The Society of Professional Journalists today launched the Kunkel Awards, a new category to “recognise excellence in games journalism.” Named after pioneering games journalist Bill Kunkel, members of the public are invited to nominate their most admired games journalists for recognition over
The European Commission, the most powerful body in the EU, is planning web regulation described by one politician as “its most dangerous yet.” Draft documents, leaked by bloggers, shows the Commission planning to regulate hyperlinks, one of the foundational forms of communication on the web.
The blogging platform Tumblr has become a byword for the wackiest politics of the fringe left. It’s the touchy-feely home of people who identify with a vast range of allegedly oppressed demographics, including “otherkin,” “transethnics” and “demisexuals.” Yet for some, the
Myths and conspiracy theories don’t last very long on the internet, but it looks like no one told the Obama administration. The administration recently teamed up with College Humor, an online comedy site, to produce a video to push the White House’s
Two former contractors for the Department of Defense (DoD) have agreed to pay close to $13 million to settle a legal case alleging that they hired Russian workers without security clearances to work on DoD computer projects.
Facebook will let you to post direct links to the dildo retailer Bad Dragon — at least until it’s spotted and reported — but it won’t let you post links to rival social media website Tsu.co on any of its platforms, including Messenger and Instagram.
The UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, unveiled the government’s controversial Draft Investigatory Powers Bill in Parliament today. Dubbed ‘The Snooper’s Charter’ by critics, the bill will overhaul the surveillance powers of police and security services.
Feminists in tech have been staging attempted “honey traps” to frame prominent male software developers for sexual assault, according to explosive claims on the blog of Eric S. Raymond, a pioneer of the open source movement. In allegations that will rock the world of
Twitter’s star-shaped ‘favourite’ button is no more. It has been replaced with a heart-shaped ‘like’ button, which the company says will “make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use.”
Signal, an app for encrypting texts and calls on smartphones, is coming to Android phones.
The Chinese government has found a way to enforce its draconian policy of web censorship across the globe: it has enlisted the aid of US-based tech companies.
Social justice warriors often claim to oppose “online harassment.” They recently pressured SXSW into holding an all-day summit on the topic. Yet in the same week, a mob of online SJWs bullied a young web artist so severely that she attempted
Snapchat has altered its terms and conditions, giving itself full ownership over images shared via its app.
A high school in Brampton, Ontario banned a student of Colombian descent from dressing up as a mariachi for Halloween, claiming it was ‘cultural appropriation.’ Joshua Sewerynek, a ninth-grade student at the St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, told MRCTV that he and his friends had planned
Something embarassing in your web history? British police will be able to see it under new powers granted by the draft Investigatory Powers Act, dubbed the ‘Snooper’s Charter’ by critics.
Digital media festival South By Southwest (SXSW) has caved to media pressure following their decision to cave to online threats last week. Two panels were cancelled last week: one on gaming culture and integrity in games media, and another on “harassment
Digital media festival South By South West (SXSW) faced frenzied criticism from across the tech media this week after it cancelled two panels on gaming, with Vox Media and BuzzFeed promising to boycott the festival. Yet much of the outrage was confined to the cancellation of just one of the panels: the one that reinforced progressive narratives.
British police have used anti-terrorism laws to seize the laptop of a young journalist at Newsnight, the BBC’s flagship evening news programme.
The U.S. Senate has passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) by a vote of 74-21, despite vociferous objections from civil liberties groups who say the bill will afford the government even more powers to collect the private online data of ordinary citizens.
An online campaign named “One Star For Hate” is calling on web users to leave negative reviews on Amazon products – particularly costumes – it deems to be offensive. Supporters are offered the chance to win a $3,000 scholarship if they
The internet was born open but is becoming closed everywhere. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rush to shutter readers’ comments sections at major news organisations.
For years, the advance of artificial intelligence and human augmentation has been forensically debated by three broad factions.
This September, the U.S invested another $10 million toward helping activists in authoritarian regimes circumvent state censorship of the internet. But the goverment’s attitude to web freedom within its own borders suggests that what it wants for its enemies may not necessarily be what it wants for itself.
Tensions have once again flared between the administrators and moderators of Reddit, after an administrator accused a moderator of /r/videos, a Reddit community with over 9 million subscribers, of “mansplaining.”
I recently visited a gun range, and shot at things with not one, but two handguns. I’m told my aim was quite good for a rookie, but you can watch the video and decide for yourself. PS: I’m a liberal.
