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Returning to Fairness

A commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission considers rural America and open markets.

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Fewer, happier incident heroes.

My wife was kind enough to review a piece I’m writing about incident response, and brought up a related topic that I couldn’t fit into that

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This Is Life in the Metaverse

Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the i

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The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time

An obscure software system synchronizes the network’s clocks. Who will keep it running?

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Who Thought Putting a Casino in Everyone’s Pocket Was a Good Idea?

Lately, Democrats are rushing to promote more legalized gambling in their campaigns with no apparent regard for manufacturing a generation o

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Pre-Approved House Designs Jump-Start Infill Development in South Bend

While other places keep finding ways to say “no” to new housing, this Indiana city is offering pre-approved development templates to small-s

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A Swatting Spree Is Terrorizing Schools Across the US

Sixteen states collectively suffered more than 90 false reports of school shooters during three weeks in September—and many appear to be con

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Former Uber security chief found guilty of covering up massive 2016 data breach

Uber paid hackers $100k in Bitcoin to delete stolen data

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How I learned to handle corporate firewalls in my frontend

This is story about how I learned to be a little bit less naive about the web and how it works. But it's also a story of user experience and

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So, what’s left? - Digby's Hullabaloo

Not SCOTUS jurisprudence Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson heard her first oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Merrill v.

What conservatives mean to do is kill the Voting Rights Act by a thousand cuts, Justice Elena Kagan argued. The court excised Section 5 in Shelby County, promising Section would stand against voting rights violations. The in Brnovich v. DNC, the court assured the country that Section 2 would still provide protection the dilution of the votes of racial minorities. Now Alabama asks the court to eviscerate Section 2. Merrill could be the coup de grâce

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Confidential Computing Is for the Tinfoil Hat Brigade

Threat modeling doesn't point to confidential computing as a solution for cloud security. Ultimately, it's a marketing ploy that targets clo

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Micron picks Syracuse suburb for huge computer chip plant that would bring up to 9,000 jobs

Semiconductor giant would invest $100B to build a mega-complex here. "This is incredible and transformative news for Central New York," Schu

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A ransomware gang is releasing hacked data on LA schoolchildren

The Vice Society gang is known to target educational institutions.

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Inside one of the world’s first human composting facilities

Washington State is the birthplace of a new death industry.

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Japan struggles to give up floppy disks and fax machines for the digital age

The tricky task falls to Kono Taro, Japan’s maverick tech crusader

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Boom! Antitrust Bill Passed

The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act just moved through the U.S. House of Representatives, supported by a weird bipartisan coalition. Thi

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - The Autening

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - The Autening