by Lily Hay Newman | Sep 17, 2021 | News
As voting began on Friday for Russia’s lower house of parliament or State Duma, Google and Apple quietly pulled a beleaguered anti-establishment voting app from their app stores. It’s just the latest in a series of concessions that Apple in particular has...
by Lily Hay Newman | Sep 17, 2021 | News
Amid ever-increasing government internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians a way to speak freely.Nahoft, which means “hidden” in Farsi, is an encryption tool that turns up to 1,000 characters of Farsi text into a...
by Lily Hay Newman | Sep 12, 2021 | News
Confusion about the real meaning and purpose of zero trust makes it harder for people to implement the ideas in practice. Proponents are largely in agreement about the overall goals and purpose behind the phrase, but busy executives or IT administrators with other...
by Lily Hay Newman | Sep 8, 2021 | News
Under a recently passed Texas law, private citizens can sue anyone involved in helping a person receive an abortion in the state after the sixth week of pregnancy. In response, an anti-abortion group called Texas Right to Life set up a website designed to collect...
by Lily Hay Newman | Aug 31, 2021 | News
Two days after Hurricane Ida tore through, New Orleans and its surrounding area remain almost totally without power. Levees, floodwalls, floodgates, pumps, and other protections prevented massive flooding, but Ida knocked out all eight transmission lines into the...
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