by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 7, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In another move destined to inflame tensions with the Chinese government, the Trump administration took aim Thursday at TikTok and WeChat. Citing national security concerns, the president signed a pair of executive orders that bar Americans or anyone subject to US...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 6, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Since a company called UberCab took to the streets of San Francisco almost a decade ago, Uber has been many things: an app-powered black car service for self-described “ballers”; a slayer of taxi companies; a scandal-ridden stand-in for Silicon Valley ills; a vehicle...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 5, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
“Something goes to the DMP, something goes to the DSP, something goes to the exchange, something goes to the SSP,” said Linda Worp, a product manager at Ster, describing the way programmatic ads typically pay out. (Those initialisms: data management platform,...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 3, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide. Today, the coalition is issuing its eighth monthly “10 Most...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 31, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Teens love TikTok, but the Trump administration fears it. Earlier this week, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin confirmed that the social app was subject to a national security review into whether it could be a conduit for interference by China. Friday, Bloomberg...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Jul 31, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Instead, this hearing was all about puncturing the aura of these CEOs and their companies, in the spirit of discontent with Big Tech. The committee chair, Representative David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island), made that clear in his opening statement when he decried the...
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