Computer scientists at University of Edinburgh contemplate courses without 'Alice' and 'Bob'
Academics advised to consider excluding certain terminology for the sake of inclusivity
15 Oct 2021
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Texas law banning platforms from social media moderation challenged in lawsuit
Tech trade groups argue prohibition on moderation is unconstitutional
23 Sep 2021
Banned: The 1,170 words you can't use with GitHub Copilot
Hash cracking reveals verboten slurs, terms like 'liberals, 'Palestine,' and 'socialist' ... and Quake's famous Fast InvSqrt
02 Sep 2021
Facebook takes bold stance on privacy – of its ads: Independent transparency research blocked
Updated Heaven forbid someone lifts the lid on social network's disinformation and public manipulation
04 Aug 2021
Biden order calls for net neutrality, antitrust action, ISP competition – and right to repair your own damn phone
Market dominance of tech giants in President's cross-hairs
09 Jul 2021
Now that Trump is useless to Zuckerberg, ex-president is exiled from Facebook for two years, possibly indefinitely
Donald, you're fired. Again
04 Jun 2021
First Coinbase, now Basecamp: Should workplaces ban political talk on internal corporate platforms?
Updated 'You shouldn't have to wonder if staying out of it means you're complicit, or wading into it means you're a target'
27 Apr 2021
Absolutely fab: As TSMC invests $100bn to address chip shortage, where does that leave the rest of the industry?
Analysis Semiconductor sovereignty, meet supply chain security
02 Apr 2021
Airbnb, or not to be, if you're headed to Washington DC: Biz cancels bookings over fears of inauguration insurrection
Hosts, guests paid off to 'ensure hate group members are not part of the Airbnb community'
13 Jan 2021
Parler games: Social network for internet rejects sues Amazon Web Services for pulling plug on hosting
Updated And no, Parler wasn't hacked either. Its public posts were simply scraped
11 Jan 2021
Loser Trump is no longer useful to Twitter, entire account deleted over fears he'll whip up more mayhem
Don't worry, Mr President, we've found another platform for you: /dev/null
09 Jan 2021
HPE to move HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas, says Lone Star State is 'attractive' for recruitment, retaining staff
Houston, we had a problem... in San Jose
02 Dec 2020
Election security fears doused with reality: Top officials say Nov 3 'was the most secure in American history.' The end
'No evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised'
13 Nov 2020
Brit Conservative Party used 10 million people's names to derive their country of origin, ethnicity and religion according to ICO report
Bought 'estimated onomastic data' tagged onto data of millions of Brit voters
12 Nov 2020
Facebook's anti-trademark bot torpedoes .org website that just so happened to criticize Zuck's sucky ethics board
What are the chances?
09 Oct 2020
UK.gov to propose new rules for online political campaigns after last election marred by an avalanche of fake news
Voters need to know who they are being targeted by, says MP
12 Aug 2020
Fancy some fishy-chips? Just order one of these sensors: Research shines light on suspect component sources
Counterfeit and repurposed semiconductors still a problem
14 Jul 2020
Linus Torvalds banishes masters, slaves and blacklists from the Linux kernel, starting now
As a colossal commit count crashes into Linux 5.8-rc5
13 Jul 2020
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