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As part of the nearly unprecedented societal response to COVID-19, such contact tracing apps raise difficult questions about privacy, efficacy, and responsible engineering of technology to advance public health. Above all, we should not trust any application—no matter how well-designed—to solve this crisis or answer all of these questions.
Google buying another tech company isn’t new. But Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit poses an extraordinary threat to competition and user privacy.
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.
Comcast has won a US Supreme Court case against Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), dealing a major blow to Allen’s attempt to prove that Comcast’s refusal to carry ESN channels was motivated by racial bias.
A new project is an effort to combat the rise of coordinated social media campaigns to incite violence, sew discord and threaten the integrity of democratic elections.
Ars Technica asked 10 ISPs if they’ll waive caps as pandemic forces people to stay home.
Corellium was already getting sued by Apple. This probably won’t help things.
If you’re trying to stop touching your face to keep from spreading coronavirus, being shamed by a website might help.
Behringer issued a half-hearted apology after attacking a critic with a bizarre video that many saw as anti-semitic.
Last year, we activated the first useful seismograph on Mars.
Motherboard is publishing the app used to tabulate early voting results in Iowa’s Democratic Presidential primary. The app, called IowaReporter, ultimately won’t affect the vote totals of the Iowa caucuses, Read More…
The app that sowed chaos at the 2020 Iowa caucuses was the work of Shadow, Inc., a group founded by veterans of the Clinton campaign.
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.
The gigabytes-big data grab allegedly came over WhatsApp text from Mohammed bin Salman.
As the US escalates its hybrid wars, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are suspending accounts and censoring content that conflicts with Washington’s pro-war narrative. The Grayzone spoke to several people silenced in these social media purges.
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