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When it comes to elections, data journalism without context is noise
Nate Silver and his ilk have proven they can predict elections with high accuracy, so maybe it's time to move on from focusing on the forecasts. I know Republicans will likely control Congress come...
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Meet the latest Vocativ journalism experiment: A “Tinder for politicians” app
Tinder for politicians isn't a terrible new Silicon Valley startup -- it's actually an exercise in editorial creativity. But will it work? Meet the latest Vocativ journalism experiment: A “Tinder for...
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BuzzFeed’s deal with Facebook to measure political sentiment has one major flaw
BuzzFeed has formed a partnership with Facebook that gives it access to the social network's "sentiment analysis" data on millions of users -- but Facebook's algorithm is going to influence the thing...
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Kim Dotcom wants to take his Internet Party to the U.S.
Controversial internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is getting to take his political ambitions to stateside. Dotcom announced on Twitter Monday that his Internet Party is going to launch in the United...
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Twitter has made the 24-hour news cycle into a 2-hour news cycle
Research into how the Obama and Romney campaigns used Twitter during the presidential election shows not only has the news cycle been compressed by a factor of ten, but the media echo chamber is also...
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Citing cybercrime, Obama unloads sanctions on North Korea
The United States is laying down additional economic sanctions on North Korea courtesy of an executive order issued by President Obama on Friday. The sanctions come in response to the U.S. Federal...
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FBI: North Korea “got sloppy” with IP addresses in Sony hack
The FBI continued to insist Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Associated Press reported. FBI Director James Comey said at a New York cybersecurity...
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Leading Democratic congressman wants to bring back CISPA
Dutch Ruppersberger, a U.S. congressman for Maryland and a top-level Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, plans to revive the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this Friday,...
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Obama’s executive order calls for sharing of security data
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday designed to spur businesses and the Federal Government to share with each other information related to cybersecurity, hacking and data...
View ArticleNeutral no more
Advocates for net neutrality confronted FCC chairman Tom Wheeler in his driveway this morning as he tried to leave for work. It turned out to be a harbinger of what turned into one helluva Monday for...
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