, 2017. reader comments 24 with 22 posters participating Share this story Verizon is struggling to fix a glitch that has been leaking customers’ addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, and other personal information through a chat system that helps prospective subscribers figure out if Fios ..
Enlarge / A climate controlled thermo haulage truck trailer outside the Pfizer Inc. facility in Puurs, Belgium, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Bloomberg | Getty Images reader comments 104 with 55 posters participating Share this story Cyber attackers have targeted the cold supply chain needed to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report detailing a ..
Enlarge / Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) at an FCC oversight hearing held by the Senate Commerce Committee on June 24, 2020. reader comments 70 with 42 posters participating Share this story Senate Republicans are rushing to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission in order to create a 2-2 deadlock for the ..
Enlarge / Donald Trump speaks from the White House on Thanksgiving Day. reader comments 145 with 76 posters participating Share this story President Donald Trump has long been an outspoken foe of big technology companies. And in recent months, he has focused his ire on Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act ..
Enlarge / Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch, back, and Stephen Breyer, right, seemed skeptical of the government’s broad reading of the CFAA. Justice Thomas, center, seemed more sympathetic to the government’s view. Chief Justice Roberts, left, kept his cards close to his chest. reader comments 72 with 58 posters participating Share this story The ..
reader comments 79 with 60 posters participating Share this story The Tor anonymity network has generated controversy almost constantly since its inception almost two decades ago. Supporters say it’s a vital service for protecting online privacy and circumventing censorship, particularly in countries with poor human rights records. Critics, meanwhile, argue that Tor shields criminals distributing ..
