July 3, 2017 How to fix it when sites show you the wrong ads and recommendations “You might also like…” This mantra is spread all over the internet, because services are always recommending things to you: songs, books, articles, movies, boots … even bed frames. Ads and suggestions seem to follow you everywhere. On social media, algorithms control even the news and updates you see on your screen.
July 1, 2017 Tech Q&A: Finding veterans records I heard you mention on your national radio show that there’s a website where you can get copies of your parent’s military records and order replacement medals. How can I do that?
June 26, 2017 Turkey blocks WikiLeaks access after Erdogan party email leak Turkey has banned access to the WikiLeaks website, the group announced Wednesday, after the release of a trove of documents purportedly related to the country’s power structure.
June 22, 2017 Turkey blocks Wikipedia in dissident clampdown Turkey has blocked Wikipedia after the site refused to remove content critical of the country’s government.
May 23, 2017 China strengthens control of online news Online news outlets in China will require a government license to publish news on the web and social media, the country's internet regulator has announced.
April 25, 2017 Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales targets fake news Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is launching the “Wikitribune” project to tackle fake news.
March 10, 2017 Craigslist killer's painting is up for sale online The Craigslist killer, Richard Beasley, may be in jail for the rest of his life, but people can buy a painting signed by him -- for a whopping $200.
March 4, 2017 How to do a free background check online You’d be amazed how much public information is tangled up in the web.
March 3, 2017 How a typo caused internet havoc this week An Amazon Web Services outage that caused massive disruption to the East Coast internet this week has been blamed on a typo punched in by one of the company’s workers.
February 28, 2017 Amazon web service suffers major outage, disrupts East Coast internet If you are experiencing a sluggish web browser then it could be the result of an Amazon web service outage.
