• ftc approves us$5 billion fine for facebook for privacy violations. largest fine ever levied by the ftc against a t… https://t.co/0DHTP8IT9f 2019-07-12

• microsoft (following in the steps of nist and others) removes password expiration from windows 10 security baseline. https://t.co/9tVLG4325E 2019-06-03

• scientists create completely synthetic bacterium (e. coli, in case you were wondering) with significant changes fro… https://t.co/bDizqgPSl4 2019-05-17

• client (private equity fund) looking for a gc. someone 10+ years out, preferably with some in-house experience. dm… https://t.co/pIXMmjmzD6 2019-05-10
• scotus asked to weigh in on whether annotations on statutes are copyrightable. interesting arguments on both sides. https://t.co/qCVUM0djXN 2019-05-14

• microsoft to include linux kernel in windows this summer. nifty. https://t.co/WMdYFhaGjW 2019-05-07

• researchers develop thought to speech device. rather low accuracy but nonetheless quite promising. https://t.co/3zNs7lwy4e 2019-04-27
• my first podcast. topic is cryptocurrency. focuses on the basics. feedback (whether positive or negative) would be… https://t.co/Kja12NuAcB 2019-04-30
• bloomberg announces that vodafone found backdoors in huawei equipment 7-8 years ago. the very same day, vodafone i… https://t.co/PKalahyfrx 2019-05-01

• musk predicts tesla will make self-driving taxis available next year, and allow tesla owners to rideshare their aut… https://t.co/tzXHBIExrV 2019-04-23
• researchers create material using artificial dna that has its own metabolism, can self-assemble, self-organize and… https://t.co/qoHk6Ag0Fb 2019-04-23
• very proud of my partners who've been ranked in this year's lexpert directory, and very thankful to colleagues and… https://t.co/IaPi45hRFH 2019-04-24

• cory doctorow's take on the increasing (and rather disturbing) regulation of the internet, particularly in the eu.… https://t.co/eJXXRxycdH 2019-04-13
• feeling old? feeling geeky? feeling nostalgic? well, you're in luck. someone has uploaded the source code to all th… https://t.co/xiJRTih7Y9 2019-04-18

• mackenzie bezos gives her husband 75% of their jointly-owned amazon stock and voting control over the remaining 25%… https://t.co/lGjeGtC0kl 2019-04-05
• osfi (canadian regulator of financial institutions) introduces notice obligations for cyber security incidents. https://t.co/M5VZGceoaJ 2019-04-05
• first ever picture of a black hole. https://t.co/bmDgbuZrVB 2019-04-10
• chinese scientists insert human genes suspected to influence intelligence into monkeys. what could possibly go wron… https://t.co/sgsxVuNPr0 2019-04-11
• https://t.co/QrBfjuuI1B receives sweeping takedown notices from french authorities asserting the content is terrori… https://t.co/KAr82WgTbt 2019-04-11

• investigator concludes that saudis accessed jeff bezos' phone. https://t.co/m2Au9sZMry 2019-04-01
• aba to publish cloud 3.0: drafting and negotiating cloud computing agreements. a shameless plug as an author of one… https://t.co/DJShzNSLxH 2019-04-02
• uk scientist develop synthetic alcohol substitute. can eliminate hangovers, limit levels of inebriation and offer o… https://t.co/TRVHFdTarn 2019-04-04
• apple introduces its own credit card, replete with some rather clever security and privacy functions, such as a dyn… https://t.co/IXqXdGKCyB 2019-04-04