NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
By Ashkan Soltani, Andrea Peterson, and Barton Gellman (Photo credit: Key Foster) The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers,...
View ArticleNew York City rolling out nation’s largest free, public Wi-Fi network
Times Square (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Tammy Parker The Big Apple has big plans for public Wi-Fi as it rolls out a network that will cover 95 city blocks in Harlem and provide coverage to 80,000...
View ArticleFBI Drops Law Enforcement as ‘Primary’ Mission
By John Hudson The FBI’s creeping advance into the world of counterterrorism is nothing new. But quietly and without notice, the agency has finally decided to make it official in one of its...
View ArticleAfrican Americans and Technology Use
By Aaron Smith This report on African Americans and technology is the first in a series of demographic snapshots of technology use and adoption among different groups of adults in the United States....
View ArticleIn Kansas City, Superfast Internet And A Digital Divide
Kansas City has some of the Internet’s best service anywhere. Providers there jostle for customers who can now expect broadband that’s about 100 times faster than the national average. But, four years...
View ArticleSelfies allow black women to say we are here, and we are beautiful
By Syreeta McFadden When others recognize you being present in a world of wonder, you feel the joy of existence. That’s why we take selfies. They are pixelated bits of confection to remind us that we...
View ArticleRacist Posts on NY Cop Blog Raise Ire at Time of Tension
By Joaquin Sapien #465975496 / gettyimages.com Week after week, racist posts appear on Thee Rant, a blog for current or former New York City police officers: African Americans are called “apes;” a...
View ArticleStreaming Overtakes Live TV Among Consumer Viewing Preferences
By Todd Spangler U.S. consumers are more inclined to stream entertainment from an Internet service than tune in to live TV, according to the results of a new survey from consulting firm Deloitte....
View Article‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us.’
By Jay Caspian King On the evening of April 25 at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets, in Baltimore’s revitalized downtown district, more than 100 police officers in riot gear stood shoulder to...
View ArticleUnivision Buys The Root—Fusing the No. 1 Hispanic and the No. 1 Black News...
By Richard Prince TheRoot.com has been sold to Univision Communications Inc. for an undisclosed amount, the parties announced Thursday, in a deal that puts a slice of the African American market in the...
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