From tagging photos on Facebook to driving with Google Maps, people should join forces in "data unions" to demand payment for letting online tools collect their data, according to an economist advocating for radical reforms to improve society. Glen Weyl, a principal researcher at the ...
Trump impeachment process differs from that of Nixon and Clinton
The public impeachment inquiry hearings this week usher in a rare and momentous occasion in American history as Congress debates whether to remove a president from office. There are consistencies in the process — televised hearings, partisan rancor and memorable speeches — but each impeachment ...
Tokyo Metropolitan Government to make thousands of properties available for 5G base stations
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has said that the metropolitan government will make 8,297 buildings and 4,502 land lots available for installing base stations for 5G high-speed wireless communication networks. "We want (the stations) to be installed promptly," Koike said at a meeting with executives of ...
Communications chief Sanae Takaichi tells NHK to review cost of internet distribution plan
Communications minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that she asked NHK to review costs related to its plan to distribute all of its TV programs in real time over the internet. The public broadcaster was asked to submit a report on the matter by Dec. 8. ...
Put down that phone! Indonesians invent device to aid internet addicts
From browsing social media to watching videos and chatting with friends, Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone. "I realize that I am addicted," the university student admitted, saying she checks her phone continuously from the time she ...
Pokemon Go maker Niantic on Wednesday moved closer to turning the world into a giant game board. San Francisco-based Niantic opened the door for outside developers to build titles to add to its lineup of mobile games, which include Pokemon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite ...
Russia's web-censoring and -snooping tool sets pace for imitators, study says
Russia is successfully imposing a highly effective internet censorship regime across thousands of privately owned providers and also aims to make government snooping pervasive, according to a study released Wednesday. The University of Michigan study says the Russian model can be easily exported to other ...
Advertising woes hit New York Times as digital subscriptions grow
The New York Times said Wednesday that profits slipped in the third quarter as declines in advertising revenues offset gains in its digital subscription efforts. The prestigious U.S. daily said it now has more than 4 million "digital only" subscribers and a total subscriber base ...
From cat videos to credit cards, Amazon says customers have to secure own data
Amazon's cloud computing customers have to decide themselves how best to protect sensitive information online, a senior executive said Tuesday, following accusations by U.S. lawmakers that the web giant has not done enough to secure data on its servers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud ...
Fugitive Edward Snowden warns of Web giants' 'irresistible power' when they work with governments
Technology has given internet giants "irresistible power" when they work in concert with governments, whistleblower Ed Snowden told the Web Summit that opened in Lisbon on Monday. "When we see government and corporations working in concert ... they become the left and right hands of ...
Japan's online brokerages target individual investors with new services in bid for survival
Online securities firms in Japan are fighting for survival by diversifying services in the wake of a sharp drop in stock broker fees following their full liberalization 20 years ago. "The time when we could compete by lowering fees is over," said Rakuten Securities Inc. ...
Cryptocurrency critic China jumps into blockchain race with U.S.
China has launched an ambitious effort to challenge the U.S. dominance in blockchain technology, which it could use for everything from issuing digital money to streamlining a raft of government services to tracking Communist Party loyalty. The technology received a crucial endorsement from President Xi ...
