Experts criticize West Virginia’s plan for smartphone voting

(credit: Esther Vargas / Flickr) The state of West Virginia is planning to allow overseas voting via smartphone in the 2018 election, and election security experts aren’t happy about it. “Mobile voting is a horrific idea,” said Joe Hall, an election security expert at the Center for Democracy and Technology in an interview with CNN. […]

Microsoft employees criticize ICE contract amid recent reports

Add Microsoft to the list of companies whose government deals are provoking outrage both inside and outside their offices. The Redmond firm sparked a wave of criticism on social networks after users discovered a January blog post noting that the company’s Azure cloud service team was “proud to support” US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which […]

Ben Carson: People are ‘looking’ for something to criticize in Trump’s call to widow

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson said people “were just looking for something to complain about” after President Donald Trump’s controversial call to the widow of a U.S. soldier. “I mean, if he had said, you know, ‘I’m sorry, this is sure a dark day for you,’ they would have […]

Two senior Republican senators criticize Tillerson comments on Russia

Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Republican U.S. senators criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday for saying that Russia may have the “right approach” on Syria and for what they called his lack of focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. “His statements about Syria really disturb me. No, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does […]

U.K. lawmakers criticize social media firms over extremist content

(Reuters) — Social media were heavily criticized by a committee of British lawmakers on Monday for failing to do enough to remove illegal and extremist material posted on their sites, and for not preventing it appearing in the first place. Platforms such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook has been criticized over their moderation policies after […]

How to effectively criticize anyone

WOCinTech Chat/flickr Management expert Ken Blanchard coined the phrase, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions,” for good reason. Feedback is a two-way street. We all need it, yet your delivery can make or break a relationship. When under pressure, most people tend to lack the confidence and competence to interact with one another. Feedback may […]