Keeping Your Resume Out Of Online 'Oblivion' : NPR →

That’s right, software is now hiring you for your next job.

Facebook's Targeted Advertising Blamed In Gay British Teen Allegedly Being Thrown Out Of Home →

[A gay teen] was thrown out of his London home after his parents discovered “incriminating” gay content on his Facebook page [which] was not intentionally placed on their son’s Facebook page by him, but rather the targeted advertising generated by the site itself based on a user’s activities and relationships.

SOPA’s Not Dead

Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works →

Iowa Representative Steve King tweeted, somewhat ironically, about surfing the internet on his phone because he was bored listening to his colleague Shiela Jackson speak about the [SOPA]. Then, even more ironically, another representative’s comments calling him out for it were asked to be stricken from the record.

@Google: Lawrence Lessig: Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It (by AtGoogleTalks)

Floating technology incubator gets cash infusion from Facebook funder Peter Thiel →

I’m not sure why, but I feel like this could potentially be huge. Law school/lawyer friends, what are the implications of this? Are there any?

EU Bans Airport X-Ray Machines →

(via Adrienne)

I, For One, Welcome Our New Computer Hacker Overlords

First, watch this great video on how computer algorithms shape our world:

Then, read about the Stuxnet computer worm/supercyberweapon; and finally about the how the US drone fleet was hit by a virus but it was no big deal.

I, for one, welcome our new computer hacker overlords.