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Netflix once loved talking about net neutrality - so why has it suddenly gone quiet?

"Net neutrality has become background noise for them," says analyst Daniel Ives.
ibtimes.co.uk

More Than 750 American Communities Have Built Their Own Internet Networks

A new map shows that more communities than ever are building their own broadband networks to end big telecom's monopoly.
vice.com

Dogecoin inventor thinks the cryptocurrency bubble will blow up in everyone's face

But the dog is so cute.
mashable.com

Trueface.ai integrates with IFTTT as the latest test-case of its facial recognition tech

Trueface.ai, the stealthy facial recognition startup that's backed by 500 Startups and a slew of angel investors, is integrating with IFTTT to allow..
techcrunch.com

DuckDuckGo adds tracker blocking to help curb the wider surveillance web

Some major product news from veteran anti-tracking search engine DuckDuckGo: Today it's launched revamped mobile apps and browser extensions that bake in a..
techcrunch.com

NSA Deletes “Honesty” and “Openness” From Core Values

The spy agency has quietly altered the mission statement on its website, removing a series of commitments.
theintercept.com

Facebook: we were too slow to recognise our 'corrosive' effect on democracy

Social network hiring 10,000 more staff to combat spread of fake news, and harassment use of Facebook as a weapon in ‘cyberwar’
theguardian.com

‘Never get high on your own supply’ – why social media bosses don’t use social media

Developers of platforms such as Facebook have admitted that they were designed to be addictive. Should we be following the executives’ example and going cold turkey – and is it even possible for mere mortals?
theguardian.com

Apple execs could face jail in France after lawsuit over slowing down iPhones

A French activist group has launched a criminal lawsuit against Apple over its policy of slowing down older iPhones in a case that could see the tech giant 's executives jailed and cost it five percent of its income if convicted of the crime of planned obsolescence.
thelocal.fr
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