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…
"“It’s a combination of sloppy engineering and prioritizing growth,” said Jonathan Mayer, an assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at…
"So where does the big AI scare come from? A large part of the problem, as often, comes down to misunderstanding. There is one point that Frischmann was de…
""It's as though, in suddenly shifting from the office to work from home, we didn't so much move the conference room into our kitchens as into…
"And of course, the question of warfare itself raises its own massive ethical quandary. Some, like ethicist Patrick Lin, view it as a social problem, not a…
"Al Gidari, the consulting director of privacy at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society and a former top private attorney representing companies like…
""This bill… is clearly a ‘backdoor to a backdoor’ to encryption,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Sta…
"“Aggregate and anonymized location data may be useful to track trends, but public health officials agree that at this point in time, using individualized…
""I'm not against fighting this epidemic with data or tech," said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington researcher affiliated with Stanford&#…
"Governments accessing any kind of location data, whether anonymized or not, is always a privacy risk, even though health officials need it during a crisis…
"“My worry is that those very important public health officials who have our attention—and should have our attention—will be beset by cyber mobs trying to…
Road conditions can have a profound effect on disengagements, with more complex urban roads leading to more disengagements. Conversely, highway driving is typic…
"“Now that we face a public health emergency, there are understandable questions as to whether technological solutions might be useful to slow the spread o…