Daily Deal 2021-04-22 13:46:48 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Sit back and let Kyvol Cybovac D6 give you back a spotless home. It's 2-in-1: it can vacuum and mop your floors. With its smart navigation system, D6 maps before…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-22 18:42:38 www.techdirt.com from the fool-yourself-once... dept On January 9, 2020, facial recognition tech finally got around to doing exactly the thing critics had been warning was inevitable: it got the wrong person arrested. Robert Williams was…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-22 16:49:25 www.techdirt.com from the i-sure-hope-not... dept Podcasting has been a rare recent example of a new offering built on open protocols and standards (mainly RSS and MP3), that wasn't entirely co-opted by one giant corporate entity…
Glyn Moody 2021-04-22 15:10:39 www.techdirt.com from the well-played,-Advocate-General dept One of the most disgraceful aspects of the EU Copyright Directive saga was the shameless way its supporters swore that upload filters would not be required -- despite the evident…
Karl Bode 2021-04-22 08:28:03 www.techdirt.com from the broken-and-profitable dept We've covered for a while how consumer location data is consistently abused by telecom providers, app makers, stalkers, debt collectors, people pretending to be law enforcement, and pretty much any…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-19 12:35:00 www.techdirt.com from the tradeoffs.-it's-all-tradeoffs dept For many years I've tried to point out that no one seems to have a very good conceptual framework for "privacy." Many people act as if privacy is a concrete…
Timothy Geigner 2021-04-21 23:46:23 www.techdirt.com from the smells-like-a-loss dept It's no secret that Chanel, the famous French luxury brand most notable for concocting things that make us smell better, is also a voracious protector of its trademarks. As evidence…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-20 12:44:26 www.techdirt.com from the [rereads-headline]-...-look,-I-just-work-here... dept Trump supporter and pillow manufacturer Mike Lindell was among those sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems over weeks of wild allegations about voter fraud that followed Donald Trump's loss…
Copia Institute 2021-04-21 18:32:20 www.techdirt.com from the inducement? dept Summary: Vimeo is a video hosting site that was originally founded in 2004 as an offshoot of CollegeHumor. IAC acquired the company early on and it tried to position itself…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-21 16:43:47 www.techdirt.com from the [clippy-bmp]-it-looks-like-you're-trying-to-commit-genocide dept Facial recognition tech is plagued by bias, most of it unintentional. That's why it tends to perform more poorly when attempting to recognize minorities and women. Law enforcement doesn't tend…
Daily Deal 2021-04-20 13:49:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept In the CompTIA Security Infrastructure Expert Bundle, you'll get comprehensive preparation to sit four crucial CompTIA exams: Security+, CySA+, CASP, and PenTest+. You'll learn how to implement cryptographic techniques, how…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-15 13:47:15 www.techdirt.com from the well...-better-luck-next-time,-Cellebrite dept Five years ago, the DOJ and Apple engaged in a courtroom fight over device encryption. The DOJ wanted Apple to craft a backdoor so the FBI could search a phone…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-16 13:45:48 www.techdirt.com from the all-over-the-map dept It's become quite clear over the past few years that the Republicans' platform these days is "punish those who disagree with us," or, in the shorter vernacular: "cry moar, libs."…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-19 15:14:01 www.techdirt.com from the getting-loaded-with-a-loadout dept The NYPD has an uneasy relationship with Clearview. The facial recognition startup -- one that has compiled a database of millions of images by scraping info from social media platforms…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-19 09:35:04 www.techdirt.com from the computers-on-blast dept Great news, everyone! The FBI has been fighting a cyberwar on your behalf… perhaps utilizing your own computer. Here's Zack Whittaker with some details: A court in Houston has authorized…
Daily Deal 2021-04-15 13:42:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Complete 2021 Beginner to Expert Guitar Lessons Bundle has 14 courses to help you master playing guitar. By the end of these courses, you'll be playing chords in songs,…
Daily Deal 2021-04-14 13:45:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, and many more languages with Babbel. Developed by over 100 expert linguists, Babbel is helping millions of people speak a new language quickly and with…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-14 12:34:08 www.techdirt.com from the seriously-guys? dept Senators Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Mike Lee, all hold themselves out to be "constitutional" lawyers. All graduated from law schools and went on to clerk for Supreme Court Justices…
Daily Deal 2021-04-13 13:46:52 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Premium 2021 Project and Quality Management Bundle has 22 courses to help you learn how to handle any project and deliver efficient results. You'll be introduced to the fundamentals…
Timothy Geigner 2021-04-13 22:52:52 www.techdirt.com from the die-by-the-sword dept Nike finds itself on our pages again. We're fresh off of the settlement Nike reached with MSCHF over the Lil Nas X "Satan shoes". That settlement sees MSCHF agreeing to…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-13 15:50:25 www.techdirt.com from the traffic-enforcement-is-truly-the-new-homicide-division dept There's a new player in the automated license plate reader arena. Rekor Systems is a bit different. While it does sell its own cameras, it also sells software that turns…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-13 18:41:42 www.techdirt.com from the good-intentions,-awful-outcomes dept Laws written with good intentions are being used in bad faith by public servants hoping to shield themselves from public scrutiny. Multiple states have passed versions of "Marsy's Law" --…
Leigh Beadon 2021-04-13 16:30:00 www.techdirt.com from the section-230-and-the-fourth-amendment dept It's one more podcast cross-post this week! A recent episode of the Institute for Justice's Short Circuit podcast dug into two very interesting legal cases: one that explores one of…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-13 13:51:52 www.techdirt.com from the how-is-this-allowed?!? dept You may recall last fall we had an absolutely astounding story about Judge Alan Albright, a former patent litigator, who was appointed as the only judge in the federal district…
Karl Bode 2021-04-13 09:24:10 www.techdirt.com from the whoops-a-daisy dept Another day, another notable privacy scandal we won't do much about. Q Link Wireless is the latest company to be under fire for particularly lax security and privacy standards after…
Daily Deal 2021-04-12 13:41:24 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Learn Python and Django Developer Bundle has 8 courses to help you learn the basics of web development. You'll learn Python, Django, Git and GitHub, Data Structure and more.…
Tim Cushing 2021-04-12 13:46:24 www.techdirt.com from the you-can-have-your-legal-defense-or-your-law-license,-but-not-both dept In January -- shortly after the failed DC insurrection -- Dominion Voting Systems sued former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation over her repeated assertions the company was somehow involved…
Leigh Beadon 2021-04-11 15:00:00 www.techdirt.com from the dialogue-log dept This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Jason with a response to a specific passage in Charles Harder's article complaining about cancel culture: "I believe that…
Leigh Beadon 2021-04-10 15:00:00 www.techdirt.com from the back-in-the-day dept Five Years Ago This week in 2016, broadband providers were either fighting against privacy protections or trying to charge a premium for them (not unlike their approach to uncapped bandwidth).…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-09 12:37:03 www.techdirt.com from the ah,-look-at-that dept Over the last decade or so, the fight between Oracle and Google has seemed incredibly personal -- at least on the Oracle side. Of course, many have argued the main…
Copia Institute 2021-04-09 18:47:09 www.techdirt.com from the podcast-yourself,-but-not-someone-else dept Summary: Since the term was first coined in 2004, podcasts have obviously taken off, with reports saying that around 55% of Americans have listened to a podcast as of early…
Mike Masnick 2021-04-09 15:11:09 www.techdirt.com from the good-luck-getting-those-shoes-back dept There were actually a whole bunch of interesting legal questions raised by Nike's trademark lawsuit against MSCHF the weird "structured chaos" organization that seems to basically sell publicity stunts as…
Daily Deal 2021-04-09 13:43:18 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Whether you're having a movie night with friends or a presentation with colleagues, the Minolta MN673 Mini LCD Projector is perfect for you. It casts a 120" high-quality image onto…