US funds software for Russians to slip past censors
A US-backed campaign is giving Russians access to anti-censor software to dodge Moscow's crackdown on dissent against its invasion of Ukraine, involved groups told AFP.
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Business
Elon Musk buys large stake in Twitter, sending stock soaring
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has expressed concern over protecting freedom of speech in the "de facto public town square" of Twitter, disclosed Monday a large stake in the social media company, sending shares soaring.
Apr 04, 2022
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Hong Kong internet firm blocked website over security law
A Hong Kong internet service provider on Thursday said it had blocked access to a pro-democracy website to comply with the city's national security law.
Jan 14, 2021
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Governments use pandemic to crack down on online dissent: watchdog
Governments around the world are using the pandemic as a justification to expand surveillance and crack down on dissent online, resulting in a 10th consecutive annual decline in internet freedom, a human rights watchdog report ...
Oct 14, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence is a totalitarian's dream – here's how to take power back
Individualistic western societies are built on the idea that no one knows our thoughts, desires or joys better than we do. And so we put ourselves, rather than the government, in charge of our lives. We tend to agree with ...
Aug 13, 2020
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Social media disinformation, surveillance growing: watchdog
Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome trend for democracy, a human rights watchdog said Tuesday.
Nov 05, 2019
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China propaganda app fraught with security concerns: report
A widely downloaded Chinese propaganda app that quizzes users on Communist Party heroes and military achievements may be "studying them right back" through data collection and potential security breaches, an internet freedom ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship
Before Nazilla Akbari can check out the latest offerings on Twitter or YouTube, she scrolls through an array of icons on her smartphone, searching for the right workaround to bypass state censors.
Jul 26, 2019
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Robotics
A model for posture adaptation of legged robots while navigating confined spaces
Multi-legged robots are capable of navigating a variety of complex and unstructured terrains. Their many degrees of freedom allow them to adapt their walking posture to navigate several challenging environments, including ...
Feb 14, 2019 feature
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A framework to estimate and control leg trajectories of a quadrupedal microrobot
A team of researchers at Harvard University and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has recently developed a computationally efficient framework for the estimation and control of leg trajectories on a quadrupedal ...
Feb 05, 2019 feature
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