Windows 10 Starts Charging For Missing Features
• ForbesWindows 10 splits opinions and it has split mine. I think Microsoft MSFT -2.10% nailed the core OS, but the policies around it are controlling and overly invasive.
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India drops ban on online porn after backlash
• yahoo.comIndia has reversed a controversial order banning hundreds of porn websites, a government official said Wednesday, after accusations of heavy-handed censorship in the world's largest democracy.
Now You Can Pick Your Hospital Like Your Restaurants--On Yelp
• popsci.comWith data on wait times, and more
Why You Must Dump Microsoft NOW
Paul RosenbergAs of August 1, 2015 (that is, a few days ago), Microsoft announced a new privacy policy and a new services agreement. In the words of one network professional, "Basically, they redefined their operating system to be spyware."
ICANN posts proposal to end US oversight of Internet
• yahoo.comThe overseers of the Internet on Monday published a keenly anticipated proposal to step out from under US oversight.
India blocks access to 857 porn websites in latest online crackdown
• http://mashable.com, By Rajat AgrawalThe Indian government has taken on pornography in its latest Internet clampdown, sparking debates about individual liberties: Its Department of Telecommunications ordered ISPs to block access to 857 websites that host adult or pornographic content.
Take A Panoramic Tour Of The International Space Station
• http://www.popsci.com, By Alexandra OssolaIt's the next best thing to actually being there
WILL THE INTERNET LISTEN TO YOUR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS?
• http://hosted.ap.org, BY MICHAEL LIEDTKELike a lot of teenagers, Aanya Nigam reflexively shares her whereabouts, activities and thoughts on Twitter, Instagram and other social networks without a qualm.
IRS Used Instant Messaging System to Hide Internal Communications
• http://www.atr.org, Alexander HendrieThe IRS used a "wholly separate" instant messaging system that automatically deleted office communications, according to documentation released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday.
The Plan to Beam the Web to 3 Billion Unconnected Humans
• http://www.wired.comOne of the best things about the web is that it's interactive. You communicate with friends and family, publish your own site, and leave comments on other people's work. But a huge part of what we do online is is simply consuming content.
The nerd's guide to learning everything online
• TEDSome of us learn best in the classroom, and some of us ... well, we don't. But we still love to learn, to find out new things about the world and challenge our minds. We just need to find the right place to do it, and the right community to learn wit
Why appeasing governments over encryption will never work
• http://www.theguardian.com, John NaughtonDavid Cameron and the director of the FBI have both asked for 'backdoors' to be included in encryption software
LIFE IS PEOPLE #54 Ernest Hancock @n_9_9_ Building On @maidsafe Technology
• LIFE IS PEOPLE n99Interview from Tues July 22nd, 2015....Ernest Hancock on LIFE IS PEOPLE Podcast
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, & more
• Archive.OrgThe Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collect
Rival Claims SpaceX Internet Satellites Could Block Its Own
• http://www.wired.comSatellite internet provider Intelsat has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject an application from Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX for permission to test its proposed satellite internet service.
This Map Shows the Countries With the Lowest Internet Penetration
• http://motherboard.vice.comMany of us take internet access for granted. But this map, released by researchers at Oxford University's Internet Institute, shows which territories in the world still lack strong digital connectivity.
Why Beme, a Social Network for Authenticity, Exists
• http://motherboard.vice.comWhen the creator of Beme, a video-based social network predicated on raw life footage, asks me to be realer, my first reaction is to be a little insulted. My Snaps are not to be trampled on. My Insta shots are on point.
LIFE IS PEOPLE #45 Dally Shalla @n_9_9_ Building On @maidsafe Technology
• LIFE IS PEOPLEOut of San Francisco comes Dally Shalla who created Spacecraft and works with Infinity Algorithms
Find out what your ZIP code says about you with this creepily accurate website
• Business InsiderLike it or not, where you decide to live often says a lot about you.
Reddit CEO Updates Anti-Troll Rules To Discourage Harassment
• sacramento.cbslocal.com"The Front Page of the Internet" is clamping down on commenters
Gagging the Nation: Government and Corporate Trolls on the Internet
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Christina SarichHow people are paid to cause virtual war
Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao: The trolls are winning the battle for the Internet
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Ellen PaoI have just endured one of the largest trolling attacks in history.
Salvatore Iaconesi: What happened when I open-sourced my brain cancer
• http://www.ted.comWhen artist Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer, he refused to be a passive patient -- which, he points out, means "one who waits."
Join Outernet's first edit-a-thon
• OuternetCreative Commons is co-hosting our first edit-a-thon, which will be run from the Mozilla East Africa Festival July 18-19. To briefly summarize, we are inviting the public to submit 50 MB bins of content to be multicast over Outernet.
Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web
• http://motherboard.vice.com, by Ross WhitakerMy wife Jackie has severe asthma.
Former Reddit Employee Is Building An Alternative Website Without Censorship
• http://www.trueactivist.comReddit was once a place that represented freedom on the internet, but after receiving $50 million in funding the website took a different direction and became tightly controlled and heavily censored.
Who is Behind This Staged ISIS Beheading Video?
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonBizarre footage reportedly released by Russian hackers.
New proposal would strike at web's anonymity
• http://thehill.com, By Mario TrujilloPrivacy advocates, public interest groups and even some celebrities are raising alarms about a proposal that could limit the ability of some website owners to disguise themselves.
Keep Calm and Keep Assigning IP Addresses
• http://motherboard.vice.comWe're running out of IP addresses. An IP address is a unique numerical identifier for a device connected to a network. Your phone has one, your computer has one, and your Apple Watch has one.
Spying on the Internet is Orders of Magnitude More Invasive Than Phone Metadata
• https://firstlook.org, By Micah LeeWhen you pick up the phone, who you're calling is none of the government's business.
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