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Amazon September 27, 2017

Amazon lures publishers to new social network by paying them to post

Amazon is paying publishers and social media “influencers” to post to Spark, the new commerce-oriented social network the company launched Tuesday.

Websites September 26, 2017

Tech Q&A: Testing firewalls, renting rooms, editing software and more

I test my home smoke alarm to make sure it’s working. How do I know if my computer’s firewall is really blocking hackers?

Websites September 26, 2017

GoDaddy expels white supremacist site Daily Stormer after article on Charlottesville victim

GoDaddy has given white supremacist site Daily Stormer 24 hours to find a new domain provider after an online post disparaging Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville Saturday.

Websites September 26, 2017

Daily Stormer down: White supremacist site loses domain in wake of Charlottesville violence

The Daily Stormer website is offline after domain providers GoDaddy and Google expelled the white supremacist site.

Big Tech Backlash September 25, 2017

Digital rights group warns that Google's stance on neo-Nazis is 'dangerous'

The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that Google, GoDaddy and Cloudflare’s decision to expel white supremacist site the Daily Stormer from their services has worrying free speech implications.

Big Tech Backlash September 25, 2017

Google tool for hate crimes questioned by conservative media

Google is attempting to help reporters find hate crime stories with machine learning – though it remains to be seen how impartial the effort is.

Websites September 25, 2017

Avoid this mistake when shopping online

Quantity matters, at least when it comes to product reviews.

Websites September 25, 2017

Web's oldest neo-Nazi site taken offline

Following in the footsteps of fellow white supremacist site DailyStormer, Stormfront has been shut down by its domain provider, TechCrunch reports.

Big Tech Backlash September 20, 2017

Amazon 'reviewing' website after suggesting bomb-making materials to customers

Amazon said it’s “reviewing” its website algorithm after it reportedly suggested bomb-making materials to customers after they made purchases.

Websites September 18, 2017

Dark Web decodes nun's letter from the 'devil'

For 341 years, scholars and occultists have been trying to decipher a letter purported to be from the Prince of Darkness, and this week, with the help of the Dark Web, they finally cracked the code.

Google August 17, 2017

Oh my Lord, Google finally fixed CAPTCHAs

The CAPTCHA system ranks somewhere between autoplaying video and mandatory email signups as one of the worst things on the internet.