Xi Jinping Consolidates Power In China
While the President of the United States continues to create chaos, Xi Jinping consolidates his power in China.
AOL Instant Messenger To Shut Down After 20 Years
In other news, this week we learned that AIM still exists.
Supreme Court Begins What Promises To Be A Momentous Term
Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.
Supreme Court Accepts Fourth Amendment Case Involving Location Tracking Of Your Smartphone
Yesterday, the Supreme Court accepted a case that will determine whether the Fourth Amendment allows law enforcement to obtain location data without a search warrant.
Super Bowl Commercial Prices Hit $5,000,000 For 30 Seconds Of Ad Time
A Super Bowl ad will cost you a cool $5,000,000 for thirty seconds.
High School Sexting Scandals The New Normal
Nude photos of hundreds of students in one Colorado high school are being distributed.
Previewing A Busy June For The Supreme Court
Starting tomorrow, we can expect to see the Supreme Court hand down decisions in some of its most high profile cases. Here’s a preview.
Illinois Teens Charged As Child Pornographers In ‘Sexting’ Case
Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.
Blackberry CEO: The Government Should Force Companies To Make Apps For Blackberry Phones
The head of Blackberry thinks he can save his company by getting the government to force others to make content for Blackberry phones
Sony Pictures Pulls ‘The Interview’ After Cyber Attacks, Threats; North Korea Suspected
With major theater chains having pulled out, Sony bowed to the inevitable, but now there appears to be proof that a foreign power is behind the Sony hacking attacks and threats of violence.
New York City Pay Phones To Become WiFi Hotspots
Adapting a relic of the 20th Century to the 21st Century.
CIA’s Stealthy Starbucks
WaPo’s Emily Wax-Thibodeaux reports that, “At CIA Starbucks, even the baristas are covert.”
Law Enforcement Claims New Apple And Google Encryption Policies Will Hurt Investigations
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.
Forest Service Requires Media To Pay Fees To Take Pictures On Government Land
Freedom Of The Press, if you can afford to pay the fee.
Apple Strikes A Blow For Privacy
A recent change by Apple is good news for advocates of privacy and civil liberties in the Internet Age.
Compact Discs Still Rule The Japanese Music Business
A nation known for adopting new technology is behind the rest of the world in one interesting way.
Reading is Apparently Good For You
Dedicated reading improves our brains and our health—unless it’s on a computer screen.
Sanity Prevails In Case Of Sexting Teen Charged With Child Pornography
In some sense, justice has prevailed.
Prosecutors Want To Create Child Pornography To Help Prosecute A Child Pornography Case
The law’s insane over-reaction to teen “sexting” has gotten even more insane in one Virginia County.
What Happens To Your Online Persona When You Die?
Another area where the law has not caught up with technology.
Are Cell Phones Getting Worse?
Modern devices are more fragile, frustrating, and resource intensive than those of a decade ago.