PRG News Roundup: September 21st

The U.S. government officially endorsed driverless cars: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/technology/self-driving-cars-guidelines.html?_r=0 Google unveiled its highly anticipated messaging app Allo which partially relies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/technology/personaltech/allos-tryout-5-days-with-googles-annoying-office-intern.html There's a class-action lawsuit over the privacy…

PRG News Roundup: April 13th

Article 29 Working Party expresses "strong concerns" over EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/483814/Data+Protection+Privacy/Article+29+Working+Party+Expresses+Strong+Concerns+about+the+EUUS+Privacy+Shield+Agreement Daniel Radcliffe to star in "Privacy" play off broadway: http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/daniel-radcliffe-privacy-play-off-broadway-1201751421/ MaxMind locates digital center of the U.S. at a farm in…

PRG News Roundup: March 30th

U.S. Justice Department claims it was able to unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone without Apple: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/technology/apple-iphone-fbi-justice-department-case.html?_r=0 Dave Chappelle uses locking pouches to make shows phone-free: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/02/dave-chappelle-cell-phone-pouch-yondr-chicago  

PRG News Roundup: March 23rd

PRG long-time participant Luke Stark's research on emotion has been published in Information Society: https://starkcontrastdotco.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/01972243-2015.pdf DOJ postpones hearing on Apple case: http://fortune.com/2016/03/21/doj-court-hearing-apple-postpone/ Utah tests online voting in state caucus: http://www.npr.org/2016/03/22/471474745/utah-republicans-to-test-online-voting-in-states-caucus  

PRG News Roundup: March 9th

Dstillery Tracked 16,000 Iowa Caucus-goers via their phones: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dstillery-iowa-caucus_us_56c12cafe4b08ffac125b591 Facebook faces privacy-related antitrust enforcement in Germany: http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/02/facebook-faces-german-antitrust-privacy-probe/ FCC Settles with Verizon over super cookies: http://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-to-pay-1-35m-to-settle-fcc-probe-of-supercookies-1457372226