James Farrell

James Farrell is the former editor-in-chief of Chiang Mai CityNews, where he wrote and managed daily news, features, op-eds and blogs on a diverse range of topics. Prior to this, in the same city of Northern Thailand where he lives, he was the longstanding deputy editor of the monthly magazine Citylife. He has written on culture, politics, travel, tech, business, human rights, for local, national, and international news services and magazines. He has a keen interest in the role technology is playing in the transformation of society, culture and politics, especially in developing nations. This is reflected in his not-so-successful first novel.

Latest from James Farrell

Chinese hackers allegedly targeted U.S. universities to access naval secrets

SECURITY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Chinese hackers targeted at least 27 universities mainly in the U.S. in an effort to access maritime technology being developed for the military, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal. Most the institutions were in the U.S., but the …

Google pay analysis finds some men paid less than women doing the same job

POLICY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

It seems some men at Google LLC have been getting the short end of the stick when it comes to pay, according to a recent pay equity analysis study. In a blog post today, Lauren Barbato, Google’s lead analyst for pay equity and …

FedEx will start testing autonomous delivery bots

EMERGING TECH By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

FedEx Corp. is grabbing the baton from other delivery services with plans to try out autonomous robots that bring packages to the doorstep. The company said in a press release today that its “SameDay Bot” is “designed to help retailers make same-day and …

U.S. Cyber Command beat back Russian troll farm during 2018 elections

SECURITY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Cyber Command thwarted attacks from a notorious Russian troll on Election Day in 2018 and for several days after, according to a report published by The Washington Post Tuesday. The report said the U.S. military hackers staged an attack against …

Microsoft defends Pentagon HoloLens contract after employee pushback

POLICY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella Monday defended his company’s $479 million contract to supply the Pentagon with augmented reality headsets after some employees asked that Microsoft end its ties with the military. Late last year Microsoft won the contract to supply the …

Google is putting an end to forced arbitration for employees

POLICY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

After employee protests and a winter of discontent at Google LLC, the company today said it will end forced arbitration for all employees starting March 21. After a global walkout in November that saw thousands of employees taking to the streets, Google …

YouTube updates policy: Three strikes and you’re still out, but first offenders get some slack

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s YouTube hasn’t always been clear as to what is a violation deserving of temporary punishment and channel deletions, so today the company said it wants to make things clearer. In a blog post today, YouTube said it has updated its Community …

Australia’s main political parties hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack

SECURITY By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

With elections just weeks away, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday that the country’s three main political parties were hacked by a “sophisticated state actor.” The Australian Cyber Security Centre head, Alastair MacGibbon, said that it’s unknown exactly what data might …

UK report concludes Facebook is out of control and needs to be reined in

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Following an 18-month investigation, a U.K. parliamentary committee has said that Facebook Inc. should not be allowed to govern itself. The damning 108-page report, published today, accuses Facebook of concentrating more on profits than ethics, calling the company a “digital gangster.” Facebook …

Facebook could be looking at a multibillion-dollar fine over privacy breach

APPS By JAMES FARRELL8 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. and the Federal Trade Commission are currently negotiating what might turn out to be a record-breaking multibillion-dollar fine, according to an article in The Washington Post today. As it stands, the biggest fine ever imposed by the FTC on a …

James Farrell

Latest from James Farrell

Chinese hackers allegedly targeted U.S. universities to access naval secrets

Google pay analysis finds some men paid less than women doing the same job

FedEx will start testing autonomous delivery bots

U.S. Cyber Command beat back Russian troll farm during 2018 elections

Microsoft defends Pentagon HoloLens contract after employee pushback

Google is putting an end to forced arbitration for employees

YouTube updates policy: Three strikes and you’re still out, but first offenders get some slack

Australia’s main political parties hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack

UK report concludes Facebook is out of control and needs to be reined in

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