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Dish launches OnTech, a professional installation service for smart home devices from Nest, Ring, and others, in 11 cities initially, for a flat fee of $99
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Amazon quietly shuts down its shopping social network Spark
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Millions of surveillance cameras could become AI security guards, ACLU warns
Huawei moves to trademark its own OS while objecting to US ban, reports say
Astronomers discover rare, new type of galaxy on the brink of death
Pinterest bans anti-abortion group Live Action.
No surprise: Top Facebook execs say the social network shouldn’t be broken up
Larry Page and Sergey Brin made an appearance at Google's "Thank God It's Friday" event on May 30 after a six month absence from the weekly meetings
Microsoft quietly pulls massive facial-recognition database from internet
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Amazon’s helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells
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FBI, TSA use of facial recognition tech needs cleaning up, say lawmakers
Apple isn’t a monopoly, Tim Cook says at WWDC
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House Democrats announce antitrust probe of Facebook, Google, tech industry
Apple is pushing ‘privacy protections forward,’ CEO Tim Cook says
YouTube algorithms make it easier for pedophiles to find more videos, study finds
Volvo invests in VR startup Varjo, says its engineers are designing new interfaces by driving on test tracks using Varjo's new mixed-reality headset XR-1
Verizon lab’s 5G robots, medical tools show speed is just the start
Facebook reportedly thinks there’s no ‘expectation of privacy’ on social media
Huawei reportedly orders employees to cancel US meetings. Americans working in its China headquarters were sent home, the Financial Times reported.
Democrats criticize FCC broadband report: Republicans say the digital divide is narrowing. Democrats say that’s news to the 21 million Americans who still don’t have broadband.
Japan bombed an asteroid and now it’s preparing to collect the debris
Nancy Pelosi slams Facebook over doctored video that made her seem drunk
Facebook and Twitter pull down more fake accounts from Iran
These laws make police get public buy-in on surveillance tools
The internet is changing Africa, and the results are complicated
Austro-Daimler Bergmeister is a 1,200-hp plug-in hybrid hero at Villa d’Este
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Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video of you from a single profile pic
Stolen NSA hacking tool now victimizing US cities, report says
Senators propose bill requiring warrants to search devices at the border
Redditor allowed to stay anonymous, court rules
Researcher: since at least October, source code for thousands of Instagram profiles leaked the user's contact info when loaded in a web browser; fixed in March
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