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Enjoy This Fan Made Take On ‘Mario 64’ While You Can

2 years 10 months ago
This post will serve as the start of what will be a familiar cycle for fans of Nintendo. I’m going to show you something cool that Nintendo fans did, you’re going to get moderately excited, and then you’ll immediately become depressed when you realize that Nintendo will absolutely shut this cool project down in the […]
Dark Helmet

Cops Complain After San Diego Residents Are Finally Allowed To Oversee City Surveillance Programs

2 years 10 months ago
There’s very little that seems to anger public servants more than mandates requiring them to serve the public. For years, the San Diego police department has expanded its surveillance programs. And for years, these expansions have gone unchallenged. But now that the city has passed an ordinance requiring more direct oversight of police activity, cops […]
Tim Cushing

Project Veritas Not Only Loses Its Vexatious SLAPP Suit Against Stanford, It Has To Pay The University’s Legal Fees

2 years 10 months ago
Project Veritas, the faux conservative group of pranksters pretending to be journalists likes to pretend that they’re “free speech” supporters. But they’re not. They appear to really only support their own free speech, and have a much more flexible view of free speech when it includes speech critical of themselves. Over the past few years, […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: The 2022 Fully Accredited TESOL Bundle

2 years 10 months ago
Are you hoping to teach English as your next career move, but don’t know where to start? Or are you already an English teacher, but have fallen into a slump trying to find new ideas for your students? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with the Fully Accredited TESOL Bundle. Get exclusive courses and material […]
Gretchen Heckmann

America’s Two Biggest Cable Broadband Monopolies Failed To Add Any New Customers Last Quarter

2 years 10 months ago
Roughly 83 million Americans currently live under a broadband monopoly. In most instances, their only choice is Comcast or Charter Communications, which sells service under the “Spectrum” brand. And in both cases, users pay significantly higher prices for spotty, slow, service with statistically terrible customer service, because that’s how monopolization works. But the nation’s two […]
Karl Bode

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

2 years 10 months ago
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment about the EU’s new office in Silicon Valley that aims to work with tech companies on EU law compliance: I know it won’t happen because money, but the tech companies really need to just stop trying to placate these people. If […]
Leigh Beadon

This Week In Techdirt History: July 31st – August 6th

2 years 10 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2017, Russia banned VPNs, Australian prosecutors were seeking to make it illegal to refuse to turn passwords over to law enforcement, the UK Home Secretary wanted companies to stop offering encryption altogether, and another US federal court said cops can get historic cell site location info without a warrant. […]
Leigh Beadon

Dish Wireless Ambitions, And The Trump Era ‘Fix’ For T-Mobile Merger, Look Shakier Than Ever

2 years 10 months ago
A few years back, the Trump DOJ and FCC rubber-stamped the Sprint T-Mobile merger without heeding expert warnings that it would stifle competition, kill jobs and eventually raise rates. Working closely with T-Mobile and Dish, the FCC and DOJ “antitrust enforcers” unveiled what they claimed was a “fix” for these problems: they’d cobble together a fourth major […]
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Daily Deal: The 2022 Data-Driven Decisions Bundle

2 years 10 months ago
The 2022 Data-Driven Decisions Bundle is designed to help you become a data expert. The courses are self-paced and interactive, so you can begin right away. This data-driven bundle takes you through the step-by-step process of creating, manipulating, and analyzing data. Master data and make better, smarter decisions. It’s on sale for $49. Note: The […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Bail Conditions For Arrested Australian Activists Demand The Impossible: No Using Encrypted Applications

2 years 10 months ago
The Australian government doesn’t care much for encryption. It has, for years, tried to legislate encryption out of the picture. A law passed in 2018 gives the government the power to compel encryption-breaking efforts from tech companies. The law survived a cursory review by the Parliamentary Joint Committee. Its 2021 report said the law was […]
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Comcast Using Civil Rights As Cover To Scuttle Appointment Of Gigi Sohn To FCC

2 years 10 months ago
For years, we’ve noted how one of the greasier lobbying tactics in telecom is the co-opting of civil rights groups to provide cover for anti-competitive and anti-consumer policies. Such groups are given cash for a shiny new event center in exchange for parroting any policy position that comes across their desks, even if it dramatically […]
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Federal Judge Places County Jail Into Receivership After County Fails To Comply With Consent Decree

2 years 10 months ago
In an extremely rare move, a federal court has ordered a jail into receivership, placing it under the direct control of a court-appointed third party that will (hopefully) carry out the needed changes Hinds County, Mississippi either can’t or won’t do. (h/t Scott Greenfield) Receivership is uncommon. As Hernandez Stroud of the Brennan Center points […]
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Google Fiber’s 2016 Expansion Freeze May Be Coming To An End

2 years 10 months ago
When Google Fiber launched back in 2010, it was heralded as a game changer for the broadband industry. Google Fiber, we were told, would revolutionize the industry by taking Silicon Valley money and disrupting the viciously uncompetitive and anti-competitive telecom sector. Initially, things worked out well; cities tripped over themselves offering all manner of perks to the […]
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