Tech execs slam Trump administration’s decision to end DACA
Tech executives ranging from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Google CEO Sundar Pichai have slammed the White House’s decision to end DACA, an immigration policy …
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Tech billionaire one-ups Trump’s Hurricane Harvey donation in a big way
After plenty of negative press coverage surrounding his ‘first-hand” experience of Hurricane Harvey, President Trump decided to solve the problem in the only way he …
Facebook reportedly axes internal ‘conservative-leaning’ chatroom which turned racist, sexist
Facebook was walking on incredibly thin ice late last year after allegations that the company’s poor efforts to police fake news stories helped influence the …
Tim Cook addresses Charlottesville hate march in company-wide email – read it here
In the wake of the white nationalist march on Charlottesville this past weekend, a number of white supremacist websites have found it increasingly difficult to …
Here’s what talk show hosts had to say about Trump’s insane press conference
As chaos engulfed Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday, President Donald Trump delivered a short message condemning violence “on many sides.” The media, the public and politicians …
Donald ‘I’m smart for not paying taxes’ Trump accuses Amazon of skirting taxes
Amazon is the largest web-based retailer on the planet, raking in billions of dollars every year and employing over 340,000 workers. When you’re that big …
Intel CEO quits Trump’s advisory council, leaving Dell as only tech company
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has become the third CEO in a day to quit President Trump’s manufacturing council in protest, the company announced in a blog …
The FCC is actively working against consumers
The Federal Communications Commission is arguably the federal government’s least-loved and geekiest body. 30 seconds of talk about rural broadband deployments and spectrum allocation is …
Former FCC chairman destroys the anti-net-neutrality argument point by point
The Federal Communications Commission, under the new stewardship of former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai, is moving at speed to nullify Obama-era net neutrality rules. Those …
Watch Stephen Colbert’s touching tribute to Anthony Scaramucci
Fewer than two weeks ago, SkyBridge Capital founder and former Goldman Sachs employee Anthony Scaramucci sold his business in order to take on the role …
Top White House officials tricked by incredibly basic email scam
An “email prankster” in the UK has tricked numerous high-ranking White House officials into believing he was other high-ranking officials over email, CNN reports. Compromised individuals …
Russia tried to use an elaborate Facebook hacking scheme on the French presidential campaign
An anonymous source in the White House believes that if the Russian hack your presidential campaign, you’ll never know it happened — okay, it’s Donald …
Trump’s controversial, confusing laptop flight ban is now over
Four months after the institution of a peculiar ban on laptops carried by passengers coming from specific departure points in the Middle East and Africa, …
Never forget how much money Comcast, Verizon and AT&T spent to crush net neutrality
For the last year, telecoms companies haven’t stopped talking about how much infrastructure investment has been cancelled because of the FCC’s “draconian” new regulations. Now, …
China’s Great Firewall just got 10 feet higher
Starting in February, China will force telecoms companies to block individual access to VPNs, Bloomberg has learned. Although VPNs are technically illegal in China already, getting ISPs …
This anti-net neutrality website is heavy on the alternative facts
By this point, the supposedly intelligent conversation about net neutrality and how best to regulate internet service providers has degenerated into a bunch of partisan …
President Trump attacks Amazon on Twitter, says it doesn’t pay ‘Internet taxes’
In the latest clash between President Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos, Trump accused the Bezos-led Amazon of not paying taxes. “The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to …
Cyberattack strikes Europe, sparking fears of a WannaCry repeat
It’s only been a little over a month since the WannaCry ransomware wreaked havoc worldwide, with infections hitting over 150 countries and hundreds of millions …
AT&T promises massive broadband investment if Trump gives it tax breaks
There’s a tired old trick for internet service providers that want a tax break to continue gouging customers. The ISP will make some vague promise …
These are the states that actually care about internet companies screwing you over
The FCC is currently in the middle of a fight between internet providers and state regulators over ads for internet service. In short, the telecoms …
North Korea behind WannaCry ransomware attack, British intelligence claims
A report from ZDNet cites sources inside the British National Cyber Security Centre, who claim that North Korea was behind the recent WannaCry ransomware attack that hit millions …
Russia’s hacking of the US presidential election was far worse than we thought
If you thought that Russian meddling into the US election “only” included hacking the Democrats, leaking information from those hacks, and targeting social media with …
Watch Jeff Sessions’ public testimony live right here
At 2.30PM EDT, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going to take an oath and answer questions posed by a panel of democratically elected representatives. In …
The US government is rebuilding a bunch of Cold War bunkers and can you really blame it?
The US government “continuity” plan for the Cold War was to build a bunch of underground bunkers to protect key government people from nuclear war. …
Watch live streaming video of James Comey’s testimony before Congress right here
On Thursday morning, former FBI director James Comey will testify before Congress in an open session regarding President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to stop an …
Leaked top-secret documents detail Russian cyberattack on US voting centers before 2016 election
The 2016 presidential election is now many months in the past, but the details of what external factors played a role in the eventual outcome …
Why Paris Agreement supporters should rally behind Tim Cook, and not Elon Musk
Climate change is real, and an overwhelming majority of scientists and researchers in various fields have put the blame for the gradual warming of the …
Tim Cook blasts Trump’s withdrawal from Paris climate deal, vows to ‘never waver’
Apple will continue to protect the environment and fight climate change in spite of Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris accord. Tim …
Putin: any Russian hackers are just ‘patriots’ making a ‘contribution’
Russia was already accused of interfering in the US presidential election process last year and tried to do the same thing in France. There are …
Elon Musk will stop advising Trump if the US withdraws from Paris climate agreement
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stirred up a bit of controversy a few months ago when he joined President Trump’s s economic and manufacturing advisory councils. While …
