In honor of the late programmer and activist Aaron Swartz and in light of information contained in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the EFF, Free Press, Demand Progress, and other … Continue reading
Facebook slapped with lawsuit over ads reportedly displaying false endorsements
Posted in: Today's ChiliFacebook has been hit with another lawsuit this month, this one by a user who states the social network falsely showed that he “Liked” USA Today when, in fact, he … Continue reading
In late December 2012, it was revealed Seattle had partnered up with Gigabit Squared to bring gigabit Internet to some of its districts as part of the Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway … Continue reading
Google has been slapped with a fine by France’s CNIL, a data protection entity that has taken issue with the Internet giant’s privacy policy migration into a single unit. Though … Continue reading
LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit in the Northern California federal district court against unspecified individuals over the use of bots to mine data from users’ profiles. According to the lawsuit, … Continue reading
Anyone who genuinely cares about anything is bound to sound like a broken record from time to time. If you actually give a shit about a problem (and I don’t mean a "problem" like "the co-op is out of Honeycrisps," I mean a PROBLEM PROBLEM), then you don’t just lodge your complaint and sit back down while the world rolls on around you. You do not shut up until that problem is fixed. You repeat and reframe and repeat and reframe and message, message, message, and eventually—hopefully—you manage to lodge that message somewhere in the public consciousness. That is how things move forward.* And right now, we desperately need to not shut up about the way the internet treats women.
Hulu has announced its Originals lineup for this year at CES, detailing both the upcoming premieres that will be making their debut in coming weeks and returning original series that … Continue reading
There’s a digital gold rush sweeping the globe as investors try to cash in on Bitcoin, the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency. Getting involved yourself is easier—and riskier—than you think.
Creating and watching short looping Vine videos has been possible for a while now from the Android and iOS apps, but those who prefer to browse from the comfort of … Continue reading
Amped Wireless unveils first high-power AC1900 long-range router and extender
Posted in: Today's ChiliAmped Wireless, following the REA20 extender launched back in August, has announced the first long-range high-powered AC1900 WiFi router and WiFi extender, the RTA30 and the REA33. Both devices are … Continue reading