Before the SpaceX Mars event at the International Aeronautical Congress in Mexico, many people were skeptical of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company reaching Mars anytime soon. Forty-seven years have passed since Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon and coined the phase “That is one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” Since that exhilarating …
On Friday September 30, 2016, a jury awarded VirnetX Holding Corporation more than $302 million in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. VirnetX is a small internet security and software technology company that relies on patent licensing for revenue. VirnetX owns over 115 patents that “facilitate secure communications” and “create a secure environment for …
A few weeks ago Roskomnadzor—or in English the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media—blocked public access in Russia to two of the world’s largest porn sites, Pornhub and YouPorn. The block came after a 2015 court decision from the southern city Krasnodar. The court held that the websites had violated …
While VW made international headlines in 2015 for intentionally misleading customers and cheating emissions standards and through the use of “defeat device” software, a subculture of American motorists, those who “roll coal,” are out to leave an even blacker mark on diesel. To “roll coal” is to produce billowing clouds of black exhaust from a …
When Google first announced its plan to bring ultra high-speed broadband internet to select locations across the United States, cities clamored to be a part of the process. Now, more than 6 years later, the Fiber project’s process of delivering high-speed broadband to the Netflix-addicted masses has proved to a bit more slow going than …
During this campaign season fraught with major policy and political discussions, a historic Internet transition is flying under the radar, despite the attempts of Senator Ted Cruz and others to stop it. If you stopped someone on the street and asked who governs the internet or how your computer can find any website in the …
The Fourth Amendment guarantees a right to privacy… or so we all thought. In the recent string of Playpen cases pending now across the United States, this issue has arisen after the discovery of thousands of users of the child pornography website. Was the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) able to legally hack into private …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced this past week a policy framework that will guide the development of future federal autonomous or driverless automobiles. The policy is being released as agency guidance as opposed to rulemaking in order to create an initial, flexible regulatory framework to guide manufacturers and other entities. The NHTSA, …
With a majority of Americans not performing enough aerobic exercise, there has been a recent push for better physical fitness. Enter: wearable technology. The trend has taken over the market: Google is spending money on tech glasses, Apple created a watch to go along with its smartphone. But the most popular of this wearable tech …
On September 14th, Uber unveiled its first self-driving vehicles in Pittsburgh, PA. So, you’re ready to pick up your phone and order up one these automated Ubers to whisk you away to the Steelers game. Picture yourself cruising up to Heinz Field just like Knight Rider (the David Hasselhoff version, of course). Well, pump those …
