Creepy Ad Company Says It Will Stop Eavesdropping With 'Audio Beacons' (to tell what TV shows or podcasts are playing nearby).

That's good, but how can we stop other companies from taking up the practice? We need to demand free software, so that the community can check for malicious functionalities, and the community can remove them.

See https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html.

Obama has quietly sent more US troops to Iraq, and it's not clear what they do. Are they running artillery?

The Australian government plans a big cut in spending on renewable energy.

Courageous Vietnamese protested the trial of a blogger accused of publishing things that the government doesn't like.

The UK thugs must come clean about their infiltration of dissident groups.