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Intel has acknowledged the massive, chip-level security flaw recently discovered in virtually all modern Intel processors; the vulnerability will require urgent fixes within Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Earlier Read More…
The Federal Communications Commission’s corrupt and undemocratic move to repeal net neutrality dealt a major, shattering blow to internet freedom, but it’s only the first in a series of actions leading to the end goal of complete blind deregulation of federal and state oversight of Big Telecom. Next step: expanding the definition of high-speed broadband internet to include mobile phone service, which the FCC will use disingenuously to portray America’s broadband situation as being better than it actually is.
As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of today’s global labor force, according to a new study by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).
Stanford researchers were able to determine a neighborhood’s political leanings based on analysis of Google Street View images by computer algorithms with the ability to see and learn.
Comcast and Verizon are demanding telecom regulators to ensure that the FCC’s rollback on net neutrality will overrule any state and local regulatory attempts to preserve internet freedom.
Comcast and Verizon are demanding telecom regulators to ensure that the FCC’s rollback on net neutrality will overrule any state and local regulatory attempts to preserve internet freedom.
The British anti-terrorism measure ‘Schedule 7’ has just been used to convict Muhammad Rabbani for an offense that has nothing to do with terrorism: refusing to give authorities his computer password.
During his plane ride extradition from Romania to the United States in 2016, the original hacker known as “Guccifer” told Fox News’ Pamela Browne that one of his handlers asked slyly: “what would your opinion be if another Guccifer showed up?” He then went on to declare that “Guccifer 2.0 is an inside job” by U.S. government agencies.
New forensic evidence supports Julian Assange’s repeated assertions that the DNC emails (containing damning proof that the party had rigged the 2016 primary election against Bernie Sanders) published by Wikileaks came from a leak, challenging claims that Russia had “hacked” the DNC.
CNN tracked down and threatened to reveal the personal identity of a Reddit user after the user took credit for creating a meme that portrays Donald Trump body-slamming a man with the CNN logo superimposed over his head. The network may have actually committed a federal felony, having acted in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 241.
Google’s Gmail service will no longer scan the contents of user emails, relying instead on other data for personalized ads
UN report says pesticides are having ‘catastrophic impacts’ on human health and environment while failing to end hunger.
Scientists at NASA and the International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, Peru, have successfully grown tubers in an experiment that recreates the extreme conditions on the surface of Mars, in a NASA-backed project called “Potatoes on Mars.”
In light of the recent mounting criticism over how fake news sites may have influenced the presidential election’s outcome, Google has agreed to fund a project to develop automated fact-finding tools.
Following concerns over electronic voting raised by scientists, a campaign launched by Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein to recount key states in the US election has reached its initial funding target of $2.5 million in just a matter of hours.
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