Digital ID is coming: Will Americans lose freedom in the name of security?
America was founded on freedom and rights, but big tech and big government continue to try to take those away. The latest example is the National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which is currently working on developing a widespread digital identity. More specifically, NIST is working with technology companies and […]
Bill Gates to use digital Government ID, ATTACK free speech
Bill Gates recently suggested he wants online speech to be shaped to curb misinformation by ensuring people are properly identified online, which would require digital IDs. “You see it every day now in China. They have a digital identity that allows them to do anything, really anything, online. Banking, commerce, work, everything is tied to […]
GOP sues North Carolina board of elections over use of digital student IDs for voting
Republicans have sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) over a recent decision to allow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) employees and students to use digital identification to vote. The state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed the lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court on Thursday, just […]
Exec Boasted of Goal to ‘Crush’ Digital Ad Rivals
A Google executive spoke in 2009 about the company's goal of “outdoing” competitors in the digital advertising market, according to a federal antitrust case against the tech giant that focuses on the company's control over the ad tech industry. of New York Post Reports On the third day of a non-jury federal antitrust trial targeting […]
Former News Corp Exec’s Testimony Sheds Light on Google’s Dominance in Digital Advertising
A former advertising tech executive at News Corp. testified that the company considered moving away from Google's ad products in 2017 but ultimately abandoned the idea due to the potential loss of revenue of at least $9 million. The testimony came on the second day of the latest antitrust trial investigating Google's dominance of the […]
Bill Gates pushes for digital IDs to tackle ‘misinformation’ and curb free speech
Bill Gates, both directly and through his foundations, Public Health, news Landscape, Education Policy, artificial intelligenceinsect populations, American farmland, Energy Sector, Foreign Policy,and The Earth itselfHe has also recently suggested he wants free speech and engagement online to be shaped to his liking. CNET asked Gates spoke about how to combat “misinformation,” which he has […]
Google exec said firm’s ‘goal’ was to ‘crush’ digital ad rivals: court docs
Google executives bragged to colleagues in 2009 that the goal of the company's nascent online advertising business was to “outcompete” rivals in the digital advertising market, according to evidence presented Wednesday in a major federal antitrust trial against the tech giant. The Justice Department highlighted comments made by Google's former president of display advertising, David […]
DOJ launches case against Google in historic trial over digital ad dominance
Justice Department lawyers on Monday targeted Google's alleged dominance in the digital advertising market in an antitrust lawsuit that poses a major threat to the tech giants' business models. Opening statements in the closely watched trial began in a Virginia courtroom, drawing a large crowd of spectators. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema will decide the […]
Iranian hackers ramp up digital attacks on US political campaigns
With the election approaching, threat actors are stepping up their efforts to manipulate voters and attack political campaigns. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new network infrastructure built by Iranian hackers to target U.S. political campaigns. They are using phishing emails and links to trick users into installing malicious software disguised as cloud services. For security […]
Why religion will save us from automated warfare in the digital age
The technology now exists to computationally render video games in a way that makes them playable in real time – for the first time ever. Accomplished The classic pixelated first-person shooter game, Doom. Don't yawn. This isn't just a footnote in geek history. Elon Musk was quick to respond to the news, promise“Tesla can do […]