Leaked letter: Ed Martin, the interim US Attorney for DC, accused Wikipedia of allowing foreign manipulation and propaganda, threatening its tax-exempt status
Wikipedia Bluesky: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse / @whitehouse.senate.gov : Where is the referral from IRS? I've been told for years that DOJ does not investigate IRS matters without a referral. More w...
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks
https://www.nytimes.com/... Bluesky: @anarcish.bsky.social : For the entire history of information technology security experts have warned that once you make a back door to allow the government to leg...
Meta changes its “Made with AI” label to “AI info” to indicate that images were not necessarily created with AI, but that AI editing tools may have been used
AI Media Is So Real, We Need Help Distinguishing It From Reality Tim Sweezy / HotHardware : Meta Backtracks On Made With AI Labels For Real Photos Following Angry Backlash Kate Irwin / PCMag : Meta Ch...
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried will likely plead not guilty to fraud and other charges at a January 3 hearing; SBF returns to Twitter to deny he moved Alameda funds
Sam Bankman-Fried is likely to enter a plea of not guilty Sam Bankman-Fried is likely to enter a plea of not guilty https://www.wsj.com/... Mike Elgan / @mikeelgan : WSJ says Sam Bankman-Fried likely ...
Inside Zuckerberg's plan to repair Facebook's image, including whimsical jokes on his Page, more media appearances, and discussing product more than policy
During a companywide Q&A with Facebook employees last Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned to a question about a recent uptick … Tweets: @thekenyeung , @alexeheath , @sylviavarnham , @cedelros , @josh...
As Deliveroo says it will add 15,000 couriers, who it calls “heroes”, by the end of 2020, some couriers say they are struggling to make enough to live on
Natasha Bernal / WIRED UK : Tweets: @tashabernal and @tashabernal Tweets: Natasha Bernal / @tashabernal : Deliveroo plans to add 15,000 more couriers to its systems before the end of the year. But th...
Facebook Hires Former FCC Chairman Martin for Access Policy
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Healing by 2-Way Video: The Rise of Telemedicine
ONE day last summer, Charlie Martin felt a sharp pain in his lower back. But he couldn't jump into his car and rush to the doctor's office or the emergency room: Mr. Martin, a crane operator, was wor...
Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling
Once FCC Chair Kevin Martin announced his support for sanctions against Comcast, penalties looked inevitable. The two Democrats on the Commission, long supportive of network neutrality, seemed set to...
Yahoo Redesign With Centered Logo
The last time the Yahoo homepage saw a major overhaul was in May 2006. Now, another redesign moves the logo from the left side back into the middle again (Martin in the comments notes this was alread...