Tech & Big Tech

from the whatever,-pet-killer dept Earlier this year, Donald Trump declared (without facts in evidence) that Chicago was a crime-ridden hellhole…

from the enshittify-ALL-the-things! dept U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies…

Lauren Goode: Well, they’re all interested in growing more. Who among us, Mike? But the hyperscalers refers to this class…

from the mum’s-the-word dept Several years ago, DC Comics opposed the trademark sought by Unilever for the term “Wonder Mum”…

from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…

from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Courses Digest, Labs Digest, and Exams Digest Bundle gives you unlimited access to expertly crafted…

from the that’s-not-neutrality dept Sequoia Capital just showed us exactly what “institutional neutrality” means—when billions are at stake. Sumaiya Balbale—the firm’s…

from the all-for-naught dept Ryan Walters is no longer the Superintendent of the State of Oklahoma, but he’s still at…

from the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept I’ve written a lot about the AOL–>AT&T–>Time Warner–>Discovery mergers simply because I think they perfectly encapsulate…

Both Google and Apple are cramming new AI features into their phones and other devices, and neither company has offered…

Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require…

from the sending-their-best dept The Trump administration is absolutely stuffed full of people who — if they had any self-awareness…