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Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Jon Brodkin is Senior IT Reporter at Ars Technica.

Brewed Awakening

Your Tim Hortons Coffee App Knew Where You Were at All Times

Jun 4, 2022 8:00 AM

Privacy

Google Urged to Stop Tracking Location Data Ahead of Roe Reversal

May 26, 2022 2:00 PM

Free Speech

Texas Cites Clarence Thomas to Defend Its Social Media Law

May 21, 2022 8:00 AM

Free Speech

A ‘Radical’ Ruling Lets Texas Ban Social Media Moderation

May 13, 2022 2:00 PM

Crackdown

Every ISP in the US Must Block These 3 Pirate Streaming Services

May 5, 2022 9:00 AM

Cha-ching

How a New Digital Dollar Could Shake the US Financial System

Mar 10, 2022 5:50 PM

Policy

Why ICANN Won’t Revoke Russian Internet Domains

Mar 5, 2022 1:15 PM

About-face

The IRS Drops Facial Recognition Verification After Uproar

Feb 8, 2022 4:26 PM

Policy

Biden’s FCC Picks Are a ‘Dream Team’ for Broadband Advocates

Oct 27, 2021 12:30 PM

You're welcome?

Missouri Threatens to Sue a Reporter Over a Security Flaw

Oct 15, 2021 6:02 PM

Case Closed

Cloudflare Isn't Liable for Sites That Hawk Counterfeits

Oct 9, 2021 9:00 AM

Big Brother

LA Police Are Collecting Detainees' Social Media Information

Sep 11, 2021 8:00 AM

Privacy

Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups

Aug 20, 2021 2:15 PM

App wars

Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill

Aug 14, 2021 8:00 AM

Deadlock

Biden Wants the FCC to Fix Net Neutrality—but It Can't Yet

Jul 11, 2021 9:00 AM

Speed capped

An FTC Lawsuit Says Frontier Lied About Internet Speeds

May 21, 2021 12:00 PM

Buyer's remorse

AT&T Is Spinning Off WarnerMedia to Focus on Telecoms Again

May 18, 2021 12:55 PM

Fake views

ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality

May 8, 2021 11:18 AM

Kickback

How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme

May 5, 2021 5:00 PM

Connectivity issues

Why Almost No One Is Getting the Fastest Form of 5G

May 2, 2021 9:00 AM