Out on native reservations where internet access is scarce, six tribal libraries pooled resources to build out their communities' broadband networks.
| Trash | September 17, 2020 |
A faulty Elasticsearch database exposed addresses, emails, and phone numbers. The security researcher who first found the bug said the company was hard to work with.
| News | September 14, 2020 |
A new study shows that only 33 percent of people living in tribal ZIP codes have affordable broadband, compared with 51 percent of the rest of the population.
| Trash | September 10, 2020 |
Social media giveth and social media taketh away: An Instagram movement aimed at Glossier, a brand that built itself up on social media, threatens to topple it.
| Social Media | September 10, 2020 |
Facebook took down around 13 pages associated with the Internet Research Agency that were created to point people toward a left-leaning fake news site.
| News | September 1, 2020 |
Apple and Google are creating a new software framework that states can use to more easily create COVID-19 contact-tracing apps.
| Apple | September 1, 2020 |
In a surprise move, the two online marketplace platforms announced they would combine, leaving sellers and buyers stranded with no access to former Letgo accounts.
| Trash | August 31, 2020 |
In allowing users to opt out of being tracked around the web, Apple might be doing what the advertising boycott against Facebook could not.
| Mobile | August 31, 2020 |
In Pasadena, California, identity authentication company PopID has begun rolling out new face-pay kiosks to more than 25 restaurants and retailers.
| Trash | August 26, 2020 |
TikTok has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration's executive order banning it from operating its business in the U.S..
| News | August 26, 2020 |
Big Tech is banding together to have talks with government agencies about election security. But it may be too little too late.
| Social Media | August 14, 2020 |
Since Facebook announced a ban, more than 100 new groups affiliated with this far-right movement have formed. A report says they can evade Facebook's censors.
| Social Media | August 12, 2020 |
The latest in a string of far-right forums that have been banned from social media, the channel was a big promoter of white nationalist rhetoric and ideas.
| Social Media | August 10, 2020 |
Facebook is an advertising behemoth, but experts say the point of a monthlong protest is to help brands reexamine whether they actually need the company at all.
| Trash | July 1, 2020 |
After testing their theory, two software developers say they’ve discovered a flaw in the Apple iOS copy-paste system that could leave information vulnerable.
| Apple | June 23, 2020 |
T-Mobile subscribers reported service outages across several cities in the United States on Monday. A routing issue has been blamed for knocking out service.
| Mobile | June 16, 2020 |
Twitter will soon begin verifying users' accounts again, according to social media secret finder Jane Wong. Details of the new system haven't been announced.
| News | June 8, 2020 |
Music services including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music are promoting the Blackout Tuesday movement to voice support for Black Lives Matter protesters.
| Social Media | June 2, 2020 |
A threat actor can see your rough location simply by calling you on Signal, whether you have them listed as a contact, and even if you don't pick up the phone.
| Mobile | May 20, 2020 |
Amazon warehouse workers, who began making $17/hour in March, will revert to earning $15/hour in June. This is the second time Amazon has extended hazard pay.
| Trash | May 13, 2020 |
Xavier Becerra said he was "ready to enforce" the state's stay at home orders in the wake of Elon Musk flouting state rules and reopening his Tesla factory.
| Cars | May 13, 2020 |
A wearable patch can monitor a patient who has been treated for COVID with hydroxychloroquine, a drug that can cause serious, even deadly, heartbeat issues.
| Wearables | May 9, 2020 |
A researcher has found that dozens of companies have accidentally been leaking millions of user emails to the likes of Google, Snapchat, Facebook. and others.
| Web | April 30, 2020 |
Australia will force Facebook and Google to share ad revenue with media companies -- one of the first times the companies will have to pay for content they use.
| Trash | April 20, 2020 |
Pressure and scrutiny on Amazon's labor practices could lead to lasting change if workers seize the moment, experts and labor historians say.
| News | April 7, 2020 |
Apple has bought the popular weather app Dark Sky, which will now be known as Dark Sky by Apple, and Android users are going to be shut out of it as of July 1.
| Android | March 31, 2020 |
Public health officials fear that vaping-related lung damage could cause the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, to present worse symptoms in users.
| Trash | March 23, 2020 |
As more schools switch to online-only for the rest of the semester in the wake of the coronavirus, many professors are struggling with an unguided transition.
| Computing | March 23, 2020 |
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak, as well as the possibility of future pandemics, illustrates the need for schools to prepare for virus-induced digitalization.
| Features | March 20, 2020 |
With coronavirus continuing to spread around the globe, it's smart to make sure to regularly clean your phone. Glass and plastic make happy homes for COVID-19.
| Mobile | March 18, 2020 |
To make room for high-demand items, Amazon will stop receiving nonessential products in its warehouses in the U.S. and U.K. amid the coronavirus pandemic
| Trash | March 17, 2020 |
Amazon is upping its pay by $2 an hour in the U.S and hiring for 100,000 new full- and part-time positions across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
| Trash | March 17, 2020 |
A handwashing expert invented a device to test for contaminants on hands. It doesn't test for coronavirus yet, but having truly clean hands is key to hygiene.
| Trash | March 10, 2020 |
Jif peanut butter has teamed up with the makers of Giphy, everyone’s favorite Slack function, to release a gif-themed peanut butter jar. This clears nothing up.
| Trash | February 25, 2020 |
The vast majority of people would never sell their personal data for a profit, according to a new survey released Monday. Only 3% polled would sell their data.
| Trash | February 24, 2020 |
What looks like a win for privacy may be just the opposite
| Trash | February 20, 2020 |
Sprint and T-Mobile have promised 5G rollouts and coverage, and experts now agree that with the companies' merger, U.S. customers will see 5G coverage sooner.
| Mobile | February 12, 2020 |
China's government issued an app that tells people if they've been close to an infected person, but experts say it will only spur more misinformation and panic.
| Mobile | February 11, 2020 |