Another eBay exec pleads guilty after couple stalked, harassed for daring to criticize the internet tat bazaar
Former cop admits conspiracy to tamper with witnesses, too
28 Oct 2020 | 39
Kieren is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers internet infrastructure and governance, the domain name system, the Internet of Things, and many other topics.
Big Tech's Section 230 Senate hearing was like Jack Dorsey’s beard: An inexplicable mess that needed a serious trim
CommentWith few exceptions, the questioning was a national embarrassment
28 Oct 2020 | 31
SpaceX’s Starlink finally reveals its satellite broadband pricing for rural America: At $99 a month, it’s a good deal
The $499 equipment cost and laggy latency give room for pause
28 Oct 2020 | 67
FCC puts final nails into net neutrality coffin. In a week, America will vote on whether to bury or open it up again
AnalysisRegulator’s monthly meeting provided an opportunity to argue all over again
27 Oct 2020 | 27
Zoom finally adds end-to-end encryption for all, for free – though there are caveats
Perhaps we can talk about extra security and compromises honestly
27 Oct 2020 | 15
Oculus owners told not only to get Facebook accounts, purchases will be wiped if they ever leave social network
Hotel Zuckerfornia: You can check in but you can never check out... without losing everything
27 Oct 2020 | 91
Facebook tells academics to stop monitoring its political ads for any rule-breaking.... on privacy grounds
Irony overload as social media giant accuses NYU of bulk data collection
27 Oct 2020 | 40
Microsoft drives users to the Edge: Internet Explorer to redirect to Chromium-based browser in November
'Hey, you folks heard that there's this virus starting to spread?' – IE, probably
26 Oct 2020 | 65
Bitcoin value jumps as PayPal says it will accept cryptocurrencies... once it has the kinks worked out
Online payment goliath wants to encourage global use of virtual dosh
22 Oct 2020 | 46
Thought the FBI were the only ones able to unlock encrypted phones? Pretty much every US cop can get the job done
Massive public records request reveals scale of warrantless surveillance
21 Oct 2020 | 148
Big Telco freaks out as unknown operator with great political connections vies for valuable 5G space in America
AnalysisThe swamp is full to the brim as usual in Washington DC, it seems
21 Oct 2020 | 27
Is Google fudging search rankings to benefit pages that embed YouTube vids? Or is this just another ‘bug’?
Websites featuring get super-fast rating despite slower reality
21 Oct 2020 | 30
What does everyone make of today's Google antitrust action? Only the stock market is happy with the status quo
AnalysisSome state AGs feel US govt lawsuit is limited, tech groups worry about implications
20 Oct 2020 | 48
Google screwed rivals to protect monopoly, says Uncle Sam in antitrust lawsuit: We go inside the Sherman parked on a Silicon Valley lawn
AnalysisSearch engine giant has officially become 1990s Microsoft
20 Oct 2020 | 105
Let’s check in with that 30,000-job $10bn Trump-Foxconn Wisconsin plant. Wow, way worse than we'd imagined
Surreal tales from the Midwest
20 Oct 2020 | 182
NASA hires Nokia to build first 4G network on the Moon as part of plan to boldly go back to lunar surface by 2024
And 5G hype goes out of this world
19 Oct 2020 | 56
When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube
UpdatedIs this another case of one rule for the Chocolate Factory and one for everyone else?
19 Oct 2020 | 106
Confirmed: Barnes & Noble hacked, systems taken offline for days, miscreants may have swiped personal info
UpdatedNook, line and sinker: Servers restored from backups, punters unable to download purchased e-books
15 Oct 2020 | 26
US Supreme Court Justice flames lower courts for giving 'sweeping immunity' to Facebook, YouTube, etc when it comes to harmful content
AnalysisClarence Thomas reckons web giants need to do more to curb abuse
14 Oct 2020 | 43
Elizabeth Holmes' plan to avoid her Theranos fraud trial worked out about as well as her useless blood-testing machines
What she in lacks in ethics, she more than makes up for in persistence
14 Oct 2020 | 145
Comcast’s president of tech falls offline while boasting about how great cable is for connectivity
Exec blames mobile LTE, which he was definitely using as Comcast’s president of technology while being interviewed by cable body at a cableco event
14 Oct 2020 | 18
It's that time of the year when Apple convinces you last year's iPhones weren't quite magical enough, so buy this new 5G iPhone 12 instead
Small and large models with 5nm system-on-chip touted
13 Oct 2020 | 116
Cross-border digital payment system, championed by Saudi Arabia, gets green light... and yellow card from G7
AnalysisBasically nobody trusts Facebook
13 Oct 2020 | 12
Contract to run .eu domain-name registry is up for grabs as Brussels tries to avoid a .co-style debacle
Five-year deal to oversee 3.6 million web addresses ... but does anyone actually want it?
13 Oct 2020 | 22
