19 Things BuzzFeed Tech Tried And Liked In 2017
All the innovations, apps, hacks, habits, gadgets, and robovacuums that made our lives a little better this year.
YouTube Has A Massive Child Exploitation Problem. How Humans Train Its Search AI Is Partly Why.
Contract workers who train YouTube’s search algorithms say the guidelines they use to evaluate content on the world’s biggest platform for internet videos are confusing and inadequate.
The FCC Just Voted To Allow Your Internet Company To Charge You More For Netflix And Facebook
Internet: [GURGLING DYING SOUND]
Apple Acquires Shazam, The Music-Recognition App
Apple confirmed Monday that it is acquiring Shazam, the popular app that can identify any song, TV show, movie, or ad by listening to a few seconds of it.
Here's How To Protect Yourself From A Huge Security Flaw In Apple's New Operating System
"I am root."
A Year After Pledging Openness, Apple Still Falls Behind On AI
A year ago, Apple pledged it would engage more with the academic research community. But today, AI experts say it’s still not enough.
Can Tech Workers Complain About Sexual Harassment? Depends What They Signed.
BuzzFeed News asked major tech companies if they’d pursue legal action against NDA-bound employees who speak out about workplace harassment or assault. Here’s what they said.
Major Companies Silent On Legislation To Open Up NDAs
BuzzFeed News reached out to top names in tech, media, and business to see if they support efforts to prevent settlement agreements from silencing victims of sexual harassment and assault at work. Only one, Vox Media, gave a definitive answer (yes) on the record.
A Security Flaw In Your Wi-Fi Network May Let Attackers Spy On Your Data
New research shows a severe flaw in the WPA2 protocol that could leave your Wi-Fi traffic — passwords, chats, emails, and photos — vulnerable to attackers.
Ev Williams Wants To Save Media — Again. But Some Writers And Publishers Are Skeptical.
Five years and as many pivots after founding Medium, Ev Williams has a new scheme to revitalize the site and reinvent online journalism. Will anyone trust him?
To Stay Relevant, Wireless Speaker Company Sonos Teams Up With Its Competitors. All Of Them.
Sonos, the home wireless speaker company, was once a trailblazer — before voice-activated home speakers became all the rage. Now, it's unveiling its strategy to stay relevant: if you can't beat em, join em.
Ellen Pao’s Story Is Messier Than Her Book Makes It Sound
Ellen Pao's new memoir, Reset, positions her as a champion of workplace equality. The reality is more complicated — but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pay attention.
11 Things We Learned From Reading Ellen Pao’s Memoir On Tech’s Famous Sex Bias Trial
Tech's most high-profile sex-bias lawsuit turned plaintiff Ellen Pao into an authority on issues of diversity. Her new memoir, Reset, aims to tell us her side of the story.
Here’s What Security Experts Think About The iPhone X’s New Face ID Feature
Security professionals and AI experts say that the "one in a million" failure rate Apple boasted about today is "meaningless."
A New Court Ruling Could Limit Your Employer Spying On You
But assume it still is anyway.