David Meyer is a senior writer for Gigaom, covering Europe and issues relating to privacy and security. He has been a technology journalist since 2006 and has written for publications such as the BBC, The Guardian and ZDNet. He is also a musician, currently enjoying Berlin’s electronic sensibilities.
The British smart home outfit AlertMe has a long history with British Gas – back in 2009 it scored its first trial with the country’s biggest energy supplier, and in 2012… Read more »
One of the most interesting questions in European tech privacy circles right now is about territoriality and the so-called “right to be forgotten” — when an EU citizen requests the delisting… Read more »
The British telecoms regulator Ofcom has formally approved the deployment of white-space broadband technology in the U.K., following trials. White space broadband uses the empty buffer zones that are placed between… Read more »
In July last year, the British government said it would review the rules of the road to see if any changes were needed for the testing of driverless cars. Well, the… Read more »
Many websites of the Dutch government were hammered by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the government said on Wednesday. In a statement, the government said the attack targeted the hosting service… Read more »
Sigfox, the French startup that’s rolling out an international internet-of-things network, mostly by partnering with local network operators, has scored a massive $115 million funding round from the likes of Telefonica… Read more »
Airbnb users have many options when they visit London, but they and their hosts are probably unaware that these short-term lets are often illegal. However, that’s about to change – much… Read more »
The personal website of European Parliament president Martin Schulz was hacked last week, his office has confirmed. On Friday someone posted information on Pastebin indicating that they had retrieved database and… Read more »
Facebook’s internet.org portal, which emerging-market carriers offer for free in order to give new customers a taste of the web, has rolled out in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Mahararashtra,… Read more »
The last weekend saw a fair amount of freaking out over the privacy policy associated with Samsung’s smart TVs, which warns customers that “if your spoken words include personal or other… Read more »