Copia Institute 2020-10-23 18:41:15 www.techdirt.com from the moderating-groups dept Summary: Following the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake by Kenosha police officers, protests erupted in the Wisconsin town. As law…
Jeffrey Westling 2020-10-23 16:36:56 www.techdirt.com from the rewriting-antitrust dept While there is plenty of breaking news to go around, tech junkies will not have missed the Department of Justice’s long-awaited…
Daily Deal 2020-10-23 13:41:56 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2021 All-In-One AWS, Cisco, and CompTIA Super Bundle has 22 courses and over 240 hours of content to help you…
Mike Masnick 2020-10-22 12:38:04 www.techdirt.com from the how-are-you-this-fucking-dumb? dept I know, I know: Trumpists have decided that part of the culture war they need to create for the election is…
Daily Deal 2020-10-22 13:41:04 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Complete DevOps Courses And Practice Tests Bundle has 12 courses designed to get you up to speed on the latest…
Daily Deal 2020-10-21 13:41:52 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Not everyone is gifted with the skill of organizing tasks and doing them the right way. Sometimes, it takes a long…
Cathy Gellis 2020-10-21 12:31:08 www.techdirt.com from the admitting-their-own-bullshit dept Don't misread the title of this post to think there's only one thing wrong with the DOJ's antitrust complaint against Google.…
Daily Deal 2020-10-20 13:43:08 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept FidgetCable is the only cable that's always tidy. No more cables getting tangled and knotted in your bag or on your…
Leigh Beadon 2020-10-20 16:45:00 www.techdirt.com from the how-journos-get-paid dept The origins of Techdirt lie in a newsletter that Mike started over 20 years ago, and in all that time, the…
Mike Masnick 2020-10-20 13:48:08 www.techdirt.com from the get-the-scandals-right dept If you asked most people what the Cambridge Analytica scandal was about, many would insist that it involved the company illegally…
Cathy Gellis 2020-10-20 12:37:05 www.techdirt.com from the foundational-understanding dept We've said it before, many times: there is no such thing as a publisher/platform distinction in Section 230. But in those…
Karl Bode 2020-10-20 09:30:05 www.techdirt.com from the empty-promises dept You might recall how the Wisconsin GOP, with Donald Trump and Paul Ryan at the head of the parade, struck what…
Daily Deal 2020-10-19 13:48:14 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Not all of us were graced with the coding know-how to build a site from the ground—but that's okay! RapidWeaver 8…
Karl Bode 2020-10-19 13:55:08 www.techdirt.com from the took-you-long-enough dept You might recall how Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's once-heralded Foxconn factory deal in Wisconsin quickly devolved into farce. The state…
Mike Masnick 2020-10-16 22:39:00 www.techdirt.com from the another-day,-another-attack-on-free-speech dept Because there haven't already been enough attempts by Congress this year to attack free speech on the internet, here's another one.…
Copia Institute 2020-10-16 18:35:12 www.techdirt.com from the historical-relevancy dept Summary: On June 17, 2015, South Carolina native Dylann Roof entered a church in Charleston, South Carolina and killed nine Black…
Tim Cushing 2020-10-16 16:39:57 www.techdirt.com from the what-Carpenter-decision? dept More details are coming out about federal law enforcement's purchases of location data from data brokers. In February, the Wall Street…
Mike Masnick 2020-10-16 12:38:25 www.techdirt.com from the good-to-see dept As I'm sure you're already aware, there was a lot of focus this week on Twitter's content moderation practices, after it…
Timothy Geigner 2020-10-15 23:00:26 www.techdirt.com from the bullseye dept When it comes to my writing about trademark and intellectual property issues, there is perhaps no more flummoxing company than Take-Two…
Daily Deal 2020-10-15 13:39:00 www.techdirt.com from the great-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Meet Lumen5, the easiest video maker for social media. It's an intuitive video creation platform designed for brands and businesses to…
Copia Institute 2020-10-14 18:37:00 www.techdirt.com from the how-far-does-it-go? dept Summary: Dealing with harassment of users is always a challenge for internet platforms -- and that is especially true for platforms…
Tim Cushing 2020-10-14 12:39:38 www.techdirt.com from the collect-it-all dept Ongoing protests in Portland have been met with a federal response. The opening salvo was disturbing: Gestapo-esque tactics carried out by…
Daily Deal 2020-10-14 13:43:21 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 4GB Chromebook C720P-2625 from Acer is preinstalled with Chrome, which features a user-friendly interface that offers a unique computing experience…
Tim Cushing 2020-10-14 06:51:42 www.techdirt.com from the anonymous-speech-is-still-worth-protecting,-judge dept Lawsuits related to false reports about the murder of Seth Rich -- a DNC staffer conspiracy theorists have continually tried to…
Mike Masnick 2020-10-13 18:36:40 www.techdirt.com from the likelihood-of-amusing dept People throw around a variety of terms that sometimes need to have more specific meanings. When talking about physical goods, when…
Leigh Beadon 2020-10-13 16:30:00 www.techdirt.com from the what-a-mess dept We've got another cross-post episode for you this week, featuring Mike's recent appearance on Robert Amsterdam's Departures podcast. The conversation touches…
Daily Deal 2020-10-13 13:37:43 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The iBolt ChargeDock is a magnetic docking solution for your iPhone. It has never been easier to simply dock your phone…
Leigh Beadon 2020-10-10 15:00:00 www.techdirt.com from the expecting-different-results dept Five Years Ago This week in 2015, the TPP negotiators pulled an all-nighter to finish the latest draft of the agreement,…
Daily Deal 2020-10-09 13:37:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Say goodbye to back-and-forth emails and wasted time trying to arrange a conversation. Novocall TimeSync is an online meeting scheduler designed…
Tim Cushing 2020-10-08 18:50:52 www.techdirt.com from the fine-people dept Law enforcement officers protect their own. Even when they shouldn't. They are quick to react when one of them is slighted…
Daily Deal 2020-10-08 13:35:07 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Edraw Infographic is a graphic design and data visualization software. It has rich elements and templates for easier and faster creation…
Karl Bode 2020-10-08 09:38:40 www.techdirt.com from the every-step-you-take dept We've noted a few times now that despite all the pearl clutching over TikTok, the use and abuse of user location…
Copia Institute 2020-10-07 18:33:00 www.techdirt.com from the not-a-good-solution dept Summary: TikTok, like many social apps that are mainly used by a younger generation, has long faced issues around how to…