NYT: ‘If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser’
This week the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times urged readers to switch their browser from Chrome,…
AlmaLinux Released As a Stable RHEL Clone For Those Who Liked CentOS
Long-time Slashdot reader xiando quotes the backstory from LinuxReviews.org: CentOS used to be the go-to alternative for those who wanted…
Amazon ‘Fesses Up’: that Peeing in Bottles Thing is Probably True
“You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” Amazon tweeted last week. But on Friday “The web…
Will VW Face Regulatory Scrutiny Over It ‘Voltswagen’ Prank Like Elon Musk Did For His Tweets?
Volkswagen’s early April Fool’s Day prank (pretending to re-name the company “Voltswagen”) “may have put the company at risk of…
Privacy Advocate Confronts ACLU Over Its Use of Google and Facebook’s Targeted Advertising
Ashkan Soltani was the Chief Technologist of America’s Federal Trade Commission in 2014 — and earlier was a staff technologist…
FSF Management Team Resigns, as FSF Now Seeks ‘Improved Transparency’
Richard Stallman’s name has now been taken off the official web page of the steering committee for GCC, reports IT…
Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling As Key Platforms Are Taxed and Failing
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a Washington Post article, written by Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow: The National…
Uber Ordered To Pay $1.1 Million To Blind Passenger Who Was Denied Rides 14 Times
whoever57 writes: A blind person with a guide dog was denied rides and harassed because of her guide dog. She…
MIT Researchers Use Radio Waves To Help Robots Find Hidden Objects
A group of scientists from MIT have equipped a robot with a wrist-mounted camera and an RF reader to help…
Degrees at Work: Bad Break Leads to Increased Skills
Working on a college degree can be backbreaking work. But for Kerry McCormick, that description carries a double meaning. And…