By Nadia Prupis / Common DreamsDec 3, 2016
The Intercept reached out to nine tech companies, including Facebook, to see where they stand on helping the Trump administration track Muslims. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigOct 27, 2016
Where you go, what you watch, with whom you speak, all your internet searches, gathered and "vertically integrated," sold to police and perhaps to corporate customers -- this is our future, unless we stop this merger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 22, 2016
"[I]magine a world where everyone could make as many copies as they liked of Windows, Microsoft's Office Suite and any other software at no cost," writes economist Dean Baker. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsJan 20, 2016
An Amnesty International and Africa Resources Watch report traces the sale of cobalt, used in batteries for cellphones and electric cars, from mines where children work in "perilous conditions." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 22, 2015
On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 4, 2015
The most comprehensive assessment to date of the user agreement policies of Facebook, Google and Microsoft says the world’s top tech companies are failing when it comes to privacy and freedom of expression. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigSep 11, 2015
The big tech companies have the resources to launch a campaign for privacy that could change the world. As one scholar and researcher has written, “They may be our best chance out of this surveillance mess.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 6, 2015
The companies that cruelly exploit prisoners will get the message only if it is delivered in the form of a sustained, nationwide economic action. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJan 22, 2015
Drawing inspiration from the stuff of fantasy, Microsoft has announced plans to release a new platform and "augmented reality visor" that will fill your world with videos, images and three-dimensional objects. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigDec 29, 2014
The incarcerated poor have become the nation’s most exploited workers. They are the prototype drones for the corporate totalitarian state. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 17, 2014
It's now possible to have a conversation in English and Spanish on Skype without having to hire an interpreter; the Rolling Stone writer continues to research her controversial story on UVA students; meanwhile, former Sen. Mark Udall revealed a "smoking gun" regarding the CIA torture report but no one seems to have noticed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigNov 6, 2014
Beating out President Barack Obama, Chinese leader Xi Jingping and Pope Francis, in order, Russian President and tiger wrestler Vladimir Putin tops Forbes' annual list of the most powerful people in the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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