The Switch: Innovations: Why the perfect, long-lasting battery for your smartphone seems like it’ll never come

Today's technology and tech policy news  •  Mon., Feb. 23, 2015 View in your Web browser

Innovations: Why the perfect, long-lasting battery for your smartphone seems like it’ll never come There may come a time when a single charge will be more than enough. Enough not just to get through a day, but several days worth of playing music, games, editing photos, surfing the web, socializing and countless other things we’ve grown accustomed to using our smartphones for. Perhaps it’ll even be enough to get us through the week. Dare to dream, I say!   Read full article »

Twitter wants aggressive net neutrality rules

Days ahead of a vote by federal regulators on the future of the Web, Twitter is coming out in support of the government's plan to treat Internet providers more like traditional phone service.In a blog post, Twitter says that it previously backed "common sense net neutrality rules" through a Washington trade group, the Internet Association. But now the company is going further. Independently, Twitter is arguing that the Federal Communications Commission should move ahead with the most aggressive rules ever proposed for Internet providers — to be sure that they don't unfairly speed up or slow down some sites over others or create Internet "fast lanes" that give wealthy firms an advantage over smaller ones.  Read full article »

Innovations: Why I am stepping out of the debate on women in technology

I started advocating for women in engineering in 2006 when my dean at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering, Kristina Johnson, made me aware of the declining numbers of women entering the field. As a former tech entrepreneur, I found the situation alarming. I had spent the last few years researching how education, immigration, and entrepreneurship drive innovation. The fact that half of our population was being left out of the fields most important to our future seemed deeply wrong to me.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: Even the U.S. government thinks you should be worried about Lenovo’s ‘Superfish’ disaster

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.U.S. urges removing Superfish program from Lenovo laptops. The U.S. government on Friday advised Lenovo Group Ltd customers to remove a 'Superfish,' a program pre-installed on some Lenovo laptops, saying it makes users vulnerable to cyberattacks," reported Jim Finkle at Reuters. An alert from the Department of Homeland Security said the program made users vulnerable to SSL spoofing -- allowing attackers to read or manipulate their encrypted Web traffic.  Read full article »

Secrecy around police surveillance equipment proves a case’s undoing

TALLAHASSEE — The case against Tadrae McKenzie looked like an easy win for prosecutors. He and two buddies robbed a small-time pot dealer of $130 worth of weed using BB guns. Under Florida law, that was robbery with a deadly weapon, with a sentence of at least four years in prison.  Read full article »

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