Attorney Jeffrey Lovitky took it upon himself last year to sue Trump. “It is intimidating,” he says. Still, he’s suing again, saying he has a duty to push for compliance with various ethics rules.
Source: For 1 Attorney, A Lonely Legal Fight To Make Trump Comply With Rules
Targets included grieving family of Rachel Corrie, environmental activists and local campaigners protesting about phone masts
Source: Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows
Noticed your iPhone and Mac’s Wi-Fi weren’t so good over the last year? You’re not alone, and Apple is finally fixing it, albeit quietly. Wi-Fi problems were one of the biggest complaints about…
Source: Apple is finally fixing the reason your Mac and iPhone’s Wi-Fi sucks
New U.S. Internet traffic regulations, known as net neutrality rules, will go into effect on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected the telecommunications industry’s request to partly suspend their implementation while they are being litigated. The ruling on Thursday marked an early win for the Federal Communications Commission, whose assertion of a broader enforcement authority over Internet service providers is being challenged in court by AT&T Inc and cable and wireless industry groups. In a short statement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to suspend the regulations and said that “petitioners have not satisfied the stringent requirements,” which included proving irreparable harm from the rules’ implementation.
Source: Court declines to suspend U.S. net neutrality rules – Yahoo Finance
I have a confession to make as an internet writer: I block ads. It’s not a habit I formed recently – I have pretty much blocked ads my entire life, in every medium that I can. In middle…
Source: Adblocking And The End Of Big Advertising | TechCrunch
PayPal this week caused an uproar when it rolled out an updated user agreement that added a clause that allowed the company to pester users with robocalls and text messages – not only to the…
“Rep Guidance” software helps Verizon convince you not to cancel.
Source: Verizon FiOS reps know what TV channels you watch | Ars Technica
Google has historically been chastised for its lack of transparency and ease of configuration as far as it comes to privacy and security of accounts, which is why at this week’s Google I/O the company announced My Account, a new Web page that aims to put all of Google’s account-based ills right.
Source: New ‘My Account’ Hub Tells You Everything Google Knows About You | Redmond Pie
Will contribute to OpenSSH to make it run well on Windows.
Source: Microsoft bringing SSH to Windows and PowerShell | Ars Technica
