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TECHi Impact examines how technology reshapes markets, regulation, and society. From antitrust battles and AI policy to tariff wars and geopolitical tech conflicts — Impact covers the forces that move stock prices and change industries overnight. The intersection of technology, power, and consequence.

Privacy Issues Get Zuckerberg All Moist

Privacy Issues Get Zuckerberg All Moist

Things were getting hot and sticky during Mark Zuckerberg's interview at D8. It could have been the lights just as...

It’s Quit Facebook Day! You Ready?

It’s Quit Facebook Day! You Ready?

Alright people, time to pack it up. It's Quit Facebook Day, and it's time we all banded together and showed...

SIM Hacking Just Became a Simple Household Task

SIM Hacking Just Became a Simple Household Task

You've got really big hands, dude. Seriously, they're huge. I wouldn't trust those with delicate operations, if I were you....

We’re Not Fooled: Ignoring Privacy Is Facebook’s Business Model

We’re Not Fooled: Ignoring Privacy Is Facebook’s Business Model

After a slew of loud criticism, Facebook have rolled out new, more understandable privacy controls. At the core of the...

Computer Virus Jumps To Humans

Computer Virus Jumps To Humans

Okay, that headline is probably a little more sensationalist than is absolutely necessary, but that's the message a UK scientist...

Green Phone Relieves Your Nerd Guilt

Green Phone Relieves Your Nerd Guilt

As a gadget nerd, it's important to carry only the very latest cell phone, mp3 player and camera. But poor...

A Matter of Trust: 10 Places Google Collects User Data From

A Matter of Trust: 10 Places Google Collects User Data From

  By now, everyone in the tech world and beyond has heard about Google's data collection from unsecured Wi-Fi networks...

Facebook’s New Privacy Controls Due Tomorrow

Facebook’s New Privacy Controls Due Tomorrow

This week will see a bunch of changes to Facebook's privacy controls, addressing the ongoing concerns that Facebook is unconcerned...

Google’s Secure Socket Layer Search: Better Privacy, But Are There Limits?

Google’s Secure Socket Layer Search: Better Privacy, But Are There Limits?

Privacy has been the buzzword all over the Techi web lately. Facebook has been stomping all over it and then...

The Internet is Safe Again! Thank You, Cyber Command!

The Internet is Safe Again! Thank You, Cyber Command!

Keith Alexander has just been appointed chief of Cyber Command. Doesn't that sound awesome? That sounds 80's cartoon awesome. Like...

Facebook Privacy: Zuckerberg Sheds Some Light

Facebook Privacy: Zuckerberg Sheds Some Light

The plane has all but crashed into the goddamn mountain for Facebook, but Zuckerberg is still hoping against hope to...

Facebook vs. Canada. It’s about to get ugly

Facebook vs. Canada. It’s about to get ugly

It looks as though Facebook might face a court appearance before a federal judge in Canada real soon. This ongoing...

Disgracebook: NOW What?

Disgracebook: NOW What?

While I don't like Facebook due to its stance on privacy, I believe that the outright witch hunt against Facebook...

Google Infringes Upon Facebook’s Business Model: Invading User Privacy

Google Infringes Upon Facebook’s Business Model: Invading User Privacy

Privacy is a hot button issue right now, but Facebook isn't the only big player vying for a piece of...

Spokeo: The Internet White Pages For Stalkers

Spokeo: The Internet White Pages For Stalkers

Concerned about the security of your personal information on the internet? We all are, and thanks to Mark Zuckerberg, we're...

A Change of Facebook? Facebook Calls Privacy Meeting

A Change of Facebook? Facebook Calls Privacy Meeting

Regardless of it being the biggest game in town, Facebook is unquestionably the most hated, with mounting privacy concerns that...

Has Facebook’s Evil Genius Gone Too Far?

Has Facebook’s Evil Genius Gone Too Far?

"Do no evil." That was the now famous philosophy that Google portrayed to the world, claiming that a business doesn't...

Solar Waterfall Planned For the 2016 Olympics

Solar Waterfall Planned For the 2016 Olympics

Going green can be beautiful. By the time of the upcoming 2016 Olympics, being held in Rio de Janeiro, a...

Apple’s Green Thumb Gives Other Companies Black Eyes

Apple’s Green Thumb Gives Other Companies Black Eyes

Apple is well known throughout the industry as being on the forefront of eco-friendly design and production. That is respectable,...

iPad’s First Spyware is Intentional. Er, what?

iPad’s First Spyware is Intentional. Er, what?

It was only a matter of time before the iPad started seeing spyware surface. But I, for one, sure couldn't...