Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Nicole Feldman
On December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal its net neutrality rules, which critics say could make the internet more expensive and less accessible for Americans.
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- Written by: Nicholas Diakopoulos, University of Maryland
In criminal justice systems, credit markets, employment arenas, higher education admissions processes and even social media networks, data-driven algorithms now drive decision-making in ways that touch our economic, social and civic lives.
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- Written by: James Parker
Smart speakers equipped with digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa are now the fastest-growing consumer technology since the smartphone.
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- Written by: Molly O'Brien Gluck
What can we do about looming threats to our privacy online and the theft of important personal information? Ari Trachtenberg has some ideas.
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- Written by: Caroline Brooks
New research digs into the behaviors—both obvious and subtle—that may put you at risk of falling victim to cybercrime involving Trojans, viruses, and malware.
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- Written by: Layne Cameron
Hackers are watching you this holiday season, so be as mindful of your phone as of your cash and credit cards.
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- Written by: Taylor Kubota
Researchers have created a new method for keeping private the data that our many devices collect about how we use them.
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- Written by: Matt Swayne-Penn State University
As concerns about privacy increase for people using mobile apps, new research suggests that trust and engagement may hinge on perceptions about how the app uses personal data and whether it seeks user input before delivering services.
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- Written by: Michael Wade, IMD Business School
The dealings that have been revealed between Cambridge Analytica and Facebook have all the trappings of a Hollywood thriller
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- Written by: Tom Abate-Stanford University
At a time when social network privacy is in the news, new research shows there are more ways than previously realized to reveal certain traits we might be trying to conceal.
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- Written by: Bruno Buonaguidi, Università della Svizzera italiana
If you are the owner of a credit or a debit card, there is a non-negligible chance that you may be subject to fraud, like millions of other people around the world.
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- Written by: Simon Willmetts, University of Hull
Fictional metaphors matter, and in the battle to safeguard our civil liberties few metaphors matter more than George Orwell’s 1984. Although first published almost 70 years ago, the lasting salience of this most archetypal dystopia is undeniable.
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- Written by: Thao Nelson, Indiana University
Harvard recently rescinded admission offers for some incoming freshmen who participated in a private Facebook group sharing offensive memes.
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- Written by: Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams
Disruptions reported in at least 74 countries, including Russia, Spain, Turkey, and Japan, with some reports of U.S. infiltration as well
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- Written by: Amul Kalia, Electronic Frontier Foundation
We pay our monthly Internet bill to be able to access the Internet. We don’t pay it to give our Internet service provider (ISP) a chance to collect and sell our private data to make more money.
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- Written by: Kate Letheren and Charmaine Glavas, Queensland University of Technology
The tech revolution is coming to advertising. Chatbots are replacing humans, big data threatens our privacy, and the blockchain is linking it all together.
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- Written by: Patrick G. Lee ProPublica
A NASA scientist heading home to the U.S. said he was detained in January at a Houston airport, where Customs and Border Protection officers pressured him for access to his work phone and its potentially sensitive contents.
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- Written by: Jessica Su, Stanford University
As you browse the internet, online advertisers track nearly every site you visit, amassing a trove of information on your habits and preferences.
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- Written by: Julia Angwin ProPublica
Every January, I do a digital tune-up, cleaning up my privacy settings, updating my software and generally trying to upgrade my security.
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- Written by: Julia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr. and Surya Mattu ProPublica
Facebook has long let users see all sorts of things the site knows about them, like whether they enjoy soccer, have recently moved, or like Melania Trump.
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- Written by: Emily Litvack, University of Arizona
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which opens in theaters this weekend, shows how the Rebel Alliance steals architectural plans for the Death Star in order to eventually destroy it.
