The dark side of the coming chatbot revolution
Artificial intelligence is coming to a messaging app near you. Google has been working on a messaging-based chat bot for a year, according to …
Data Too Dear? Set YouTube to Download in India While You Sleep
Indians love to watch video. Yet data is expensive for most users, and speeds are often so slow that even a short YouTube clip …
EU lawmakers, countries agree on bloc’s first cyber-security law
BRUSSELS EU lawmakers and member states struck a deal on the bloc’s first cyber-security law on Monday that will require Internet firms such as …
Google Claims Innocence In Accusations That It Deceptively Collects Student Data
Google GOOGL -2.79% denied accusations that it deceptively tracks and stores student data through its education services on Wednesday in a public post defending …
Five strategies for reclaiming our personal privacy online
When Tim Wu published his influential book Master Switch in 2010, he powerfully argued that all communications markets began with a period of creative …
It’s Way Too Easy to Hack the Hospital
In the fall of 2013, Billy Rios flew from his home in California to Rochester, Minn., for an assignment at the Mayo Clinic, the …
The FCC says it can’t force Google and Facebook to stop tracking their users
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it will not seek to impose a requirement on Google, Facebook and other Internet companies that would …
Why you shouldn’t trust cloud service providers
Simply stated, you can’t trust the employees of cloud service providers. Frankly, I don’t think we can really trust our own employees anymore either, …
Google, Facebook and peers criticize CISA bill ahead of Senate consideration
A trade group representing Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other tech and communications companies has come down heavily against the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of …
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