Month: June 2020

By Ahmed Humayun Today, we are considering the groundbreaking 360Hz Refresh Rate displayed by the Acer Predator X-25, and considering other variants in the same …

By Ahmed Humayun Here we explore the recent development at the Apple WWDC 2020, with the introduction of the ARM-based chips housed in a $500 …

By Megan Molteni After George Floyd’s killing, experts warned that demonstrations could set off new waves of infections. But early testing in Minneapolis tells another …

By Tim Cushing Tennessee’s new anti-SLAPP law has resulted in another bogus defamation lawsuit being dumped by a plaintiff before it could do any more …

By Mike Masnick So, this one brings me back. A few decades ago, I spent a lot of time hanging out with skinheads. And back …

By Louise Matsakis For the first time, the social media company is opening up about its most mysterious feature. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-finally-explains-for-you-algorithm-works

By Leigh Beadon This week, our first place comment on the insightful side comes from aerinai in response to our post about John Oliver’s show …

By Matt Burgess, WIRED UK Though the Facebook-owned app doesn’t give users complete control, there are ways to limit the data it collects and the …

By Jess Grey Stuck inside? Here are our favorite gender-inclusive adult devices to give you (and your partners) a helping hand. Source:: https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-sex-toys-and-tech

By Cecilia D’Anastasio Hikaru Nakamura is the top-ranked blitz chess player in the world—and his channel has seen a meteoric rise as he coaches streamers …

By David Nield These tips and tools will help you scrub your social media profiles clean, or give you a fresh start without giving up …

By Leigh Beadon Five Years Ago This week in 2015, legislators were working to take money from the DEA to buy bodycams for cops and …

By Brian Barrett Hackers for hire, a particularly ignominious phishing campaign, and more of the week’s top security news. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-china-facebook-fbi-security-news

By Daniel Berninger, Jeff Pulver Treating the internet like a public utility only bolsters the platform giants. A more secure model starts with control by …

By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh A Taiwanese made a final verdict of an intellectual property theft case where former engineers of United Microelectronic Corp. (UMC) stole …

By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh AMD responds to the claims of over-the-top power draw, causing the Ryzen CPU to have a reduced lifespan. The report made …

By Timothy Geigner Almost exactly a year ago, we first wrote about a trademark lawsuit brought by AM General LLC, the company that makes Humvee …

By Mike Masnick If you’ve been around the content moderation/trust and safety debates for many years, you may remember that in the early 2000s, Yahoo …

By Eric Adams Beta Technologies’ Alia, which debuted Friday, draws inspiration from the ultra-efficient Arctic tern. The craft may one day transport organs for transplants. …

By Tom Simonite Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM say they want federal rules around the technology. Critics of the proposal, sponsored by four Democrats, say it …

By Karl Bode We’ve noted for a while that the “race to 5G” is largely just the byproduct of telecom lobbyists hoping to spike lagging …

By Kirk Nahra When I teach privacy law, I try to make the issues real for the students. It often isn’t that hard — privacy …

By Evan Ratliff The programmer who became a flagrant drug lord and weapons trafficker was sentenced in New York City to 25 years in prison. …

By Will Knight The winning detection algorithm from a Facebook-led challenge could spot about two-thirds of the altered videos, highlighting the need for improvement. Source:: …

By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh What comes as not surprising news, TAITRA cancels Computex 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic that affected worldwide. Computex is an …

By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Intel made an update in its website, informing about Jim Keller and his move to resign from the company effective immidiately, …

By Karl Bode Earlier this year the Bill Barr DOJ absolutely tripped over itself to approve T-Mobile’s controversial $26 billion merger with Sprint, despite a …

By Steven Levy Plus: The birth of digital maps, the timeline for self-driving cars, and a recalculation of doomsday. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-citizen-isnt-here-to-be-your-free-speech-platform

By Federica Carugati To ensure our AI-driven future is just ant equitable, we should borrow from Ancient Athens. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-a-council-of-citizens-should-regulate-algorithms

By Tim Cushing More than 40 years after a law went on the books in New York allowing cops, firefighters, and corrections officers to have …