Grant Gross is a long-time tech policy reporter, most recently serving as Washington correspondent and senior editor at IDG News Service. Since 2003, he’s written about topics such as net neutrality, electronic surveillance, cybersecurity, and digital copyright legislation. He’s also a former managing editor at Linux.com, and in a past life, he covered school board and county commission meetings for newspapers in the Dakotas and Minnesota. More information can be found at www.grantgross.com.
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Technology
18 June 2018
The Week in Internet News: X-Ray I
AI to get X-ray vision: Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory are getting close to creating...
Artificial Intelligence
4 June 2018
This Week in Internet News: AI Diagnoses Skin Cancer Better than Doctors
AI plays doctor: Artificial intelligence can detect skin cancer better than dermatologists, according to a new international study. Flesh-and-blood...
Artificial Intelligence
29 May 2018
The Week in Internet News: The FBI Has Fewer Unopened Encrypted Devices Than Reported
Going dark with encryption: The U.S. FBI, for years now, has complained about its inability to access encrypted information...
Community Networks
25 May 2018
Nonprofit ISP in Mexico Wins Court Battle Against Huge Federal Fee
A nonprofit telecommunications provider offering voice and data services to remote areas in southern Mexico has avoided a crippling...
Community Networks
24 May 2018
Community Networks Can Bridge the Digital Divide, But Some Still Need to Be Convinced
Community networks can help bring connectivity to many of world’s population still without it, but some governments, ISPs, and...
Encryption
21 May 2018
The Week in Internet News: Email Encryption Has Efail Moment
Encryption fails: A couple of stories in the news this past week demonstrated problems with encryption, or at least,...