Technology

If FCC bans Huawei, rural carriers may have to 'rip and replace' gear

November 21, 2019

Currently, about a dozen small, mostly rural carriers rely on this Chinese equipment to deliver internet, phone and other services to customers.

As 2020 US presidential election nears, voter systems are still vulnerable

The World

November 08, 2019

Security experts say election infrastructure in the US could be vulnerable to the types of hacking operations that took place in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

5 milestones that created the internet 50 years after the first network message

The Conversation

October 29, 2019

Today’s vast communications web is a result of governments and regulators making choices that collectively built the internet as it is now.

Global Nation Education

How immigrant workers are preparing for automation in agriculture

The World

October 17, 2019

Immigrants, who comprise the majority of agriculture industry workers in the US, are turning to training and education to make sure they’re not left behind by automation.

Science & Technology

A heavy-duty wheelchair expands mobility in post-war Colombia

GlobalPost

October 17, 2019

Nearly 200,000 people in Colombia live with a disability as a result of a half-century of civil war. As Colombia now struggles to secure a lasting peace, the country’s vast mountains, rocky and unpaved roads and spanning pasturelands pose some of the biggest threats to people who must navigate rough terrains in wheelchairs.

Military

North Korea's nuclear test could be leverage for upcoming talks

The World

October 03, 2019

Just hours after announcing it would restart nuclear talks with the US, North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile Wednesday.

Social media

'Straight-up debunking': How a fact-checker vets fake news

The World

September 12, 2019

Facebook and others are stepping up to stop the spread of disinformation online in advance of Canada's federal parliamentary elections.

Displacement

USC students work with refugees to engineer solutions for better camp life

The World

September 11, 2019

Omer Azizi spent much of the past year developing an app that he calls Safar, meaning “journey” in both Farsi and Arabic, to solve the information gap that exists for refugees worldwide. It came out of an assignment in a unique class he took last year from the engineering school at USC.

Period apps share your fertility data with Facebook

The World

September 10, 2019

What happens to the highly personal data people enter in period-tracking apps? In some cases, it gets fed to third parties — including Facebook.

Science & Technology

In a world of cyberthreats, the push for cyberpeace is growing

The Conversation

September 04, 2019

Dozens of countries and hundreds of firms and nonprofits are fed up with digital violence. They are working toward greater cybersecurity for all — and even what might be called cyberpeace.

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