America Archive

The World Needs An Operating System Reboot For The AI Era—Led By America

Just as dawn is breaking on an AI-driven era of unprecedented opportunity, a worldwide recoupling from the American-led strategic and economic architecture is underway. While this is a major shift touching many vital sectors, right now it is most critical in defense technology. This was acutely apparent

Don’t fear the software shopkeeper: T&Cs banning bad reviews aren’t legal in America

DerbyCon Security vendors are inserting language into their products’ terms and conditions that attempt to silence critics, folks attending this year’s DerbyCon conference were told on Friday. More and more infosec software makers now include legal language in their T&Cs insisting that their products cannot be tested for

Social Media Is Not Destroying America

Every time I look at social media, it seems, I see someone proclaiming the dangers of social media. There are too many dark takes to list here, but key themes include Twitter spreading misinformation, Facebook helping Donald Trump win, Russia waging a social media war against the U.S.,