New York state took a historic step toward curbing the power of Big Tech when lawmakers passed the Digital Fair Repair Act, giving citizens the … How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair lawRead more
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Tor Browser 12.0 Released
Tor Browser 12.0 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This new release updates Tor Browser to … Tor Browser 12.0 ReleasedRead more
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Abolish Silicon Valley
Wendy Liu Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
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The Techno-Feudal Method
Elon Musk had good reasons to feel unfulfilled enough to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He had pioneered online payments, upended the car industry, revolutionized … The Techno-Feudal MethodRead more
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This Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes
Tesla has always prided itself on its so-called over-the-air updates, pushing out new code automatically to fix bugs and add features. But one security researcher … This Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in MinutesRead more
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Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed
This week a violent mob mounted the biggest attack on the Capitol, the seat of American democracy, in more than 200 years, driven by the … Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformedRead more
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Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain?
Shayla Love: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Shayla Love. Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’re trying to get some work done, and … Is Your Phone Actually Draining Your Brain?Read more
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Email discrimination is unethical
Many companies have been trying to disrupt email by making it proprietary. So far, they have failed. Email keeps being an open protocol. Hurray? No … Email discrimination is unethicalRead more
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Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age
Tristan Harris Testimony: Americans at Risk: https://humanetech.com/tristan-harris-testifies-on-capitol-hill/
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Coded Bias
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX4N3gvNBwY&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Shalini Kantayya 2020