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YouTube rejects about 78% of appeals to get removed videos put back up
Facebook cancels its F8 developer conference, which was scheduled to take place May 5-6 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, over coronavirus concerns
Apple-made Mac chips won’t be ready until 2021, report says
How schools are using kids’ phones to track and surveil them: A technology used in a number of prisons is now tracking students in thousands of U.S. schools
Tesla Model Y returns a stellar range rating – The electric SUV is also the most efficient vehicle in its class with a 121-mpge rating.
Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for allegedly collecting location data, contact lists from students.
In a letter, the House Oversight Committee asks Amazon about Ring's partnerships with governments and police depts. and Ring's policies regarding collected data
This could be Microsoft’s most important product in 2020. If it works
You can still download Windows 10 for free — and you should because Windows 7 is dead
Researchers found a now-secured database online with ~900K records of plastic surgery patients, including photos with nudity and identifying information
Google keeps a scary amount of data on you. Here’s how to find and delete it
Nintendo PlayStation is real, and you can bid on it for $250K
Rights groups join student demands to bar facial recognition at colleges. The ACLU, EFF and several other groups sign a letter of support for the student demands.
New Xbox and PS5 consoles will run ‘almost all’ old games, Ubisoft says
US finds Huawei has backdoor access to mobile networks globally, report says
Flipboard launches Flipboard TV, an in-app feature that offers professional short-form video, for $2.99/mo; will be a Galaxy S20 exclusive for first 3 months
Nielsen: streaming makes up 19% of US TV watching, with Netflix comprising 31% of streaming on TVs, followed by 21% on YouTube, 12% on Hulu, and 8% on Amazon
NASA captures rare view of dancing Mars dust devil, and it’s a monster
Ericsson withdraws from MWC 2020 over coronavirus fears
Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram’s tracking algorithm
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Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI says YouTube served a cease-and-desist letter over photo scraping, following Twitter's letter in January
DOJ antitrust chief steps down from Google probe
Google testing $8 monthly subscription that automatically mails you prints of your 10 best pictures taken in the last 30 days
Microsoft Teams suffers outage after Microsoft failed to renew its authentication certificate, company says
GMC’s electric Hummer packs 1,000 horsepower and a 3-second 0-60 time
Lime to pilot its sidewalk detection tech in San Jose, CA, claims its AI-based tech will warn riders when they are on a sidewalk 50% or more of the time
CNET: Antivirus firm Avast is reportedly selling users’ web browsing data
Apple addresses Wuhan coronavirus concerns, offers wider than usual Q2 revenue estimates, says it closed one retail store in China, slightly delayed production
iPhone 11’s new multicam app lets you shoot video with two cameras at once
This activity tracker can help identify when your cat gets sick
Foldable phones need strong screens and killer apps to succeed in 2020
Facial recognition in schools: Even supporters say it won’t stop shootings. The facial recognition industry is starting to see that its promises offer a false sense of security.
‘New’ DeLorean DMC-12 models could finally be on the way
5 reasons to never trust a free VPN
Samsung AirDresser is a $1,400 dry-cleaning closet for rich people
Google and Amazon make us worse people
Reddit · 1 month ago
AR startup Mojo Vision shows off the first prototype of Mojo Lens, its contact lenses that display text, have an eye-controlled interface, and work in the dark
Google says it will phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within two years
Elon Musk shows how Teslas will talk to pedestrians – Roadshow
USB 4 and Thunderbolt 4 will have a head-to-head Race in 2020
Facebook starts testing a desktop redesign, announced last April, with a small set of users, plans to offer the new look more broadly sometime before the spring
NYC internet plan aims to provide all New Yorkers with broadband access
Lenovo unveils the Yoga 5G, a $1,499 2-in-1 with the Snapdragon 8cx chipset and a claimed 24-hour battery life, coming spring, to be called Flex 5G in the US
Facebook updates Privacy Checkup tool, the first significant update since its creation in 2014 that makes it a more convenient central hub for privacy settings
Lamborghini gives Amazon’s Alexa the keys to your Huracan
Reddit · 2 months ago