‘Between 2,000 and 5,000 is the estimate’ The Department of Defense isn’t sure how many websites it runs. Stars and Stripes reportsthat at an event last month, US Army Colonel Paul Haverstick, the acting director of the Defense Media Activity at Fort Meade, Maryland said that the number of websites that the Pentagon runs is “undefined.” The Defense […]
The Nest ecosystem is dead. Nest accounts are dead. Nest’s privacy firewall is dead. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Don’t be distracted by the shiny new “Nest” smart display that was just announced: Nest died at Google I/O 2019. “Google Nest” is the new reality now, where Nest is no longer a standalone company but instead is a sub-brand (not […]
Georgia ACLU plans to file a robust challenge to the law later this summer On Tuesday, after weeks of suspense-less delay, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a six week abortion ban into law as he’d long promised. The bill, slated to go into effect in January 2020, includes an incendiary provision declaring “unborn children are a class […]
The platform prioritized growth at all costs rather than a set of values The latest Facebook struggles are clear proof that past a certain scale, tech’s “Move fast and break things” motto is not actually breaking things—it’s breaking people, and it needs to be stopped. This comes following The New York Times op-ed by Facebook co-founder Chris […]
The Avengers smashed box office records like never before with an astonishing $1.2 billion in its opening weekend. “Avengers: Endgame” earned $350 million alone in the U.S. and Canada, blowing through the $258 million mark held by the superhero team’s own gloved hands with last year’s “Infinity War.” Walt Disney Co. now boasts the top four spots […]
