IBM Employees Launch Petition Protesting Cooperation with Donald Trump
Following a personal pitch to Donald Trump from CEO Ginni Rometty, IBM employees are making their distress public.
Sam Biddle
Sam Biddle is a technology reporter focusing on issues of surveillance, privacy, and corporate power. He was previously a senior writer at Gawker, and his work has also appeared in GQ, Vice, and the New York Times magazine, among other outlets.
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Facebook Finally Says It Will Not Help Build Muslim Registry
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Election Insecurity
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Following Intercept Report, 22 Organizations Urge Tech Firms to Reject Muslim Registry
The groups want companies that didn't rule out participating in the creation of a national Muslim registry to do so now.
Phone-Cracking Cellebrite Software Used to Prosecute Tortured Dissident
Like any good, vaguely sinister corporate spy outfitter, the company deflects questions about whether it would sell its infamously powerful phone-breaching software to a repressive, rights-violating regime.
Of Nine Tech Companies, Only Twitter Says It Would Refuse to Help Build Muslim Registry for Trump
Microsoft declines to commit itself; IBM, Google, and Apple do not respond after two weeks.
Troubling Study Says Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Who Will Be Criminals Based on Facial Features
A new study says computers can tell whether you will be a criminal based on nothing more than your facial features.
IBM CEO Personally Offers Company's Services to Donald Trump
The head of IBM is a big fan of Trump's plan to slash IBM's taxes.
Facebook, I'm Begging You, Please Make Yourself Better
We owe it to ourselves, regardless of party affiliation, to demand some quality control from Facebook — not just because the confusion it spread helped elect Trump, but because no one deserves to live in internet-augmented ignorance.
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Here's the Problem With the Story Connecting Russia to Donald Trump's Email Server
A group of cybersecurity researchers thought the Trump Organization used a secret server to communicate with Russia’s largest private commercial bank. Here’s what’s wrong with that claim.