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Don’t like that many of the big, traditional news outlets hide the online editions of their stories behind paywalls? Neither does artist Paolo Cirio, who designed Daily Paywall as a protest against what he sees as an attempt to limit your access to information. The website uses scripting to au
ICT Minister Pornchai Rujiprapa at a press conference yesterday said Thai authorities “can monitor all of the nearly 40 million Line messages sent by people in Thailand each day,” according to The Nation. The minister said citizens can lodge complaints with police if they receive messages that “offe
It’s CES time already. Yes, the Consumer Electronics Show isn’t here yet, but the first product launch is. LG has unveiled its newest Music Flow products, including three speakers and three sound bars with some twists. The new products have many of the usual features, including Bluetooth connectivit
A still image which was purportedly snapped from a OnePlus promotional video claims to show off a device which could very well end up as the next handset that the smartphone manufacturer has in the pipeline. Of course, this is but a rumor as at press time until something more concrete shows up, wher
The surface of Venus is not anything close to habitable, since its average surface temperature is around 864 degrees Fahrenheit. But what if we never bothered trying to walk on Venus and instead built a floating city in the clouds that would make Lando Calrissian feel right at home? That’s one proje
Hearing aids used to carry a sense of stigma for its wearers, but over the years, I suppose that having a hearing aid plugged into your ear is no big deal, and there definitely is nothing to be ashamed of. However, technology has improved by leaps and bounds through the years, that we start to [&hel
The Federal Communications Commission has once again put a hold on Comcast’s controversial proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable, saying it needs more time to review documents in the case. The commission said on Monday that it is extending the deadline for its planned review period on the
The days of pictures have come and gone. There have been casualties. One of them was thought to be Kodak, a company that failed to adapt and failed even more when it came to building a stronger public image. Now, they hope to reverse those trends in a last-ditch effort to emerge victorious in the [&
When it was “confirmed” by the FBI that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures, the US government had promised that they would launch an appropriate response. It was unclear what they meant but it looks like the taking out of North Korea’s internet could be one way of going about it. Accor
While Sony is still licking its post-hack wounds it’s going on the offensive about its leaked emails. Right now it looks like it’s going after Twitter and Twitter users. Vice’s tech site, Motherboard reports that it has in its possession a letter from Sony lawyer, David Boies sent to Twitter’s gener
On Friday, a post on the Tor Project’s blog sent out an alarming message: “The Tor Project has learned that there may be an attempt to incapacitate our network in the next few days.” More than 2 million users use the network to obscure their identities online, but law enforcement h
CES is right around the corner, folks, and that means we’re sure to see some fancy new offerings from our favorite brands relatively soon. Jumping ahead of the action today was Asus, which ran a teaser on its Facebook page for a new ZenFone that appears to be sporting dual rear cameras. At ten
