Impact

Powered by TechAbout

1559 Stories

Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Whenever a state's tax man steps foot on Amazon's porch, they make a hasty escape out the back door. That's...

Net Neutrality Rules Voted Invalid by House Panel

Net Neutrality Rules Voted Invalid by House Panel

A Republican-led House subcommittee voted 15-8 to invalidate the FCC’s net neutrality rules. The rules will likely stay in place,...

Adding “Internet Freedom” to the Internet Kill Switch Bill Is Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Adding “Internet Freedom” to the Internet Kill Switch Bill Is Putting Lipstick on a Pig

When we first started investigating the Internet Kill Switch Bill, we thought it was humorous that it was being reintroduced...

The United States of Facebook

The United States of Facebook

Drawing comparisons between Facebook and the United States is easy. Both are influential in their world. Both have leaders that...

How We Are Tracked Online

How We Are Tracked Online

The news is jam-packed with stories about online privacy, "do not track," and Internet security issues. With proposals for a...

Media Artists Start Prank Dating Site… and YOU Might Be On It

Media Artists Start Prank Dating Site… and YOU Might Be On It

You may want to check out Lovely-Faces. Yeah it's a dating site - and we're not saying you're desperate. The...

Why the Internet Kill Switch is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea

Why the Internet Kill Switch is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea

There are certain things, particularly in politics and technology, that seem to make sense on the surface. Take, for instance,...

Facebook Isn’t Sharing Their Toys; Google Bars User Data From Facebook

Facebook Isn’t Sharing Their Toys; Google Bars User Data From Facebook

Starting very soon, you won't be able to import all of your Gmail contacts in one shot into your Facebook...

A New Reason to Vote: Facebook Says So!

A New Reason to Vote: Facebook Says So!

Today wasn't so incredibly different from any other day: I woke up, I ate breakfast, I checked my RSS feeds,...

Sorry I’m Late, Guys – Car Got Stuck In My Printer Again

Sorry I’m Late, Guys – Car Got Stuck In My Printer Again

Soon, you may have an entirely new scapegoat for not attending all manner of functions: a printer jam. 3D printing...

Facebook Rolls Out Yet Yet More Privacy Features

Facebook Rolls Out Yet Yet More Privacy Features

Another day, another shipment of new Facebook features. But today is unlike any other day. Today, said features even dare...

RFID-Ready Trash Bins Can and Will Betray You

RFID-Ready Trash Bins Can and Will Betray You

Remember when internet refrigerators were attempting to become popular, way back in, like... 2001? Or, rather, I'm pretty sure all...

Your Statuses Are Safe Again – Facebook Rolls Out Remote Logout Feature

Your Statuses Are Safe Again – Facebook Rolls Out Remote Logout Feature

Facebook is, as we speak, rolling out a remote logout feature that will aid those who have absent-mindedly forgotten to...

Will “Banks” For Data Solve Our Privacy Woes?

Will “Banks” For Data Solve Our Privacy Woes?

For years now, what web sites do with our data has become a serious problem in the online world. From...

The War On Privacy Goes Even Higher Tech

The War On Privacy Goes Even Higher Tech

It's well known that Facebook and Google are in a war to see who invade their users privacy to the...

The Internet is Serious Business: Conservatives Conspire to Rig Digg

The Internet is Serious Business: Conservatives Conspire to Rig Digg

Who said the internet was a sunshiney liberal wonderland of free speech? In an attempt to steer the internet, a...

Facebook Literally Shows You The Door

Facebook Literally Shows You The Door

Oh, hey, that was slick, Facebook. Go to your account, guys. Right now. New tab. Check out your account options....

The Ultimate Privacy Issue: Facebook Hassles Your Friends After Death

The Ultimate Privacy Issue: Facebook Hassles Your Friends After Death

Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's own personal privacy invasion tool is known for failing to properly handle issues of security and personal...

Imagining A World Without Google

Imagining A World Without Google

Google. It is unquestionably one of the most well-known companies in the world. It has empowered everyday people with information...

New Bike Add-On Allows For Phone Charging… The Green Way

New Bike Add-On Allows For Phone Charging… The Green Way

The green movement has stopped being just about saving our dying planet and has become the fashionable thing to do....