Journalism and media

https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/15/a-conversation-about-digital-copyright-reform/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&sr_share=facebook The European Union is in the process of reforming copyright laws that date back to 2001, as part of a wider strategy to establish a Digital Single Market across the 28 Member States of the bloc, aiming to break down regional barriers to ecommerce. Earlier this year an agreement was reached on ending geoblocks on travelers digital subscriptions by →

http://www.cjr.org/special_report/fake_news_history.php Fake news has along history in publishing business. →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/can-braves-bitcoin-payment-platform-save-online-publishing Nice try to change Internet publishing. But the answer to question is no. First reason is that there is rule that if article headline asks yes/no type question, then answer is almost always no. Second reason is that I have seen over years many different attempts to do somewhat similar things and all failed. →

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-woman-who-put-50-million-stolen-articles-online-so-you-can-read-them-for-free-a6964176.html This is an operation against the business model of traditional science publishers. →

https://www.miradore.com/16-best-technology-websites-every-it-pro-should-bookmark/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog This is a good list of IT sites worth to follow. →

https://juliareda.eu/2016/12/10-illegal-things/ Those ideas do not look good. →

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/did-russia-tamper-with-the-2016-election-bitter-debate-likely-to-rage-on/ Released report does not have good solid evidence who was behind the attacks. This article also tells why it is hard to know who is really behind those attacks – it is well possible that hackers faked some of the evidence. Whoever did this, if they wanted to cause disruption and lack of faith, →

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/russia-hysteria-infects-washpost-again-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/ →

Washington Post posted a catchy headline: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say Electrical grid can be hacked also in USA – and it was hacked. But this headline is making thing to look more dangerous than what the actual incident was. Also Reuters reported it: Code →

https://singularityhub.com/2016/12/24/think-tech-is-blurring-fact-and-fantasy-just-wait/?utm_content=bufferb01ce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook-hub&utm_campaign=buffer →