Larry Sanger calls for social media strike
Wikimedia’s co-founder Larry Sanger calls people not to use social media for 48 hours to denounce corporate control over personal data. On July 4th, he invites people who “have serious grievances against social networks” to declare that they are on strike with the hashtag #SocialMediaStrike…
The e-books that you bought at Microsoft will disappear, because we no longer own anything
Anyone who has purchased ebooks through the Microsoft store are about to get some unpleasant news: all their books will be deleted this month. The good news is you can request a refund. Microsoft announced in April that it would stop selling e-books and that…
The 5G war and the fight against Huawei
Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and now the United States … The list of countries that limit the use of Huawei equipment for the implementation of the long-awaited 5G network is growing. Canada is juggling the idea of following suit with its allies, who are…
The phone is about to replace the passport
What if the smartphone replaced the passport? This is what seems to be emerging with the test conducted Wednesday by Canada and the Netherlands. They launched a pilot project that allows travel between the two countries simply by presenting a phone with a new application…
Facebook to ban ads that ask people not to vote
Facebook announced that it will ban ads on its platform that ask people in the United States not to vote, which they said occurred in the 2016 presidential election as part of a “tactic” to influence elections. In the second installment of its Civil Rights…