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Saudi Arabia is the First Country to Grant Citizenship to a Robot
Saudi Arabia just became the world’s first country to grant official citizenship to a robot named Sophia. This is the same Sophia from Hanson robotics who has been making the rounds on many media outlets since last year, including The Tonight Show. Sophia is modeled after Audrey Hepburn and is…
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EFF Calls Google’s Stance on Neo-Nazis ‘Dangerous’
There is much discussion about the freedom of speech in the US after the far right demonstrations at Charlottsville, Virginia. The events led to violent clashes and the death of 32-year old paralegal Heather Hayer. Neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer denigrated the victim, which resulted in the website being terminated.…
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Wikipedia Access Has Been Blocked in Turkey
Access to online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey early Saturday morning. Human rights groups have been concerned about increasing crackdowns on free speech in the country, including the 81 journalists jailed last year and the ban appears to be consistent with the government’s efforts to curtail comments critical…
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Bill Introduced in Five States to Legalize “Right to Repair” Electronics
US lawmakers in New York, Massachusetts, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota have introduced a bill that fights for the right to repair electronics, helping smaller independent businesses, repair shops and consumers in face of the monopoly brought on by the “authorized repair” model that companies such as Apple employ. The bill…
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Top London University Admits to Monitoring Student E-mails
King’s College London has posted a notice on their e-mail login page warning members that emails can be “monitored and recorded”, apparently under the UK Government’s controversial anti-terror strategy Prevent. Students are also given the notice that anyone using the system automatically “expressly consents” to their e-mail correspondence being monitored…
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French Labour Law Gives Workers Right to Not Check E-Mails Out-of-Hours
Beginning January 1st, 2017, a French labour law will require companies to guarantee their employees the “right to disconnect” or not be obliged to check their work-related e-mails or messages after work hours. The measure was introduced by after a report commissioned by labour minister Myriam El Khomri warned of…
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Canada Declares Broadband Internet Access as Basic Service
The United Nations has passed a resolution earlier this year that declares Internet access to be a basic human right and put forward a non-binding resolution that condemns countries which limit or prohibit their users from freely accessing information online. Canada has taken this one step further and has declared…
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Who Created Ark: Survival Evolved? Find Out In Court!
Ark: Survival Evolved has gathered quite a bit of a following, with players taking to the island in hopes of finding answers while building new technology and training dinosaurs. From riding on a pterodactyl to building a base on a brontosaurus, players are eagerly awaiting the next set of features…
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The Big Bang Theory Producers Are Being Sued
We sadly live in a world where everyone can sue everyone for almost anything. This happens a lot and sometimes the lawsuits have more claim than other times. The latest one is one that is hard to place and I think it will end up as a tough call in…
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Orwell Estate Sends Copyright Takedown Over Use of “1984”
George Orwell, a great writer of the classic book Nineteen Eighty Four. A book that describes the future with surveillance and control as themes. George himself sadly passed away in 1950, currently all his rights are controlled and protected by the Orwell estate. Recently, the estate itself has started to…
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Online Digital JPEG images May Soon Be Subject To DRM
Oh what fresh hell is this? If you thought the pitfalls of DRM (Digital Rights Management) had finally dawned on the tech industry, then well no, no it has not. Considering an initiative which has been launched by the Joint Photographic Experts Group with the aim of attempting to persuade people…
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30 Days Returns Now Law In The UK
We’ve all had it before, you’ve gone out and brought something new, something nice and shiny and you get it home, open the package like a child at Christmas and when you go to use it, you find it won’t work. Sometimes it takes a little longer, like that MP3…
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eBay Seller Faces $19K Legal Bill After Suing Buyer Who Left Negative Feedback
Ohio-based company, Med Express, is facing a hefty legal bill amounting to $19,250, after attempting to sue an eBay customer for leaving negative feedback. Amy Nicholls purchased a microscope light via eBay for $175, and was charged an additional $12 shipping fee. Unfortunately, she was forced to pay an extra…
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Hulu Buys Streaming Rights to the Entire Seinfeld Series for up to $180 Million
Hulu just got done striking a deal with Sony Pictures Television for the streaming rights of the beloved show Seinfeld. The deal was for the entire 180 episode series, with Hulu paying up to $180 million. There are varying reports of what the total what the claims are stating are…
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EU Commisioner Wants to Abolish Geoblocking
Geoblocking of content is still one of the biggest issues when it comes to obtaining your media legally. You want to pay for it, but you’re not allowed to and everyone loses out. Europe’s Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, thinks so too and calls it discrimination rather…
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