Internet

Brisk air, falling leaves, the scent of pumpkin spice latte. For most people in the U.S., it’s that time of year again—time to fall back an hour and gain a little extra sleep. According to the safety gurus, it’s also time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. It’s unclear when

Pat Benatar once said “Love is a battlefield.” That may or may not be true, but one thing is for sure— the digital landscapes of corporations and governments around the world are certainly the new battlefield. Cyber-warfare has been a thing for at least a few decades, but today, instead of people fighting with guns

Last Wednesday, on October 3 at 2:18 PM ETC, millions of U.S. cell phone users received a text message that caught them by surprise, setting off waves of concern and myriad questions—was it an Amber Alert? A national crisis warning? No. It appeared to be a harmless alert from the White House: THIS IS A TEST of the

When the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law on May 25, 2018, it set an impressive precedent for data privacy and digital rights—but it also sent shockwaves throughout the tech industry. Consequently, some web services such as Klout, which measures one’s social media influence, had to shut down, while other companies

In this techno-fuelled, 21st-century world, Virtual Reality (VR) is quickly becoming actual reality. And with our limited degree of human awareness, VR is penetrating multiple aspects of our lives, from online education to social interaction to live events to attending funerals. At the click of a button, live-streamed happenings can now be accessed all day,

Who are internet trolls and what do they want? Why are they always starting online fights, upsetting chat rooms, and throwing inflammatory torches wherever and whenever possible? They’re not the scary characters living under a bridge you may remember from childhood—they’re actually worse because they’re real.     According to the slang definition, an internet

Because the internet is possibly one of the greatest inventions in human history, it is also an ideal medium for discussing our rights as citizens. As a resource, it has become a phenomenal learning and communication tool— but it has also become a virtual playground for cybercrime, data theft, and government surveillance. Under the auspices

Since the creation of the internet, the question of who is allowed to do what and to whom has been an ongoing issue—much like the real world itself. With more than three billion people signing on each day, the world’s biggest public network has come to symbolize the struggle for regulation and the need for

People in cybersecurity have been buzzing about the GDPR, a data protection law that took effect in May 2018 and now applies businesses and citizens in the European Union (EU). In fact, there’s been little talk of much else. But the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018, signed just one month later in June

The truth is not always popular, especially in countries where watered-down reality and propaganda are the diet of choice. Once people have information, they have power—to think, to speak, to act—and this can be a real problem for governments who fear political and cultural destabilization. So you can imagine how the internet, aglow with knowledge,