Britain’s defense secretary was just fired over Huawei. Here’s what’s going on.
Gavin Williamson was just fired as Britain’s defense secretary after being accused of leaking information. Last week, Britain’s National Security Council decid…
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This Woman Was Included In A "Cringe Compilation" And YouTube Won't Take It Down
"But that doesn't mean these videos aren't bullying. Shaheen Shariff is a professor at McGill University and the director of the Define the Line re…
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The Wonderful Wizards of Oz
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” – The Wizard of O…
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Who protects you from making a bad purchase… on your smart speaker?
"Law professor Ryan Calo studies digital market manipulation at the University of Washington, and he looks back to the 1970s when the Federal Trade Commiss…
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Thinking of Going Off the Grid After Winning the Lottery? Not So Fast
"“It is very hard to participate in civil life and be anonymous,” Albert Gidari, the privacy director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford La…
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Why internet users in Austria face losing their anonymity
"Thomas Lohninger of civil rights group Epicenter Works told German-language website Der Standard: “It’s remarkable how little thought has gone into this.”…
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Regulating Online Terrorist Content: A Discussion with Stanford CIS Experts About New EU Proposals
"Early on March 15, a suspected white nationalist terrorist stormed two New Zealand mosques, killing some 50 people. The suspect tweeted his plans and live…
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The Technology 202: Facebook is snapping up the top critics of its privacy practices
"Facebook's new hires may be jumping at a chance to try to shake up a technology company that has suffered repeated privacy scandals from the inside. A…
By Punishing Iran, Trump Is Weakening America
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo complained about Republicans in Congress who were grandstanding for harsher sanctions on Iran. Now, he has joined…
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Coming to store shelves: Cameras that guess your age, gender and mood
'For instance, if many people are eyeing a not-so-healthy dessert but not buying it, a store could place it at the checkout line so you see it again and &qu…
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It’s U.S. vs. World as Big Tech Faces Specter of Limiting Speech Online
"“Be mad at tech, that’s understandable,” Alex Feerst, head of legal policy for the online publishing site Medium, said at a recent event on the “unintenti…
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What the autonomous vehicles industry should learn from the Boeing 737 Max crisis
"Last year, AV legislation didn’t pass the US Congress. “Some senators distrusted the technologies and the developers of those technologies and the regulat…