Policy and Impact

OpenAI has introduced an ambitious "economic blueprint," outlining policies aimed at fostering AI innovation and collaboration with the U.S. government...

If you feel like you're being left in the dark about the practices of the NSA, you're not alone. Even the US Congress is being pushed away. According to...

If you're going to spread your message on Twitter, it's best to avoid the Viagra technique. That's the message coming from capitol hill as Congressman...

As gaming giant IGN switches directions and consolidates properties, layoffs have hit the gaming industry in the wrong places: blogging. Two of the gaming...

Explore the legacy of 10 notorious hackers who shaped cybersecurity. From Kevin Mitnick to modern threats, learn how their stories impact digital security in 2025.

We were so close. A non-controversial bill, the Video Privacy Protection Act, flew through the Senate and was sent to President Obama last week.

Defamation. Freedom of speech. Honesty and transparency versus lies and coverups. These and other gray matters are all in play in a $750,000 lawsuit filed by…

Facebook Ireland who is in charge of the interaction that happens between the U.S and Europe are making changes to the Data Use Policy on Facebook but not…

When Meg Whitman declared late last year that WebOS tablets would be made again in 2013, the concept was met with hope by developers. As a newly-released...

Twitter is used by different people for different things. It's a communication tool for some, a news aggregator for others, and a way to spread a message...

Those who have watched the evolution of Netflix over the years are probably aware that the company has done an excellent job of keeping current and having...

Lodsys is a company on a mission. They have been determined to sue iOS developers who are, in their eyes, illegally using their own patents. But it's more...

In yet another bizarre twist in the Facebook story, now made very public by "The Social Network" movie, a man who was partnered with the Winklevoss twins in…

In April, the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into the acquisition of AdMob by internet search giant Google due to the potential...

Many sporting organizations have been well known for their resistance to new media and Web-based technologies; however, times are quickly changing. The...

Amid the unending din of posts, tweets and articles about South by Southwest Interactive, one thing became clear: mobile location apps are the next big...

If China and Google were listed as a couple on Facebook, right now they'd have to change their status to 'It's Complicated', as China's state-run Xinhua...

Google’s in big, big trouble in the UK, where military chiefs and MPs are furious with the company after a Street View glitch saw images of a top secret...

One thing is truly apparent in consumer behavior these days: people like brand name stuff. Whether it be Apple for electronics, Nike for clothing,...

Back in the day, there was no word for Peer-to-Peer filesharing. Today, the phenomenon is widely termed 'piracy'. Maybe that's a little unfair, but then...

MySpace? What's MySpace? Oh just a website that we can social network with each other. Instead of calling me, you can now send me a message or post on my...

Twitter has announced a new plan to become as pervasive as the Web itself, opening up its @anywhere tech which aims to integrate Twitter into the very...