The automobile has proven to be one of the most popular and transformational transport technologies ever. Now, however, slightly more than a century after its i…
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
After a great deal of careful work, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today released its final rule for the testing of "autonomous vehicles…
""When this technology disseminates down to local government and local police, there are not the same accountability mechanisms in place. You can see…
Cross-posted from Wired. Co-authored with Evan Selinger. As soon as news spread that the European Court of Justice now requires search engines like Google to…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), told Ars that the new rules could change how manufacturers proceed…
"An amended FCC proposal in response to the public outcry shows concessions but maintains pay-to-play access fees and a new standard that “creates high cos…
"Aleecia McDonald is the director of privacy at the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. She notes that "such as" opens the…
Reed Hundt proposes democratic action in response to our government’s secret infrastructure for monitoring and controlling modern communications. “Citizens,” he…
Reed Hundt calls for alternatives to framing surveillance issues in terms of privacy versus security, but the hard fact is that we cannot avoid tradeoffs. We ha…
""A lot of us supported Obama because he was so passionate in his support of net neutrality," said Marvin Ammori, a lawyer involved in technology…
"“We cannot even conceive of the ways our data is collected and then used to manipulate us at our weakest moments,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor a…