CS 3111 News Items

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Some stories reporting on the possible loss of jobs to robots.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/islamic-states-embrace-of-social-media-puts-tech-companies-in-a-bind/2015/07/15/0e5624c4-169c-11e5-89f3-61410da94eb1_story.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/busted-in-north-carolina-you-can-have-sex-at-16-but-you-cant-sext/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/31/its-now-or-never-texts-reveal-teens-efforts-to-pressure-boyfriend-into-suicide/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/millions-of-teens-are-using-a-new-app-to-post-anonymous-thoughts-and-most-parents-have-no-idea/2015/12/08/1532a98c-9907-11e5-8917-653b65c809eb_story.html

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet-freedom-act-would-wipe-out-net-neutrality/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/02/26/389076235/on-net-neutrality-republicans-pitch-oversight-rather-than-regulation

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/fcc-votes-net-neutrality-big-win

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102388211

https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/typo-causes-collapse-124-old-235618640.html

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/some-websites-are-slowing-down-today-make-point

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/10/apple-youre-getting-u2s-new-album-whether-you-like-it-or-not/

http://www.contracostatimes.com/east-county-times/ci_25063185/byron-school-hopes-combat-cyber-bullying

http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/marketplace-tech-thursday-october-23-2014

http://www.startribune.com/local/189028521.html

http://video.pbs.org/video/2339343067

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-twitter-revolution-slow-in-coming

http://www.informationweek.com/security/government/anonymous-says-ddos-attacks-like-free-sp/240146084

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32315649

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2913312/making-software-to-block-annoying-ads-is-legal-german-court-rules.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/filmmakers-fighting-happy-birthday-copyright-find-their-smoking-gun/

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/31/7475317/software-patents-2014-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVN9nenCGwM

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2015/05/07/404700847/songwriters-and-streaming-services-battle-over-decades-old-decree

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/artistic-inspiration-or-piracy

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26933488

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141108/06411929085/computer-scientists-legal-experts-explain-to-supreme-court-why-apis-are-not-copyrightable.shtml

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/farewell-aaron-swartz

http://www.itworld.com/it-management/344896/pirate-bay-quits-sweden-relieve-pressure-bandwidth-provider

http://www.dailydot.com/news/copyright-alerts-system-launch-six-strikes/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21754915

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/56632-in-redigi-case-court-rejects-digital-first-sale.html

http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/india-aadhaar-uidai-privacy-security-debate/#8cd.w2QX1Oqi

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-23/the-pitfalls-of-health-care-companies-addiction-to-big-data

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34351458

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216?irpc=932

http://rt.com/usa/234863-apple-iphone-tracking-patent/

http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-31042477

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81700.html

http://www.techhive.com/article/2881653/shhh-your-smart-tv-is-eavesdropping-on-you.html

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/att-charges-29-more-for-gigabit-fiber-that-doesnt-watch-your-web-browsing/

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/health-care/your-medical-information-safe-target

http://discovermagazine.com/microphone

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476078,00.asp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-rEI4bezWc

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30375567

https://www.change.org/p/mattel-drop-the-hello-barbie-eavesdropping-doll

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/technology/bill-would-limit-use-of-student-data.html?ref=technology

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/16/wikileaks-documents-sony-hacking-school

Go to Link

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/173108-researchers-crack-the-worlds-toughest-encryption-by-listening-to-the-tiny-sounds-made-by-your-computers-cpu

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/rat-breeders-meet-the-men-who-spy-on-women-through-their-webcams/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/the-mannequins-will-be-watching-you/265482/

http://creativegood.com/blog/the-google-glass-feature-no-one-is-talking-about/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21762545

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/future-drone-surveillance-swarms-cyborg-insect-drones

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/how-easy-it-irs-go-through-your-email

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22134898

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-apple-fbi-encryption-debate-20160321-story.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-brazil-idUSKCN0W34WF

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/apple-doesnt-have-help-fbi-new-york-iphone-case-judge-says

http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/vigilant-solutions-surveillance/427047/

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/09/nsa-phone-records-federal-judge-ruling-edward-snowden

http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-in-refusing-backdoor-access-to-data-faces-huge-fines/

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-us-government-pressured-a-small-local-library-to-turn-off-its-tor-server

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-nsa-lawsuit_n_6837998.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/us/politics/att-helped-nsa-spy-on-an-array-of-internet-traffic.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/world/europe/britains-domestic-intelligence-chief-calls-for-greater-authority-for-spies.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M

http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/01/minnesota-bill-would-ban-nsa-activity-called-the-biggest-threat-since-the-civil-war/

http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/security/encryption-keys-spark-complaints-1.1758343#.VCwEQa0WU7w

http://www.propublica.org/article/the-nsas-secret-campaign-to-crack-undermine-internet-encryption

http://www.propublica.org/article/nsa-documents-suggest-close-relationship-between-nsa-us-companies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/nsa-reform-senate_n_6181548.html?cps=gravity

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/us-border-patrol-drones_n_2792127.html

http://www.freepress.net/blog/2013/04/15/privacy-killing-surveillance-machine

http://phishing.it.umn.edu/2016/01/phishing-example-120-your-paperless-w2.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/12/15/police-in-u-k-arrest-man-in-connection-with-massive-hack-against-toymaker-vtech/

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-car-hacking-is-nearly-impossible/

http://www.cnet.com/news/coffee-or-password-which-would-you-choose/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/first-ashley-madison-suicides-reported/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/10/us-usa-police-wisconsin-idUSKBN0M61VR20150310

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81787.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/Passcode-Voices/2015/0213/Opinion-Waging-war-on-hackers-actually-hurts-US-cybersecurity-efforts

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/198953-chinese-government-may-be-behind-anthem-hack-that-exposed-data-of-up-to-80-million-people

http://www.ifc0nfig.com/moonpig-vulnerability/

http://www.techspot.com/news/59554-blackphone-vulnerability-would-have-attacker-read-messages-steal.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/device-found-on-white-house-grounds-but-officials-say-it-posed-no-threat/2015/01/26/7accc156-a547-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30896765

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/military/snowden-transcript/

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/31/395829446/after-snowden-the-nsa-faces-recruitment-challenge

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/better-security-measures-are-needed-before-drones-roam-the-us-airspace/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/01/23/264910138/target-hack-a-tipping-point-in-moving-away-from-magnetic-stripes

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/536478/target_breach_unfolds_information_vanishes_from_web/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26511740

heartbleed.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/14/google-ssl_n_5986104.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

http://digg.com/video/the-shellshock-bug-explained-in-about-four-minutes

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/ghost-in-the-bourne-again-shell-fallout-of-shellshock-far-from-over/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/03/us-entertainment-photos-apple-idUSKBN0GX29D20140903

http://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/11/home-depot-hackers-stole-53m-email-addreses/

http://www.govexec.com/management/2014/11/hacked-employees-file-charges-against-postal-service/98789/

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30019976

http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/marketplace-tech-thursday-october-23-2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/rfid.html

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/companies-look-make-big-data-safe-data

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/07/173176488/the-big-data-revolution-how-number-crunchers-can-predict-our-lives

http://consumerist.com/2013/04/09/vudu-alerts-customers-to-theft-of-hard-drives-containing-personal-user-info/

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/15/wi-fi-on-planes-in-flight-hacking-us-government

http://discovermagazine.com/2016/march/15-blackout-of-the-century

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11465044/Apples-App-Store-and-iTunes-go-down.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4NRJoCNHIs

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/12/171737191/in-cyberwar-software-flaws-are-a-hot-commodity

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22771498/10-000-turbotax-filings-error-minnesotans-advised-not

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=high-powered-computing-heralds-digital-industrial-revolution

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/22/finally-free-from-guilt-over-challenger-disaster-an-engineer-dies-in-peace/

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/02/10/scalpers-missing-timberwolves-games-app

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/05/465699380/ok-google-where-did-i-put-my-thinking-cap

http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/marketplace-tech-thursday-january-21-2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/techno-skeptics-objection-growing-louder/2015/12/26/e83cf658-617a-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/28/how-will-anonymous-wage-war-on-the-islamic-state-one-of-its-own-tells-us

http://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-hackers-declare-war-islamic-state-paris-attacks-121627558--spt.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-intercept-source-another-snowden_561f9cc6e4b0c5a1ce621c97

http://anonhq.com/anonymous-to-de-hood-over-1000-kkk-members/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/volkswagen-uses-software-to-fool-epa-pollution-tests/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/09/16/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-google-box-aaron-levie-ahmed-mohamed-clock/32510935/

https://lessigforpresident.com

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/08/tinder-hook-up-culture-end-of-dating

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/amazon-1p-glitch-software-error-sees-hundreds-of-items-sold-for-fractions-of-their-value-9923730.html

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31542315

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-user-news-feeds-to-create-emotional-contagion/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/08/07/incendiary_reflection_mirrors_make_you_look_happier_than_you_are_so_you.html

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/290835531.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/revenge-porn-convicted_n_6604556.html

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/01/what-it-feels-like/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/11/16/360894212/for-wearable-tech-one-size-does-not-fit-all

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/questions-raised-over-bullying-gaming-community

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/gamergate-leads-death-threats-women-gaming-industry/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693

https://www.baycitizen.org/news/business/silicon-valley-firms-shelter-assets-overseas-avoid/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=rich-see-different-internet-than-the-poor

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/should-it-be-legal-to-rape-and-slay-a-virtual-child/

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/robotsbetter-than-humans/

http://mashable.com/2014/12/15/robots-take-jobs/

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42183592/ns/business-careers/t/nine-jobs-humans-may-lose-robots/#.VSyEu_nF_B0

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/28/low-skill-workers-face-mechanization-challenge/16392981/

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/in-a-huge-breakthrough-googles-ai-beats-a-top-player-at-the-game-of-go/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/the-invisible-opponent/475611/

http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/self-driving-cars-google-delphi-accident-report

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/science/researchers-announce-breakthrough-in-content-recognition-software.html

http://googleresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/a-picture-is-worth-thousand-coherent.html

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/14/364138291/free-voice-control-software-helps-tiny-start-ups-build-big-ideas

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131127-would-you-murder-a-robot

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=whos-the-boss-next-gen-factory-robots-could-call-shots

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2015/04/malle

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/25/google-develops-computer-program-capable-of-learning-tasks-independently

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/11/netflix-faces-25-million-lawsuit-over-black-mirror-bandersnatch/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2019/01/16/the-cybersecurity-202-government-cyber-workers-increasingly-concerned-hackers-will-strike-during-shutdown/5c3e2e431b326b66fc5a1c5b/?utm_term=.83ec7156da4b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOCtaBObg4

https://amp.businessinsider.com/collection-one-data-breach-email-passwords-2019-1

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/opinion/5g-cybersecurity-china.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/08/18/544448670/episode-789-robocall-invasion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/c/embed/ce75c090-890c-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb

https://gizmodo.com/crypto-exchange-says-it-cant-repay-190-million-to-clie-1832309454

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshmax/2019/01/31/meet-stan-the-robot-who-will-park-your-car-and-thousands-of-others-at-gatwick-airport-this-summer/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/02/06/her-texts-urged-boyfriend-kill-himself-judge-just-upheld-her-conviction/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/31/deactivating-facebook-leaves-people-less-informed-happier-study-finds/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAi2DYCo8U

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-28/u-s-planning-to-announce-criminal-charges-related-to-huawei-jrgrda0q

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2019/02/07/the-cybersecurity-202-huawei-s-access-to-5g-could-expand-china-s-surveillance-state-cyber-diplomat-warns/5c5b26fc1b326b66eb09863b

https://www.iusmentis.com/patents/priorart/donaldduck/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/31/doorbells-have-eyes-privacy-battle-brewing-over-home-security-cameras/?utm_term=.57f0835299ef

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/human-microchipping-sparks-debate-over-privacy-exploitation

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-app-shows-map-of-people-in-debt-for-social-credit-system-report-2019-1

https://act.freepress.net/sign/stop_selling_facial_recognition

https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/crypto-ceo-died-with-passwords-to-137-million-but-the-money-is-gone-2019-3-1028009684

http://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/2/university-of-minnesota-cuts-ties-with-tech-giant-/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/18/how-social-medias-business-model-helped-new-zealand-massacre-go-viral/

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Phishing-Scheme-Targets/245535?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/19/fewer-than-people-watched-new-zealand-massacre-live-hateful-group-helped-it-reach-millions/

https://www.xda-developers.com/pubg-mobile-testing-health-reminders-6-hour-daily-limit-india/

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/abortion-robot-belfast-protest-northern-ireland-pills-deliver-a8377591.html