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US Senator Tables Bill to Ban Loot Boxes & Microtransactions

Senator Proposes Lootbox & Microtransaction Ban I'm not entirely certain when this actually happened, but today both loot boxes and…

6 years ago

Google Senate Hearing Date Changed To December 11th

Google Senate Hearing Date Changed You may recall over the last few months that Google has been falling in for…

6 years ago

Facebook Hire 1000 New Staff to Police Advertising

Better late than never! It's been a very topsy-turvy year for Facebook in terms of news and public relations. Generally…

7 years ago

Congress Tells NASA: Get to Mars by 2033

Both chambers of US Congress have passed a bill that approves funding new funding for NASA and mandates that the…

8 years ago

Senate Holds Online Ad Company ‘Backpage’ in Contempt of Congress

The internet can be a wonderful thing and lets you view everything from your favourite show several days early to…

9 years ago

US Select Committee Calls Internet of Things a “Threat” to National Security

Smart devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) potentially poses an imminent security threat to the United States this year,…

9 years ago

Obama Signs Into Law Controverisal CISA Bill

The controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Bill hit the desk of US President Obama yesterday, and he promptly signed off…

9 years ago

Controversial CISA Cybersecurity Bill Passed by US Senate

The CISA bill that allows the US Government to collect personal data without a warrant has been voted in by…

9 years ago

Secret Apology Letter Reveals CIA Spied on US Senate

The CIA didn’t spy on the US Senate. It said as much, in a rather aggressive manner, while accusing the…

9 years ago

‘Handful of Senators’ Blocking Patriot Act Extension

US President Barack Obama has blamed a “handful of senators” for blocking the USA Freedom Act, designed to extend the…

9 years ago