Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.

The new package complicates a separate push for a kids safety bill coming from the Senate.

Trying before buying is a common tip for people considering an e-bike. They can range in price from $2,000 to $9,000 and require a lifestyle adjustment. Community Pedal Power, a nonprofit founded in 2023 by Cambridge-Somerville area bike advocates, has a backyard e-bike library with 30 vehicles... The post Borrow an e-bike, from folding models to family cargo haulers, from Community Pedal Power appeared first on Cambridge | Somerville Independent.

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.

The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers’ government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.

It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online.

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious

mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

Part of Bluesky’s mission to create a more open and decentralized social web is helping users feel safe and in control of their experience. We always try to balance safety with privacy, and free expre...

Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.

Sadly, the current business climate in America has become so unpredictable for small businesses that I’ve decided to stop making IoTaWatt units. My suppliers have put me on notice that they reserve th...

Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.0. iPhone: 7.0 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time...

The advertising industry is immensely powerful, and disturbingly opaque.

By 1986 Treasurer Bob Crane has turned the lottery into the most successful operation of its kind, but now he’s in the fight of his political life with a challenger who says he’s the real crook. To ce...

Friday is "bike bus day" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. WBZ TV's Penny Kmitt explains what it's all about and why it's so fun!

Our phones make it possible to track our every move. Now, that is more dangerous than ever. But Massachusetts can shut it down.

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