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Daily Deal: The Complete PMP Training Bundle

8 months ago
Project Management is global. This is one of those professions similar to being an accountant, where your skills and talents can be applied to any industry in any place. The 10-course Complete PMP Training Bundle provides a comprehensive training path for all things project management, including the most update to date courses including PMP 6th […]
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Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Announces It’s Going To Rethink Its Geofence Warrant Decision

8 months ago
This is tentatively welcome news. I mean, it can’t result in anything worse than the original decision the Fourth Circuit handed down in the Chatrie case, which said there’s nothing constitutionally wrong with searching every Google user’s location info in hopes of finding the suspect law enforcement is actually looking for. (via FourthAmendment.com) The Appeals […]
Tim Cushing

Net Neutrality Heads Back To Court; Corrupt Supreme Court Could Dismantle U.S. Broadband Consumer Protection

8 months ago
Recent Supreme Court rulings have thrown most U.S. regulatory enforcement into operational and legal chaos. The dismantling of Chevron, with the Loper Bright ruling in particular, now dictates that regulators can’t implement new rules or reforms without the explicit approval of Congress. Two problems: one, regulators ideally have very specific subject expertise Congress doesn’t have (think about Ted […]
Karl Bode

Hey, Vlad, Where The Hell Is My SputnikStation Gaming Console?

8 months ago
Those of you who are video game fanatics like me know the feeling. There’s a brand new gaming console on the way and every couple of days you do some googling for updates, release dates, or any kind of news on it. The manufacturers of these consoles often do a drip campaign when it comes […]
Dark Helmet

Election Conspiracy-Mongers’ ‘Election Integrity’ App Flaw Reveals Voter Suppression Plan (Along With User Data)

8 months ago
Here’s a final election day story. This time, it’s about an “election integrity” app being used by MAGA folks to spread absolute nonsense about the election, but also to confess their own illegal voter suppression schemes. And thanks to their crap security, it’s now being reported. At a time when the facts-optional GOP likes to […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: The Advanced Cyber Security Bundle

8 months ago
Take your basic knowledge of cybersecurity to a whole new level with the Advanced Cyber Security bundle. This bundle offers you 6 courses on industry-standard certifications on cybersecurity so you can enjoy the wonders of modern tech without compromising your data and privacy. Courses cover CISA, CCSP, CISM, and CISSP certification prep. You’ll also get […]
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AT&T (Again) Caught Cheating Federal Subsidy Program For Poor People

8 months ago
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a giant U.S. telecom monopoly has been ripping off a federal program designed to help the country’s low income residents. AT&T last week quietly struck a $2.3 million consent decree with the FCC for falsely inflating the number of people it was helping under a COVID-era program designed […]
Karl Bode

Nintendo Releases App For Game Music And The Reactions Are Priceless

8 months ago
For half a decade now, we have followed along with the war that Nintendo decided to wage on its own fans’ celebration of what is admittedly great music coming from Nintendo games. Starting in 2019, Nintendo has continuously ramped up its war efforts, particularly against YouTubers and their accounts. It started with the takedowns of […]
Dark Helmet

A Bad Year For Catherines

8 months ago
I have no particular interest in the British royal family, but nevertheless I’ll be forever grateful to Princess Kate for telling the world about her cancer. It was probably not easy, nor likely her preference, to be so public at such a difficult moment. But whether she knows it or not, by sharing her story […]
Cathy Gellis

Daily Deal: The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle

8 months ago
Learn how to create a variety of games with the JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle. It has 8 courses that teach you how to use HTML5 and JS to develop word search, math, a Pac-Man style game, and more. It’s on sale for $30. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. […]
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Telecoms Bankroll More Misleading Attacks On Community Broadband Networks

8 months ago
I’ve written for years about how U.S. broadband is expansive, patchy, and slow thanks to mindless consolidation, regulatory capture, regional monopolization, and limited competition. That’s resulted in a growing number of pissed off towns, cities, cooperatives, and city-owned utilities building their own, locally-owned and operated broadband networks in a bid for better, cheaper, faster broadband. Regional giants like Comcast, Charter, […]
Karl Bode