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Op-Ed: We Need to Build Up 'Digital Trust' in Tech (Wired)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 05/28/2019 - 13:24
Why a T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Would Be Bad for The Public
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has now decided that a handful of promises, made just days ago by T-Mobile and Sprint, puts this $26 billion transaction in the public interest. But these promises are speculative, unsubstantiated, and entirely unenforceable.
Documents Suggest Google Did Not Investigate Major Leaks (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 18:58When Google Serves Ads in Iran, Advertisers Pay the Price (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/15/2019 - 14:43Op-Ed: Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry (Wired)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/15/2019 - 12:32A Q&A with Melinda Gates on Different Ways to Get Women Into Tech (Wired)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Sun, 05/12/2019 - 21:51Google’s New Privacy Features Put the Responsibility on Users (Wired)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 06:42
Portland Is Again Blazing Trails for Open Internet Access
The tussle over "network neutrality" started 20 years ago in Portland (OR). Today, Portland and its region are poised to be Ground Zero for resolving the real issues behind public concern over “net neutrality”—the stagnant, uncompetitive, hopelessly outclassed state of internet access in America. Portland is taking seriously the idea of a publicly overseen dark-fiber network over which private providers could compete to offer cheap, ubiquitous internet access.