Tracking the institutional response of state and local governments to cyber threats is relatively tough in many cases. Security concerns, rapid changes, and li…
"Do machines have rights? It's a classic question in science fiction, but we've reached a point where the question can be hammered out in actual ca…
"Robots. Are they people, too? Science fiction has long consider the legal rights of artificially intelligent beings. But as robots become an increasing p…
""The devil is in the details, and once you go deeper, you discover these weird legal details you never would have guessed," says Bryant Walker S…
The Department of Justice (DoJ) filed its response yesterday to Apple's motion to vacate the court’s order that directed Apple to write new code and certify…
"But driver assistance features increasingly are playing a role, suggesting AI is being employed to fix a problem created by automation. Radar-enhanced cru…
"Omer Tene, Vice President of Research and Education at the policy-neutral International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), acknowledged in an in…
"n addition, defense counsel would undoubtedly demand the right for their own third-party experts to have access not only to the source code, but to furthe…
"Just because someone might be able to use their ear at checkout doesn’t mean it’s necessarily going to happen anytime soon, though. “Biometrics are tricky…
Bitcoin, the decentralised, mainly digital currency that is neither issued nor guaranteed by central banks, has always seemed like a magic trick. Rather than sp…
"That doesn’t mean shaming will always have the intended effect. There’s always a chance the public won’t latch onto a given case. And even if officials wa…
On March 7, 2016, I had the pleasure of giving a talk to the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association at Berkeley Law. I discussed the so-called "Apple…