Naomi Klein and Shoshana Zuboff on the Rise of Surveillance Capitalism
Naomi Klein talks with Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power."
Technology
Voices
Amazon Pullout Shows What Anti-Capitalist Organizing and Leftist Politicians Can Do
New York's old Democratic order — in the vein of Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio — backed Amazon's move, while a new crop of social democrats bucked it.
Amazon’s Home Surveillance Chief Declared War on "Dirtbag Criminals" as Company Got Closer to Police
Video and internal emails show how Amazon’s Ring has blurred the line between private innovation and public law enforcement.
Voices
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else
One of the world's greatest privacy invaders just had his privacy invaded.
Drone Wars
Google Hired Gig Economy Workers to Improve Artificial Intelligence in Controversial Drone-Targeting Project
Hired through an online gig economy platform, workers unknowingly helped Google improve its artificial intelligence military-targeting software.
"A Fundamentally Illegitimate Choice": Shoshana Zuboff on the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Even those who've tracked technology will be chilled to their core by Zuboff's new book.
New Site Exposes How Apple Censors Apps in China
The site shows which apps — from human rights groups, the New York Times, and virtual private networks — have been removed from Apple's app store in China.
Google's Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
Google's sibling company Sidewalk Labs offers planning agencies the ability to model an entire city's patterns of movement.
Snowden Archive
Everybody Does It: The Messy Truth About Infiltrating Computer Supply Chains
The danger of China compromising hardware supply chains is very real, judging from classified intelligence documents, even if a Bloomberg story on the matter is highly disputed.
Google Dragonfly
Google Faces Renewed Protests and Criticism Over China Search Project
Investors, human rights advocates, and staffers continue to criticize Google for a project to bring censored search back to China.