Google, Facebook, Netflix Make Their Official Case for Net Neutrality
The lobbying group for the world’s largest Internet companies made its official case for broad net neutrality regulations in a filing Monday.
July 14, 2014 at 7:50AM
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Naked selfies extracted from ‘factory reset’ phones
Thousands of pictures including “naked selfies” have been extracted from factory-wiped phones by a Czech Republic-based security firm.
July 14, 2014 at 6:50AM
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Does Anyone Even Want a Smartwatch?
I’ve been wearing two smartwatches for several days apiece, and so far, it’s been an enlightening experience. Though not necessarily a hopeful one.
July 14, 2014 at 6:50AM
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The Password Is Finally Dying. Here’s Mine
The password to my Twitter account, which has been mine since 2007 and through which I have published more than 51,000 tweets, is “christophermims.” Knowing that won’t help you hack it, however. In fact, I’m publishing my password to make a point: The password is finally dying, if we want it to.
July 14, 2014 at 6:50AM
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Silicon Valley’s Real Estate Crunch Is A Golden Opportunity For Other American Cities
Cities have to maintain equilibrium between people moving out and people moving in. Right now, the escalating costs and sheer limits of Bay Area’s housing and transit are tilting that balance back out to the rest of the country.
July 14, 2014 at 2:42AM
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Meet the state senator trying to put a stop to prostitution on Tinder
Anyone who’s ever used an online dating service like Tinder knows that there are sex workers on the app. Even Tinder, to a certain extent, probably knows it. One person who doesn’t know about Tinder’s popularity among cam girls and sex workers, however, is New Mexico State Sen. Jacob Candelaria.
July 14, 2014 at 1:42AM
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Why Tech PR Is An Impossible Job
And why every attempt at transparency seems to backfire.
July 13, 2014 at 10:35PM
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The airborne panopticon: How plane-mounted cameras watch entire cities
Persistent Surveillance Systems can watch 25 square miles — for hours.
July 13, 2014 at 9:26AM
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Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old Surveillance
“One of the most common complaints on review sites against us and many restaurants in the area is that the service was slow and or they needed to wait a bit long for a table. We decided to hire a firm to help us solve this mystery.”
July 12, 2014 at 10:56PM
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Where Online Services Go When They Die
Michael Doino approached the late hours of October 1, 1999, with a lingering sense of dread. It was finally time, after 11 years, to pull the plug on Prodigy Classic, a commercial online service he had helped shepherd from a plucky upstart into a nationwide giant.
July 12, 2014 at 2:59PM
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