New NSA hacking techniques, equipment revealed
Documents published by a German newspaper on Monday detailed techniques and equipment used by a top secret cyber surveillance group at the NSA.
Year: 2013
Here’s how Conan O’Brien gets news anchors to say the same thing
Yep, all those news anchors in that “Conan” skit are reading from the same script.
Mormon-owned TV station: Don’t air gay kissing footage
Viewer complaints prompted a Utah-based television station to stop airing news footage of same-sex couples kissing during wedding ceremonies.
Clear Channel shuffles music, talk stations in Sacramento
Starting Thursday, Sacramento radio listeners will be able to hear Rush Limbaugh on three stations — at least for the next few weeks.
Exclusive: Twitter working on “edit” feature for tweets
Twitter is working on a new feature that would allow users to edit tweets once they are published, three sources close to the project have confirmed to The Desk.
Guide: How to remove unwanted apps from Apple TV
Here’s how to make those unwanted Apple TV apps vanish from the main screen.
A live conversation with the Syrian Electronic Army
The Desk hosts the first-ever live conversation with a member of the Syrian Electronic Army hacker group.
Court: FOX reporter Jana Winter won’t have to testify in Colorado case
A FOX News reporter will not have to testify over unnamed sources in the James Holmes murder trial, a New York court ruled early Tuesday morning.
Australian newspaper hides anti-Murdoch message in puzzle
An editor for an Australian newspaper hid a not-so-subtle message about the paper’s owner Rupert Murdoch in a puzzle meant for children.
Russia’s global news agency RIA Novosti shut down
Russia’s international news agency RIA Novosti has been closed following a decree handed down by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Desk to conduct first live interview with Syrian Electronic Army
On December 11, The Desk will conduct the first-ever live interview with members of the Syrian Electronic Army.
Police nab copper thief at Apple’s “spaceship” campus site
Police busted a man for allegedly trying to steal copper material from the construction site of Apple’s new “spaceship” campus over the weekend.
Jezebel editor causes outrage with ill-timed political tweet
News of actor Paul Walker’s death was met with a wave of shock and disbelief on social media, but for Jezebel news editor Erin Gloria Ryan, it was an opportunity to have a political discussion.
Syrian Electronic Army hits TIME’s “Person of the Year” poll
TIME Magazine’s annual “Person of the Year” online poll was compromised by the Syrian Electronic Army on Friday, the latest in a campaign of cyber attacks focused on the media by the pro-Syria group.
Hard drive used by Adam Lanza contained pro-pedophile material
A computer hard drive used by Adam Lanza contained pro-pedophile literature among other things, a report released Monday afternoon revealed.
White House “Photo of the Day” upsets political journalists
Journalists are upset over a White House “Photo of the Day” they claim was released as a crass response to a complaint made earlier in the week.
Tribune Company to lay off 700 employees
The Tribune Company will lay off approximately 700 employees working in “non-editorial functions” of its eight newspapers.
The web could save Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera is not a hit with cable viewers. The channel should stop looking to cable and start looking to the web if it wants to survive.
Six things revealed from newly-unclassified NSA documents
The Desk spent most of Tuesday pouring over the thousands of documents released Monday by the ODNI. Here are some key takeaways from the now-unclassified documents.
NSA: Some call logs contained personal names, credit card details
The National Security Agency acknowledged it received some financial and personal information when it collected telephone metadata in 2006.
Chicago Sun-Times website victim of weekend cyber attack
The domain name registrar that serves the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper experienced a cyber attack on Saturday, leaving some readers unable to access the website over the weekend and into Monday morning.
Bloomberg, WSJ, Reuters cut journalism jobs in 2013
Dow Jones, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg LP have slashed newsroom jobs throughout the year. And if things don’t change, expect more jobs to be lost in 2014.
China blocks Wall Street Journal, Reuters news websites
Global variants of the Wall Street Journal and Reuters websites have been blocked for internet users in China, according to several internet monitoring agencies.
Bloomberg suspends journalist over withheld China story leak
Bloomberg News reporter Michael Forsythe has been suspended from the company over reports the news organization engaged in self-censorship with regard to an investigative story focused on the Chinese government.
J.P. Morgan cancels Twitter Q&A after “insulting” questions
J.P. Morgan canceled a planned question-and-answer session on Twitter with the bank’s vice chairman James Lee, Jr. after receiving “insulting” questions.
AT&T says it may refund customers for bad internet service
AT&T says it is considering whether to offer refunds to residential customers who have experienced poor internet service.
Technical glitch turns FOX Chicago reporter blue
Chicago’s FOX affiliate WFLD is attempting to scrub the internet of an embarrassing technical gaffe that resulted in a reporter’s skin turning blue during a live shot last week.
Early morning fire causes service interruptions for Internet Archive
A building in San Francisco owned by the Internet Archive caught fire early Wednesday morning, according to local media reports.
Livestation allowing U.S. internet users to watch Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera’s international English-language news channel, blocked for viewers in the United States on its website and YouTube, can still be accessed via one live streaming service.
Al Jazeera: Former Palestinian leader Arafat “poisoned with polonium”
Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with the drug polonium, new information obtained exclusively by the news organization Al Jazeera reveals.
Google security techs on NSA hackers: “Fuck these guys”
Two Google security technicians have railed against the NSA in a series of blog posts on the social network website Google Plus.
Twitter filing: IBM claims infringement on three patents, litigation possible
Twitter may find itself on the receiving end of a lawsuit over three patents IBM claims Twitter is infringing, according to a new SEC filing made public on Monday.
BART radio dispatches reveal communication errors on day of fatal strike
Train operators and a central dispatcher had trouble communicating with each other the day two Bay Area Rapid Transit employees were fatally struck by an oncoming train two weeks ago, new audio recordings reveal.
DOJ could prosecute Al Jazeera America’s source over Calderon affidavit leak
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to know who leaked a sealed court document to news network Al Jazeera America concerning a California state senator.
Comcast North Bay customers to lose KTVU in some cities
Comcast plans to drop San Francisco FOX affiliate KTVU from cable systems in Vacaville, Fairfield, Yuba City, Rio Vista and Tracy.
Twitter employee arrested, accused of working with Anonymous collective
Ryan Gulebe, an employee of the website Twitter, is one of 13 individuals recently accused of colluding with the hacktivist group Anonymous in December 2010.
American Forces Network goes dark during government shutdown
The American Forces Network, which broadcasts nine television and a handful of radio channels to American service members and their families serving overseas, has ceased broadcasting as a result of the U.S. government shutdown.
San Francisco TV news crew caught in shootout
A San Francisco television news crew was caught in the middle of a shootout between a pair of would-be thieves and a security guard hired to accompany a reporter.
San Francisco media columnist Rich Lieberman moving to KSCO-AM
San Francisco media columnist Rich Lieberman has been tapped for a new commentary program that will air weekdays on Santa Cruz radio station KSCO-AM.
Lebanese TV channel lands on-camera interview with Syrian Electronic Army hackers
Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen will air the first television interview with self-proclaimed members of the Syrian Electronic Army Thursday evening, a member of the group told The Desk.