Humans Not Yet Doomed: Watch even the Coolest Robots Fall by Wolf Richter • Jun 7, 2015 • 4 Comments Almost-cute humanoid robots struggling with the basics at DARPA’s challenge (videos).
Startup Bubble Too Big For Exit, Investors in La-La Land by Wolf Richter • Jun 2, 2015 • 14 Comments IPOs would overwhelm the stock market. Last time this happened: 2000.
AOL, the Sound of the World Wide Wait by Wolf Richter • May 12, 2015 • 3 Comments Verizon buys AOL, which died 15 years ago. So here’s a trip down memory lane.
NSA and GCHQ Stole the Encryption Keys to Your Cellphone by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Feb 20, 2015 • Comments Off on NSA and GCHQ Stole the Encryption Keys to Your Cellphone Leaves “no trace on the wireless provider’s network” or on your device.
A Correction in Silicon Valley Will Send Out Shockwaves by Contributor • Feb 12, 2015 • 9 Comments The GoPro guy is stuffing everyone with stock; maybe he knows something we don’t.
Who Really Owns Your Drones? by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Feb 2, 2015 • Comments Off on Who Really Owns Your Drones? Or any other connected devices? And who controls them?
“Recipe for Disaster”: Canadian Government to Expand State Surveillance Powers (Again) by Wolf Richter • Jan 29, 2015 • 2 Comments The “spillover effects” of overbroad anti-terror legislation.
HealthCare.gov in Cahoots with Dozens of Tracking Websites by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Jan 21, 2015 • 5 Comments It sends users’ personal private data to corporate data gatherers.
Hot Air Hisses out of ‘Advertising Tech’ Startup Bubble by Wolf Richter • Jan 8, 2015 • 7 Comments And VCs are trying to bail out while they still can.
LEAKED: Secret Negotiations to Let Big Brother Go Global by Don Quijones • Dec 25, 2014 • 6 Comments A leaked document details the ugly ramifications of the Trade in Services Act being hashed out in total secrecy between the US, the EU, and other countries.
