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Top cybersecurity legislation of 2019
"“With the breaking news of the dramatic passage of California’s new privacy law, AB 375, the strictest privacy measure in the nation, along with the comin…
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It’s time to try something different on Internet privacy
Since the dawn of the Internet, American regulators and companies have pursued two goals to protect our privacy: that people should be in control of their data…
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Thanks, Facebook! Your totally crappy year may be a boon for consumer privacy
"“Facebook’s conduct and the response to it this year provided a stark example of a deep disconnect,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, co-director of Northeastern Un…
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Nine months after deadly crash, Uber is testing self-driving cars again in Pittsburgh
"Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant law professor at the University of South Carolina, said, “Uber’s stock response to serious allegations of past issues in…
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Grocery delivery, with no human drivers, is underway
""This is not yet at the point where in any way it's economically better than just sending someone out in a car to deliver your groceries," s…
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For Residents Without Credit Cards, Miami Parking Is About To Get More Expensive
"“This sounds ridiculously unfair,” Jen King, the Director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, wrote to WLRN in a…
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Pushback Derails Company That Thrived on Patent Lawsuits
"Despite the many lawsuits filed by Shipping & Transit, a court has never ruled on the validity of the company’s patent claims, said Daniel Nazer, a se…
Decentralized Cyberattack Attribution
Abstract Attribution of state-sponsored cyberattacks can be difficult, but the significant uptick in public attributions in recent years has proven that attrib…
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Inside Story: Weighing the top-story contenders in a wild 2018
"Peter Asaro, associate professor, School of Media Studies at The New School said, “The degree to which social media has shaped public consciousness and th…
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Lessons from Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Congressional Testimony
"“The big takeaway is that trust is the currency of this generation of innovation,” notes Andrea Matwyshyn, professor of law at Northeastern University and…
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37% of Tech Experts Worry Artificial Intelligence Will Make Humanity Worse by 2030
"“2030 is not far in the future. My sense is that innovations like the internet and networked AI have massive short-term benefits, along with long-term neg…
‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ turns 50, and how Neanderthal DNA could change your skull
In 1968, Science published the now-famous paper “The Tragedy of the Commons” by ecologist Garrett Hardin. In it, Hardin questioned society’s ability to manage s…