In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech's hand on privacy
Feb 26, 2016 00:16 am UTC| Technology Law
The ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over breaking into the iPhone makers encryption system to access a persons data is becoming an increasingly challenging legal issue. With a deadline looming, Apple filed court...
How driverless vehicles will redefine mobility and change car culture
Feb 24, 2016 16:12 pm UTC| Technology
My grandmother, Christine Johanna Hoffman, was born in 1894 and died in 1990. In the course of her lifetime, she witnessed the advent of indoor plumbing and home electrification, the Wright Brothers first flight, the debut...
Passwords, privacy and protection: can Apple meet FBI's demand without creating a 'backdoor'?
Feb 24, 2016 14:44 pm UTC| Technology Law
The San Bernardino terrorist suspect Syed Rizwan Farook used an iPhone 5c, which is now in the possession of the FBI. The iPhone is locked. The FBI wants Apple to help unlock it, presumably so they can glean additional...
Feb 24, 2016 14:41 pm UTC| Technology Law
Last week, The New York Times revealed that the Obama administration had prepared a cyberattack plan to be carried out against Iran in the event diplomatic negotiations failed to limit that countrys nuclear weapons...
How digital technology spawned retro's revival
Feb 24, 2016 14:27 pm UTC| Technology
Remember those big black disks with holes in the middle that used to be played on turntables? Theyre not actually ancient history. This past year, worshipers at what novelist Michael Chabon calls the Church of Vinyl...
How Netflix and 'original' series TV are rescripting the business of television
Feb 24, 2016 08:53 am UTC| Technology Business
Earlier this month, YouTubes new subscription video on demand service (SVOD) YouTube Red launched its first swag of original programs. This followed news of significant rights acquisitions by SVOD services at the Sundance...
FBI vs Apple: giving up security and privacy could hurt us all
Feb 24, 2016 08:48 am UTC| Law Technology
You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide is an argument that is used often in the debate about surveillance. The latest incarnation of that debate is currently taking place in the case of the US government...