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The vast majority of the world’s smartphones are powered by three operating systems, all of which are developed in the United States, which has many non-Americans concerned about American surveillance programs. Due to these concerns, China has decided to partner up with Alibaba and ZTE to crea
The price of peace is eternal vigilance, that is a statement we should all remember. The people united to oppose CISPA, a frightening cybersecurity bill that was one of the biggest threats to privacy we’ve ever seen, but it’s death doesn’t mean we can all kick back and relax. An eq
Binging on Mad Men via Netflix or Blu-ray has a few advantages over watching the show when it broadcasts. Namely, not having to sit through commercials that jump higher in volume than anything heard in the halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. As spotted by The Hill, the FCC is hoping to change tha
A new proposal introduced in the US Senate called the “E-Label Act” would allow electronics manufacturers the option of using “digital” stamps of regulatory approval on devices rather than the physical emblems now required to show that the device has passed required safety an
Right now, companies are required to provide captions for full online videos that first aired on TV. But if those videos are cut up, caption readers are often out of luck, clips and montages don’t require captions, even if the full shows aired with them. The FCC just changed that. The agency a
A proposal to block the NSA from using backdoor searches on US communications without warrants has been passed by the House of Representatives. The surprise vote, adopted 293-123, is an amendment to the 2015 Defense appropriations bill that would effectively prohibit the NSA from using funds to cond
Mark your calendars: May 20 should provide fireworks. On that date, Tom Wheeler, current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission FCC will sit down in front of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and testify. And yes, net neutrality will come up. The issue of net neutrality ha
It’s really happening, folks. On January 17, President Obama will remark on “the outcomes of the work that has been done in the review process” for reforming the country’s intelligence practices, Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday. It’ll be interesting to see exactl
While most of the world is outraged by the practices of the NSA and other organizations that tap into our personal lives, they do have one fan in high places. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has granted the National Security Agency (NSA) permission to continue its collection of records o
