March Madness may be in full swing, but don’t put your money on the daily fantasy sports (“DFS”) sites DraftKings and FanDuel. New York Attorney General Eric Schneider dealt the online betting sites a potentially fatal blow with his recent announcement that both sites had agreed to suspend their operations in New York state as …
The Apple-FBI dispute involves our right to privacy and our concern for national security. In a recent development in the case on Monday, March 21, the Justice Department’s request to postpone its hearing with Apple was granted. The government decided it could break into the iPhone on its own, thus allowing Apple to maintain its …
Smartwatches, FitBits, Google Glass, and other “wearable” devices are becoming increasingly popular as 2016 progresses. While we don’t know exactly how many Apple Watches have been sold, we know that many customers have purchased wearables from Apple, Pebble, Samsung, FitBit, and the other major players in the industry, with millions of units shipped to retailers …
Current ticket sale technology allows for almost instantaneous sellouts of coveted performances. However, what was once a testament to the overall demand for a show and success of the performer, today ticket sellouts are practically a guarantee with the advent of scalper bots—a computer program used to purchase tickets online at rapid speeds. Fifteen …
Recently the International Football Association Board announced that it would be using video replays in soccer. This development brings soccer up to speed with sports such as baseball, hockey, and football, all of which use instant replay to ensure that calls are made correctly. Additionally, it comes on the back of soccer’s hugely successful innovative …
It seems as if the topic about user data and privacy is at an all-time high lately, especially considering the battle the Federal Bureau of Investigations is having with Apple to release information off of one of their phones. In a sweet juxtaposition, the government is finding itself on the other side of the First …
Every year, tax refund fraud through identity theft affects hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of United States citizens. Last year alone, the personal records of approximately 720,000 taxpayers found their way into the hands of criminals using one simple method of identity theft. The stolen data included social security information, dates of …
Alexandra Elbakyan, renowned pirate of academic research, isn’t giving up. In 2011, Elbakyan was a student at Kazakhstan University growing frustrated with the vast amount of research held behind paywalls by publishers like Elsevier. To remedy this situation, Elbakyan created Sci-Hub, a website which provides access to academic papers hidden behind paywalls by using “access …
We are constantly told to be careful with what personal information we intentionally put on the Internet for the whole world to see. But with the rise of the “Internet of Things,” it seems we should be even more concerned about what we unintentionally put up on the World Wide Web. Billions of “smart” devices …
Artist Richard Prince is battling a recent copyright infringement lawsuit over his “New Portraits” exhibit, which showcased photos obtained from the social media platform Instagram. Prince has been a controversial figure in the art world since the late 1970s. His artistic milieu is “appropriation art,” the post-modern technique of re-using images from other artwork with minimal …
