Belkin Bricks Most Wemo Smart Home Devices, Again Demonstrating You Don’t Own What You Buy

Belkin is the latest company to painfully demonstrate that you no longer own what you buy, and the whims of corporate executives can very often leave you with expensive paperweights. In a recent st…

Belkin Bricks Most Wemo Smart Home Devices, Again Demonstrating You Don’t Own What You Buy

Belkin is the latest company to painfully demonstrate that you no longer own what you buy, and the whims of corporate executives can very often leave you with expensive paperweights. In a recent st…

The Making of Musk: Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action. Season 1 - The Naked Emperor: the rise and fall of bitcoin king Sam Bankman-Fried. Season 2 - The Pornhub Empire: the story of how a Montreal-founded company came to dominate the adult industry. Season 3 - Modi’s India: how one man rose from poverty to the peak of political power. Season 4 - Céline: the surprising cultural, political and business alchemy that created a superstar. Season 5 - Who Broke the Internet? The internet sucks now, and it happened on purpose.

The Making of Musk: Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action. Season 1 - The Naked Emperor: the rise and fall of bitcoin king Sam Bankman-Fried. Season 2 - The Pornhub Empire: the story of how a Montreal-founded company came to dominate the adult industry. Season 3 - Modi’s India: how one man rose from poverty to the peak of political power. Season 4 - Céline: the surprising cultural, political and business alchemy that created a superstar. Season 5 - Who Broke the Internet? The internet sucks now, and it happened on purpose.

YouTube Apparently Unsure If Shakespeare Is In The Public Domain

One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Cop…

YouTube Apparently Unsure If Shakespeare Is In The Public Domain

One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Cop…

Ron Wyden Presses FTC For Disclosure Rules On Ownership Rights Of Digital Purchases

We talk a lot here about the concept of “ownership” of what we spend money on, particularly as it relates to purchases that are digital or have some reliance on internet connectivity. D…

Ron Wyden Presses FTC For Disclosure Rules On Ownership Rights Of Digital Purchases

We talk a lot here about the concept of “ownership” of what we spend money on, particularly as it relates to purchases that are digital or have some reliance on internet connectivity. D…

Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They're No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures

Hospitals are increasingly being forced into maintenance contracts with device manufacturers, driving up costs.

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