NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
"One result of this influx of robots into our bedrooms is that it may "trigger a broader role for the concept of moral harm in law," suggests Uni…
""Vigilant Video is compiling a vast database tracking Americans’ movements, and it’s no surprise that one of the most prolific users of surveillance,…
"“Today, drivers are not trained or tested for that change in control,” says Patrick Lin, director of the ethics and emerging sciences group at California…
"“The padlock is a means of telling you that who you are talking to is who you think you are talking to. Superfish made that mechanism ineffective,” said J…
"“There are very good reasons why we have legal and social institutions and economic intermediaries,” said Arvind Narayanan, an assistant professor of comp…
“Even if it’s a rare problem, autonomous car manufacturers still need to specify some action [in the event of an unavoidable crash], and the wrong one could lea…
"Given these conflicting reports, we cannot be sure that the SGR-A1 has an autonomous function. But we can confidently say that neither Samsung Techwin nor…
With the Net Neutrality regulations essentially giving the FCC the power to arbitrate the Internet’s open playing field, Barbara van Schewick - a Stanford Unive…
"“This is the first administration that tried to get tech right, and he is still widely loved by the tech community,” said Marvin Ammori, an attorney who r…
Given the care taken by the FCC to overcome legal hurdles, it does not come as a surprise that Stanford University Law Professor Barbara van Schewick, a 'Ne…
Barbara van Schewick, professor of law at Stanford Law School, said that the decision is one of the “greatest public interest victories in US history” and “prot…
We don't know exactly what the FCC's new net neutrality order will say."We are still waiting to see the details of the order," Barbara van Sch…