Tech & Big Tech

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

When Rep. Leigh Finke spoke last month before the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee to testify against HF1434,…

EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet.…

from the the-first-amendment-still-matters dept Laws prohibiting minors from accessing AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT would violate the First Amendment. But that’s…

from the it’s-blaring dept Senator Ron Wyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the…

from the everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-surveillance dept Every phone is a narc whether you realize it or not. The private sector certainly knows…

from the the-truth-business dept We’ve already all seen what the Ellison family’s version of “editorial independence” looks like over at…

from the oh-buc-off dept Alright, I think it might be time for a wellness check on the people running Buc-ee’s.…

(Note: This post is also cross-posted on the Let’s Encrypt blog) As announced earlier this year, Let’s Encrypt now issues…

from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Learn key concepts, from data preprocessing to building and evaluating models, with hands-on projects to cement…

from the avoidable-tragedies dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Images from the missile strike in southern…

from the I’m-sorry-I-can’t-do-that,-Dave dept Last month we reported on a strange story in two strange parts: first, a coder had…