This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: This is your Tech News Briefing for Wednesday, September 7th. I'm Zoe ...

Until about three weeks ago, Pinterest was — hands down, no contest — my absolute favorite social network. Yeah, I know it lacks the cachet of Twitter or Snapchat. I understand its associations with ...

Major Internet companies today find themselves in the cross-hairs of European regulators and facing increased public distrust in Europe and the U.S. One reason is that the full scope of harmful ...

Last year, Princeton researchers identified a disturbing security flaw in which hackers could someday exploit internet-connected appliances to wreak havoc on the electrical grid. Now, the same ...

Crypto backdoors, the overuse of opaque algorithms, turning companies into law enforcement agencies, and online attacks on critical infrastructure have all been attacked by the Global Commission on ...

The saga of Facebook Trending Topics never seems to end---and it drives us nuts. Don't get us wrong. The Facebook Trending Topics deserve scrutiny. They're a prominent source of news on a social ...

The following is an excerpt from Kris Shaffer’s book, Data Versus Democracy: How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History. It is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and ...

China is once more tightening its grip on internet content, and this time algorithms are in the spotlight. The Cyberspace Administration of China has published upcoming rules that dictate how internet ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Earlier this year, China's cyberspace regulator set out rules ...