NSA has collected millions of images of faces from intercepted communications for use in facial recognition
N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images — The National Security Agency is harvesting huge numbers of images of people from communications that it intercepts through …
Registry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP
Summary: A single registry setting makes Windows Update think your XP system is Windows XP POSReady, which will receive updates for another five years. — As reported by Wayne Williams at Betanews an...
WWDC 2014 Roundup: Enhanced iOS 8, redesigned OS X 10.10, new hardware (plus fresh details)
Despite Apple CEO Tim Cook teasing that Apple would introduce new products “across 2014,” so far this year the company has simply released a cheaper version of the iPhone 5c in select markets …
One of Medium's first paid Collection Editors leaves the platform after one year, citing wage disparity, rocky product changes, poor analytics, more
LadyBits' First and Last Year on Medium — So long, folks. It's been real. — In May of 2013, I signed on as a Collection Editor with Medium to launch LadyBits on Medium.
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden to serve outstanding sentence for copyright violation
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Sweden to serve copyright violation sentence — (Reuters) - One of the founders of file-sharing website Pirate Bay has been arrested in southern Sweden …
Why data collection for ad targeting produces “informational toxic waste”, and how regulation could help
The Internet With A Human Face - Beyond Tellerrand 2014 Conference Talk — Marc [Thiele] emailed me a few weeks ago to ask if I thought my talk would be appropriate to close the conference.
Intel TV creator Erik Huggers leaves Verizon five months after acquisition
Exclusive: Intel TV creator leaves Verizon months after deal — (Reuters) - Erik Huggers is leaving Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) just five months after joining the company via the acquisition of...
WhatsApp emerges as big share driver for publishers
Publishers tend to focus their social media strategies around the twin titans of Facebook and Twitter. But perhaps they are ignoring WhatsApp at their own peril. — FTW, USA Today's viral sports sit...