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How will driverless cars affect liability and insurance?
“It’s accepted in our world that there will be a shift,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a legal fellow at Stanford University’s law school and engineering school who…
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Orbitz Asks: Are You A Mac Or A PC?
If you visit Orbitz.com and search for hotels, the offers you're shown might differ depending on whether you're using a Mac or a PC. Specifically, if yo…
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Safety Is Big Concern for Autonomous Cars
Researchers are hard at work to make sure that autonomous cars will be safe. In doing so, a wealth of technology is making its way into today's vehicles. W…
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'Do Not Track' Web System Falls Off The Rails
CIS Resident Fellow Aleecia McDonald and Student Fellow Jonathan Mayer interviewed on All Things Considered about Do Not Track. Read full transcript at origina…
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Without Regulation, GPS Technology Easily Abused by Authorities
Article by Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick for US News. Police should be required to get authorization from a judge before they use technological…
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Ready for a self-driving car? Check your driveway.
"In the near term, we're likely to see increased driver assistance," says Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at S…
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The FTC should take a broader look at transparency
The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating Google for a year now, looking in part at whether Google is operating “fairly” in its search results. But if…
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USA Today Poll Shows Americans Support Domestic Use of Drones in Some Circumstances
Still, critics like Ryan Calo, director of privacy at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Security, worry that the drones will replace the work of…
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Facebook to require privacy policies for all apps in App Center
With Facebook and the other app stores, Harris has sewn up "a huge chunk of the app universe," said online privacy expert Ryan Calo, an incoming law p…
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No, You Can’t Use a Drone to Spy on Your Sexy Neighbor
What are the laws against drones—and their masters—behaving badly? Turns out, there are few that explicitly address a future where people, companies, and police…
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How America Can Get More Start-Up Talent
CIS Affiliate Scholar Marvin Ammori's latest article for The Atlantic. During the past month, a handful of Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senat…
How America Can Get More Start-Up Talent
How America Can Get More Start-Up Talent: An article in The Atlantic. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:06/21/2012…