Monthly Archives: September 2022

Microsoft was right all along

Could this be the future? | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge If you’ve been following the laptop space over the past two or so years, you’ve probably noticed that the detachable laptop is on the rise. Several high-profile models that were previously traditional 2-in-1s (that is, an old-school-looking laptop that can also bend…

Human trafficking’s newest abuse: Forcing victims into cyberscamming

Enlarge (credit: Aitor Diago via Getty Images) ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The ads on the Telegram messaging service’s White Shark Channel this summer had the matter-of-fact tone and clipped phrasing you might find on a Craigslist…

Big Tech must prove content moderation works or pay $15K daily fines in Calif.

Enlarge (credit: Jon Cherry / Stringer | Getty Images News) Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted a law that has been described by its author, California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, as “the most stringent transparency measures for Big Tech” in the world. AB-587 was drafted in direct response to the January 6 attacks on the US…