Communications Stories for 2016

Facebook Buys Data From Third-Party Brokers To Fill In User Profiles 116
Facebook Developing Copyright ID System To Stem Music Rights Infringement 42
Republicans Propose Bill To Impose Fines For Live-Streaming From House Floor 157
Amazon Patents Floating Airship Warehouse For Its Delivery Drones 94
8,000 New US Jobs? Trump Takes Credit For Sprint, Startup Decisions 267
Czech Republic Sets Up Counter-Terrorism Unit To Counter Fake News Threat 119
North Korea's Android Tablet Takes a Screenshot Every Time You Open an App 85
FDA Releases New Cybersecurity Guidelines For Medical Devices 40
China Plans To Land Probes On Far Side of Moon, Mars By 2020 115
Millions of Websites Vulnerable Due To Security Bug In Popular PHP Script 104
T-Mobile Is Killing the Remaining Galaxy Note7 Units Today 109
The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband 157
US Court Demands Documents On AT&T/Police Collaboration 48
US Congressional Committee Concludes Encryption Backdoors Won't Work 98
Researchers Send Information Using a Single Particle of Light 56
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us 297
BitTorrent Live's 'Cable Killer' P2P Video App Finally Hits iOS 37
Dutch Market Regulator Bans T-Mobile's 'Free' Streaming Music Service 61
YouTube Views Are Down Across the Board, Analysis Says 122
US Government Begins Asking Foreign Travelers About Social Media 121
Wikipedia Announces the Most Edited Articles of 2016 78
Congressional Report Claims Snowden In 'Contact With Russian Intelligence' 185
NIST Asks Public For Help With Quantum-Proof Cryptography 138
Firefox Takes the Next Step Towards Rolling Out Multi-Process To Everyone 154
Hotbed of Cybercrime Activity Tracked Down To ISP In Region Where Russia Is Invading Ukraine 70
Canada's CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Service 48
Yahoo Email Scan Shows US Spy Push To Recast Constitutional Privacy 65
A Ham Radio Software Company Has Been Blacklisting Users For Leaving Negative Reviews 177
Japan Successfully Launches Solid Fuel Rocket 107
Crytek Closing Five Studios, Will Refocus On 'Premium IPs' and CryEngine 54
Using Multiple Social Networks May Lead To Depression and Anxiety, Says Study 119
US Fails To Renegotiate Arms Control Rule For Hacking Tools 31
Morgan Freeman To Voice Mark Zuckerberg's Jarvis 93
AT&T Is Adding a Spam Filter For Phone Calls 66
Russian Hackers Stole $5 Million Per Day From Advertisers With Bots and Fake Websites 93
South Carolina Bill Wants To Put Porn Blocks On New Computers 351
Facebook Messenger Launches 6-Screen Group Video Chat 16
Germany Threatens To Fine Facebook Over Hate Speech 321
Dropbox Kills Public Folders, Users Rebel 158
YouTube Bans North Korea's State-Owned TV Channel 55
AT&T, Verizon Tell FCC To Back Off On Net Neutrality Complaints 102
T-Mobile Exempts AT&T's DirecTV Now Service From Data Caps 22
Businesses May No Longer Sue Customers Over Negative Reviews 98
Newly Uncovered Site Suggests NSA Exploits For Direct Sale 33
AT&T's DirecTV Now Plagued With Outages and Sports Blackouts 42
UK 4G Coverage Worse Than In Romania and Peru, Watchdog Finds 83
Snowden: 'The Central Problem of the Future' Is Control of User Data 157
Microsoft Formally Introduces Zo, Its Latest AI-Powered Chatbot 56
Google Publishes Eight National Security Letters 63
A Typo Led To Podesta's Email Hack, Says Report 274
Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other 292
PwC Sends Legal Threats To Researchers Who Found Critical Security Flaw 188
Google, Cuba Sign Deal Allowing Faster Access To Company's Data 42
EFF: The Music Industry Shouldn't Be Able To Cut Off Your Internet Access 88
First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available 28
Xbox One Games Arrive On Oculus Rift With New Streaming App 16
Comcast Raises Controversial 'Broadcast TV' and 'Sports' Fees $48 Per Year 166
Latest Microsoft Skype Preview Adds Real-Time Voice Translation For Phone Calls 37
US Think Tank Wants To Regulate The Design of IoT Devices For Security Purposes 87
Silly Putty Makes For Super-Sensitive Sensors 43
Researchers Point Out 'Theoretical' Security Flaws In AMD's Upcoming Zen CPU 57
Bose Launches 'Hearphones' That Act Like Hearing Aids 65
AirPods Delay Attributed To Apple Ensuring Both Earpieces Receive Audio At Same Time 189
Google Is Testing User Ratings For Movies, TV Within Search Results 11
DHS Tried To Breach Our Firewall, Says Georgia's Secretary of State 146
Samsung May Permanently Disable Galaxy Note 7 Phones In The US As Soon As Next Week 193
Google Now Lets Developers Write Apps For the Assistant On Google Home 39
US Presidential Election Was Most 'Talked About' Topic In 2016, Says Facebook 88
Transportation Department Proposes Allowing In-Flight Phone Calls 103
Yik Yak Lays Off 60 Percent of Employees As Growth Collapses 71
Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids 70
Microsoft Wants To Enable Cellular PCs, But Will Carriers Bite? 145
Bluetooth 5 Is Here 114
Weather Channel To Breitbart: Stop Citing Us To Spread Climate Skepticism 588
Apple Launches Single Sign-On Service To Make Logging Into TV Apps Less Time-Consuming 29
Former Samsung Engineers Build Smart Umbrella That Tells If It's Going To Rain 89
T-Mobile CFO: Less Regulation, Repeal of Net Neutrality By Trump Would Be 'Positive For My Industry' 158
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft Will Create 'Hash' Database To Remove Extremist Content 262
Facebook Begins Asking Users To Rate Articles' Use of 'Misleading Language' 113
Windows 10 'Home Hub' Is Microsoft's Response To Amazon Echo and Google Home 101
Fake News Prompts Gunman To 'Self-Investigate' Pizza Parlor 789
Google Preparing 'Invisible ReCAPTCHA' System For No User Interaction 57
Millions In US Still Living Life In Internet Slow Lane 209
Virginia Police Spent $500K For An Ineffective Cellphone Surveillance System 36
Reuters Built An Algorithm That Can Identify Real News On Twitter 122
FCC Calls Out AT&T, Verizon For 'Zero Rating' Their Own Video Apps 56
China Is Censoring People's Chats Without Them Even Knowing About It 76
International Authorities Take Down Massive 'Avalanche' Botnet, Sinkhole Over 800,000 Domains 53
French Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Visiting Pro-ISIS Websites 414
'Fatal' Flaws Found in Medical Implant Software 38
UK ISPs To Start Sending 'Piracy Alerts' Soon 71
ULA Unveils Website That Lets You Price Out a Rocket 'Like Building a Car' 58
Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules 1058
Firefox Zero-Day Can Be Used To Unmask Tor Browser Users 55
Trump Appoints Third Net Neutrality Critic To FCC Advisory Team 191
Reddit To Crack Down On Abuse By Punishing Hundreds of 'Toxic Users' 233
No Man's Sky's Steam Page Didn't Mislead Gamers, Rules UK Ad Watchdog 76
Muni System Hacker Hit Others By Scanning For Year-Old Java Vulnerability 30
Facebook Is Bringing Games Like Pac-Man, Space Invaders To Messenger and Your News Feed 22
It Will Soon Be Illegal To Punish Customers Who Criticize Businesses Online 155
The UK Is About to Legalize Mass Surveillance [Update] 394
CNN Acquires Social-Video Startup Beme, Co-Founded By YouTube Star Casey Neistat 62
NASA X-Ray Tech Could Enable Superfast Communication In Deep Space 58
EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands 72
AT&T Unveils DirecTV Now Streaming TV Service With Over 100 Channels 80
Newest Skype For Linux Enables SMS Text Messages From The Desktop 177
Advertising Company AppNexus Bans Breitbart News Over Hate Speech 434
Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Had 'Forbidden' Internet Connection At the Pentagon, Says Report 314
Microsoft Is Working On a New Design Language For Windows 10 Codenamed Project NEON 66
Locky Ransomware Uses Decoy Image Files To Ambush Facebook, LinkedIn Accounts 36
Nearly 40% of Americans Would Give Up Sex For Better Online Security, Survey Finds 230
Telegram Launches Telegraph, An Anonymous Blogging Platform 30
Google's AI Translation Tool Creates Its Own Secret Language 69
WordPress Auto-Update Server Had Flaw Allowing Persistent Backdoors In Websites 33
Google Will Tell You How Crowded Places Are In Real Time 64
Facebook Said To Create Censorship Tool To Get Back Into China 45
Google Search Results Have Liberal Bias, Study Finds 385
Tor-Enabled Smartphone Is Antidote To Google 'Hostility' Over Android, Says Developer 39
Hacker Explains How He Hacked Into Tel Aviv's Public Wi-Fi Network In Three Days 45
'ClickClickClick' Site Reveals How Much Browsers Know About Your Online Behavior 74
Trump Names Two Opponents of Net Neutrality To Oversee FCC Transition Team 395
Instagram Launches Disappearing Live Video and Messages 18
4K Netflix Arrives On Windows 10, But Only Via Microsoft's Edge Browser 126
Intel Lays Roadmap For 100-Fold AI Performance Boost With Nervana and Knights 44
Amazon Now Sells Cars 59
Major Cyberlocker EX.UA To Shut Down Amid Police Crackdown 12
IRS Demands Identities of All US Coinbase Traders Over Three Year Period 124
When a City Has Gigabit Internet, Prices For Slower Speed Tiers Drop: Study 42
Apple's Chip Choices May Leave Some iPhone Users in Slow Lane 35
Data Breach at Three Mobile, Customer Details of Millions Exposed 14
New Chrome Extension Automatically Negotiates With Comcast For Rate Discounts 62
Music Torrent Site What.CD Has Been Shut Down 86
Mozilla Launches Firefox Focus, a Stripped-Down Private Browser For iOS 35
AOL To Cut 500 Workers To Narrow Focus On Mobile, Video 60
SpaceX Files FCC Application For Internet Access Network With 4,425 Satellites 121
A $5 Tool Called PoisonTap Can Hack Your Locked Computer In One Minute 172
Police Raid Pirate Site, Seize 60 Servers Following MPAA Complaint 60
Facebook Users Interacted Most With Articles From Fox News, CNN and Breitbart In Month Leading Up To Nov 10 212
Smaller ISPs Have Happier Customers, UK Based Study Says 54
Comcast Takes $70 Gigabit Offer Away From Cities Near Chicago 79
Cybersecurity CEO Gets Fired After Threatening To Kill Trump On Facebook 497
Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access On Some Linux Systems 89
US Internet Firms Ask Trump To Support Encryption, Ease Regulations 173
Google To Prohibit Fake News Websites From Using Its Ad-Selling Software 294
Shazam Keeps Your Mac's Microphone Always On, Even When You Turn It Off 126
Google Surfaces Fake News About Election Results 243
Re-Discovering The 'Lost Civilization' of Dial-Up BBS's 181
HTC Vive Goes Wireless 29
Atlas V Rocket Launches Sharp-Eyed Earth-Observing Satellite 19
Facebook Bug Tells Users They Are Dead 62
FBI Operated 23 Tor-Hidden Child Porn Sites, Deployed Malware From Them 176
AT&T Will Offer a Lower-Quality Video Option But Without a Discount 48
China Launches World's First Pulsar Navigation Satellite 46
Browser Use On Mobile Devices Exceeds PC Browsing Worldwide: StatCounter 34
How President Trump Could Destroy Net Neutrality 235
Instagram Brings Mentions, Links, and Boomerang To Stories 4
Facebook Achieves 20Gbps Data Rate Over MMW Radio Spectrum 61
Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers 117
Donald Trump Won Because of Facebook 499
Google Safe Browsing Adds 'Repeat Offender' Category 18
Donald Trump Wins US Presidency 2837
Telco CEO: Consumers Have 'Double Standards' Over Data Privacy 67
Apple Now Sells Refurbished iPhones 26
Google Is Making Android Auto Available In Any Car 50
4chan May Have Brought Down Pro-Clinton Phone Lines Before Election Day 99
Facebook Threatens LinkedIn With Job Opening Features 38
Unsealed Court Docs Show FBI Used Malware Like 'A Grenade' 59
Gmail's iPhone App Now Has 'Undo Send' and Faster Search 29
Facebook Users Sue Over Alleged Racial Discrimination In Housing, Job Ads 177
New Tesla Buyers Will Have To Pay To Use Superchargers 174
Google Will Display Election Results As Soon As Polls Close 174
DirecTV Now Leak Reveals Channels, Promotions of AT&T's Upcoming TV Service 45
Why a Theoretical Physicist Wants All State Bills To Be Online Before Final Vote 304
Turkey Doubles Down On Censorship With Block On VPNs, Tor 99
Munich Court To Try Facebook's Zuckerberg For Inciting Hatred 179
Samsung Is Cutting the Note 7's Access To Mobile Networks In New Zealand 63
Man Who Named His Wi-Fi SSID 'Daesh 21' Prosecuted Under French Anti-Terror Law 247
Judge Refuses To Block New York 'Ballot Selfie' Law 248
Newly Published WikiLeaks Emails Show Clinton Campaign Communicated With State Department 454
Facebook Deletes Music Piracy Groups Following Complaints 26
Chipmaker Broadcom To Buy Network Gear Maker Brocade For $5.5 Billion 33
On Wall Street, a High-Ranking Few Still Avoid Email 168
Trump Organization Owns More Than 3,600 Domain Names, Many of Which Bash Trump 224
Google Joins Mozilla and Apple In Distrusting WoSign and StartCom Certificates 86
Instagram's New Shoppable Photos Are a Glimpse At Its E-Commerce Future 11
The AT&T-Time Warner Merger Must Be Stopped 139
Google's Schmidt Drew Up Draft Plan For Clinton In 2014 418
Computer Scientists Believe a Trump Server Was Communicating With a Russian Bank 548
Cable TV Price Increases Have Beaten Inflation Every Single Year For 20 Years 112
AT&T Falsely Claimed Pro-Google Fiber Rule Is Invalid, FCC Says 22
CenturyLink To Buy Level 3 For $34 Billion, Create a More Formidable Competitor To AT&T 67
'Robocall Strike Force' Proposal Could Stop Caller ID Spoofing 97
Police Used Cell Tower Logs To Text 7,500 Possible Crime Witnesses 153
City ISP Makes Broadband Free Because State Law Prohibits Selling Access 54
Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users By Race 197
Pornhub Offers To Buy Vine Because 'Six Seconds Is More Than Enough' 58
Feds Charge 61 People In Indian-Based IRS Phone Scam Case 139
Lawsuit Seeks To Block New York Ban On 'Ballot Selfies' 317
A Radiologist Has the Fastest Home Internet In the US 135
FCC Imposes ISP Privacy Rules and Takes Aim At Mandatory Arbitration 51
Hotel CEO Openly Celebrates Higher Prices After Anti-Airbnb Law Passes 310
WhatsApp Is Rolling Out Video Calls On Its Android App 42
176 Original Emojis Join Van Gogh and Picasso At Museum of Modern Art 29
Comcast Sues Nashville To Halt Rules That Give Google Fiber Faster Access To Utility Poles 95
Dyn DNS DDoS Likely The Work of Script Kiddies, Says FlashPoint 85
Google Fiber Pauses Operations, CEO Leaves, and About 9 Percent of Staff Is Being Let Go 204
Apple Has Created 'Detailed Mockups' of iMessage For Android 143
Yahoo Scanning Order Unlikely To Be Made Public: Reuters 61
Benchmark Battle October 2016: Chrome Vs. Firefox Vs. Edge 137
The Phone Hackers At Cellebrite Have Had Their Firmware Leaked Online 29
AT&T Is Spying on Americans For Profit, New Documents Reveal 161
Latest WikiLeaks Reveal Suggests Facebook Is Too Close For Comfort With Clinton 437
Study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones 187
Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability 144
Twitter Plans To Cut About 300 Jobs As Soon As This Week: Bloomberg 105
People Like Netflix's Original Content More Than Its Other Content: AllFlicks 77
Electronic Surveillance Up 500% In DC Area Since 2011, Almost All Sealed Cases 41
New York Times Buys The Wirecutter For $30 Million 40
A New Attack Allows Intercepting Or Blocking Of Every LTE Phone Call And Text 80
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban On Personally Identifiable Web Tracking 155
Cisco Develops System To Automatically Cut-Off Pirate Video Streams 112
Russians Seek Answers To Central Moscow GPS Anomaly 176
WikiLeaks To Its Supporters: 'Stop Taking Down the US Internet, You Proved Your Point' 338
Mirai and Bashlight Join Forces Against DNS Provider Dyn 56
Facebook Employees Tried To Remove Trump Posts As Hate Speech 235
43 Million Weebly and 22 Million Foursquare Accounts Stolen 15
AT&T Considers Buying Time Warner 60
Facebook Bans Animated Breast Cancer Awareness Video Showing Circle-Shaped Breasts 99
Nurses In Australia Face Punishment For Promoting Anti-Vaccination Messages Via Social Media 656
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Thinks Space Can Be the New Internet 90
iPhone 7 Plus Qualcomm LTE Modem Significantly Outperforms Intel LTE Modem, Study Finds 44
KickassTorrents Lawyer: 'Torrent Sites Do Not Violate Criminal Copyright Laws' 80
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts 116
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Creates Way To Make Money From Donald Trump's Tweets 331
All Tesla Vehicles Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware 186
Google To Launch Streaming TV Service In Early 2017 21
Mark Zuckerberg Defends Peter Thiel's Trump Ties In Internal Memo 562
T-Mobile Fined $48 Million By FCC For Mischaracterizing 'Unlimited' Plan and Throttling Users' Data 151
'Cultlike' Devotion: Apple Once Refused To Join Open Compute Project, So Their Entire Networking Team Quit 239
Samsung Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Exploding Galaxy Note 7 42
Patriots Coach Bill Belichick on Microsoft Surface: 'I Just Can't Take It Anymore' 187
Plaintiffs From Seven States Sue Comcast For Misleading, Hidden Fees 81
Anti-Defamation League and Pepe the Frog's Creator Are Teaming Up To Save Pepe From Hate-Symbol Status 380
It's Entirely Reasonable For Police To Swipe a Suspicious Gift Card, Says Court 204
Ethiopia's State of Emergency Makes Posting To Facebook a Crime 38
Hackers Steal Credit Card Data From Visitors of US Senate GOP Committee Website 29
WikiLeaks: Ecuador Cut Off Assange's Internet Access 315
FTC Says It May Be Unable To Regulate Comcast, Google, and Verizon 86
Netflix Is 12x As Popular As Its Streaming Competitors Among Younger Viewers, Says Survey 44
Non-Cable Internet Providers Offer Faster Speeds To the Wealthy 170

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