Joseph Lichterman, writing for Nieman Lab: Two weeks ago, NRKbeta, the tech vertical of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, published an explainer about a proposed new digital surveillance law in the country. Digital security is a controversial topic, and the…
Laid-Off IT Workers Worry US Is Losing Tech Jobs To Outsourcing
An anonymous reader shares a CIO article: Sixty-three-year-old Bob Zhang is worried about the future of tech jobs in the U.S. Will the high-paying positions be a thing of the past? Zhang thinks it’s already starting to happen. He’s one…
Fed Up Indian IT Professionals Want To Be Able To Leave Their Jobs Sooner
An anonymous reader shares a report: India’s major IT firms have long required their employees to give a three-month, “non-negotiable” notice before leaving the company, but they could be soon forced to change that. Fed-up IT professionals from across India…
'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs — They'll Make the Rich Even Richer'
Robotics and artificial intelligence will continue to improve — but without political change such as a tax, the outcome will range from bad to apocalyptic, writes technology and politics journalist Ben Tarnoff, citing experts and studies, for The Guardian. From…
Chevrolet To Offer Unlimited Data Plan With Cars
Chevrolet has become the first carmaker to offer an unlimited data plan with its cars. From a report on BBC: The deal, for a 4G LTE data plan, applies to cars sold in the US from 3 March and will…
MWC: IoT security message drowned out by noise of nostalgia
Vendors at Barcelona mobile show stress security while hardware firms tout new-but-old ideas
Is E2EMail a new beginning or the end for Google’s End-to-End?
Google has handed over its end-to-end email encryption project to the open-source community – but will the community pick it up?
Unholy trinity of AKBuilder, Dyzap and Betabot used in new malware campaigns
Betabot, Dyzap and AKBuilder join forces – but keeping Office up to date should keep you protected
News in brief: AWS fail hits services; YouTube launches streaming service; Windows gets ‘walled garden’ option
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