By Chris A. Batiste-Boykin On March 6, 2014, Newsweek published an article by reporter Leah McGrath Goodman in which Goodman claimed to have identified the creator of Bitcoin as Mr. Dorian Nakamoto. The article reads almost like a Tom Clancy… Continue Reading
By Wilson Lau On February 8, 2014, a new coffee shop opened its doors in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. According to the general consensus, the shop’s coffee is “pretty awful,” yet people were willing wait in line for an hour… Continue Reading
By Lauren Harriman Heads up—Dropbox just dropped a bomb during its most recent Terms of Service (TOS) and Privacy Policy update, and you need to take action! The update, which takes effect on March 24, adds an arbitration section to the TOS.… Continue Reading
By Nicole Syzdek Gartner, Inc., an American information technology research and advisory firm, reported that in 2013, combined end-user spending on 3-D printers will reach $412 million, up 43% from 2012.[1] This rapid increase in revenue for 3-D printing companies… Continue Reading
By Lauren Harriman In 1984, Congress was facing a rapidly changing technological landscape. The world wide web was not yet available at the consumer level, but Internet use was growing quickly among universities. Law enforcement officers felt unprepared to handle… Continue Reading
By Kennard Herfel Among the global gossamer of controversies concerning the NSA revelations brews a key case involving Ladar Levison, the founder of the encrypted email provider Lavabit. Levison created Lavabit soon after the Congress passed the Patriot Act to… Continue Reading
By Laura Whiteside Robert Morley, Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, recently filed a patent infringement claim against Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, founders of Square, Inc. Square, a startup based in San Francisco, is responsible for the white… Continue Reading
By Noah Johnson Pinterest has filed a trademark infringement suit against a startup called Pintrips in the U.S. District Court for Northern California. Pintrips is a small travel-planning startup that launched in 2012. Pintrips provides travel-planning services, such as flight… Continue Reading
By Lauren Harriman California’s new eraser law lets minors remove their posts from websites. But in a time where everything anyone posts is a google search away from being uncovered, is Internet erasability really something we want to teach the… Continue Reading
By Emily Poole Google has just been hit with a €900,000 ($1.2 million USD) fine, the maximum amount possible for violation of Spain’s data protection law. Google was found guilty of three distinct violations: (1) collecting users’ data, (2) combining users’ data… Continue Reading
