Twitter Reports 23 Million Users Are Actually Bots Slashdot An anonymous reader writes: In its most recent quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Twitter disclosed that approximately 8.5% of its users are actually bots Meet MonsterMind, the NSA Bot That Could Wage Cyberwar Autonomously Wired Top Stories Edward Snowden has made us painfully aware … Read more
Ahmet A. Sabancı EFD için Glen Greenwald’un “No Place to Hide”ını değerlendirdi… 2013 Haziran’ında Edward Snowden ve onun NSA’den sızdırdığı belgelerle karşılaştığımızda büyük bir kısmımız gerçekten şok geçirmişti. Kimimiz gerçektne böyle şeylerin sadece komplo teorisi olduğunu düşünüyordu, kimimiz de (tıpkı benim gibi) bunların olduğunu tahmin ediyor ama bu kadarını beklemiyordu. Ancak herkes ortak bir noktada … Read more
Changing World Cup fans FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for the Upshot have a look at sports fandom once again using Facebook usage as a proxy. This time they examined shifting fan support during the World Cup. Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On – The … Read more
Germany spy arrested on suspicion of spying for NSA Germany Arrests Double Agent Allegedly Spying for the U.S. Mashable! by Colin Daileda German authorities have arrested a German man on suspicion of being a double agent for the United States. The man has been linked to spying on a panel investigating activities by the … Read more
snowden on games xirdalium Here is a passage from chapter two of ↑Glenn Greenwald‘s excellent newest book “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State” (2014), which I’ve recently read: Seven things you should know about Tor Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Tor (The Onion Router) is a military-grade, secure tool for increasing the privacy and anonymity … Read more
“The Internet’s Own Boy”: How the government destroyed Aaron Swartz A film tells the story of the coder-activist who fought corporate power and corruption — and paid a cruel price NSA Fallout: Germany Ends Contract With Verizon Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The German government has decided not to renew a contract with Verizon out of fear … Read more
The Pirate Bay Running Promos For European Pirate Parties In Election Week Falkvinge on Infopolicy by Rick Falkvinge Pirate Parties:?In a last-minute visibility boost, The Pirate Bay is providing front-page exposure to the European Pirate Parties in this European Election. Offline-borns would tend to scoff at this; however, the net generation understands that this is an … Read more
The NSA reportedly spied right into the heart of ?security threat? Huawei The Next Web by Jon Russell The New York Times and German newspaper Spiegel Online have reported the existence of a document that purports to show the US government spying on Chinese tech company Huawei, the world?s second largest supplier of networking products, since at least 2009. … Read more
Is Google Hummingbird Good For Everyone? Google Hummingbird is the new search algorithm used by the Google search engine. It was released with a bit of controversy as a result of its new stringent search and SEO requirements. One of the major components of Google Hummingbird is that it efficiently breaks down queries that are sent … Read more
Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs This post originally appeared on the TransferWise blog. TransferWise is the clever new way to transfer money between countries, from the people the people who built Skype and PayPal. A profile of Julian Assange, by his ghostwriter Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, 2011. Toby Melville/Reuters Facebook … Read more
Hyperlinking is Not Copyright Infringement, EU Court Rules The European Union has been expanding since its creation in the 1950s and is now comprised of 28 member states, each committed to EU law. One of the key roles of the EU?s Court of Justice is to examine and interpret EU legislation to ensure its uniform application across … Read more
Couples, the Internet, and Social Media How American couples use digital technology to manage life, logistics, and emotional intimacy within their relationships Love And Religion On Facebook A Complete, Interactive History of Bitcoin In less than a decade, Bitcoin has gone from concept to niche cryptocurrency, and recently it has made significant inroads into … Read more
So far, the only piece in Turkish here. The battlefield is the Internet. Whoever wins the Internet wins the war. (h)ac(k)tivist — (hak-tuh-vist) noun: a person who uses technology to bring about social change. The Hacker Wars ?a film about the targeting of (h)ac(k)tivists, activists and journalists by the US government. There is a war … Read more
Twitter opens its data to researchers and academics with new Data Grants initiative Twitter has been busy opening its data up to media ? through a deal with CNN and Dataminr ? and the music industry ? via an agreement with 300 Entertainment ? and now it is focusing on helping researchers and academics. Why DRM is the root of … Read more
The Facebook Decade: A Review of the Social Giant’s Disruptive History As it reaches its first decade of existence, Mark Zuckerberg‘s creation stands as the premiere social network in the world. With 1.23 billion current monthly active users, the online juggernaut’s user base far surpasses that of the entire Internet in 2004. How’s that for growth? … Read more