Enlarge / You can’t send corporate “persons” directly to jail, but you can charge them a lot of money. reader comments 124 with 84 posters participating Share this story The Federal Trade Commission’s recent $5 billion settlement with Facebook largely drew two responses. One holds that $5 billion is objectively a large sum of money, ..
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Enlarge / Matthew Prince, co-founder and chief executive officer of CloudFlare Inc. Bloomberg/Getty Images reader comments 146 with 90 posters participating Share this story In the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso, in which 20 people lost their lives, it was discovered that the shooter had posted a racist manifesto on the imageboard ..
Enlarge / US Attorney General William Barr speaks at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University School of Law on July 23, 2019 in New York City. In his remarks, Barr stated that increased encryption of data on phones and encrypted messaging apps puts American security at risk. Barr encouraged technology companies to ..
Dame / Unbound reader comments 95 with 53 posters participating, including story author Share this story If you use Facebook heavily, it might come as a surprise that the platform says it prohibits adult content in ads. With everything from a constant stream of “boosted” posts from fitness models to erectile dysfunction ads and “how ..
Enlarge / An F/A-18 from VFA-151, “the Vigilantes.” A similar aircraft from the squadron crashed on Wednesday flying through what aviation enthusiasts refer to as “Star Wars Canyon” in Death Valley, California. VFA-151, US Navy reader comments 103 with 60 posters participating Share this story The US Navy has confirmed the death of a pilot ..
Enlarge / Visually impaired consumers use screen readers, special input devices, and other technologies to access the internet—at least, on sites designed to accommodate it. reader comments 268 with 128 posters participating Share this story The shift toward using an app on your phone to place an order, instead of using your phone to call ..
Enlarge / An Apple Watch Nike+ Series 4. Getty Images | Wachiwit reader comments 79 with 50 posters participating Share this story Apple workers have stopped listening to Siri queries worldwide, the company said this week. Apple plans to bring back human reviews of Siri voice recordings at some unspecified date, but the company said ..
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on December 14, 2017, in Washington, DC, the day of the FCC’s vote to repeal net neutrality rules. reader comments 76 with 62 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission today ordered cities and towns across the country to stop regulating broadband delivered over cable networks. The ..
Enlarge / The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hangs on a wall before a news conference at the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 14, 2018. reader comments 194 with 105 posters participating Share this story The modern era of the Internet has given us a seemingly never-ending bounty of ..
Getty Images | Jacobo Zanella reader comments 114 with 84 posters participating Share this story The major broadcast networks today sued the makers of Locast, a nonprofit organization that provides free online access to broadcast TV stations. The lawsuit filed by ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC seeks financial damages and a permanent injunction that would shut ..
