Wolverton: Apple admits to bigger iPhone shutdown problem
Apple quietly acknowledged Tuesday that the unexpected iPhone shutdown problem it admitted to last month is affecting more devices than it previously announced. I, for one, am not surprised. In a...
View ArticleWolverton: Apple’s AirPods alternately awesome, annoying
Apple is pitching its new AirPod wireless headphones as “effortless” and “magical.” For my part, I’ve found them equal parts impressive and irritating. I loved how easy they were to connect to my phone...
View ArticleFCC kills investigation into ‘data-free’ plans
Broadband companies who want to give their own sites and services a leg up on the competition can now do so without worrying about getting any hassle from the Federal Communications Commission. In a...
View ArticleWolverton: Republicans aim to roll back online privacy protections
Republicans in Washington are showing they really don’t care much about your online privacy. Over the past week, Republican policymakers at the Federal Communications Commission and in Congress have...
View ArticleWolverton: Senate Republicans strike blow against privacy with broadband vote
Senate Republicans showed Thursday that they don’t care about your online privacy. It remains to be seen whether their colleagues in the House of Representatives and Donald Trump feel the same way. On...
View ArticleWolverton: House Republicans join Senate, undermine online privacy
House Republicans showed Tuesday they care as little about your online privacy as their colleagues in the Senate. Without any Democrats joining them, Congressional Republicans passed a resolution to...
View ArticleWolverton: Trump’s signature means no broadband privacy for you
It’s official now: Your protection from the prying eyes of your broadband provider has been revoked. President Trump on Monday signed a resolution that repeals privacy protections voted in place last...
View ArticleUber, Travis Kalanick’s fall and Silicon Valley culture
Travis Kalanick’s fall — he resigned as CEO of Uber Tuesday after a shareholder revolt — is spectacular. But in high-flying and high-risk Silicon Valley, he has some company. Ride-hailing platform Uber...
View ArticleThanks, internet: Steve Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos and the rise of the...
Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist for President Trump, encouraged former Breitbart tech news editor Milo Yiannopoulos to “help save Western civilization” by online trolling his way into...
View ArticleSam Altman complains about political correctness in San Francisco, says it’s...
To hear Y Combinator President Sam Altman tell it, the future of innovation is at stake because free speech is dead in San Francisco. Altman has been known to float what some might call crazy ideas:...
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