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Hands-on with a non-functioning Surface Duo prototype, which has two 5.6-inch OLED screens forming a 8.1-inch display, bound together by a unique hinge
YouTube bans almost 2,600 Chinese channels for influence operations.
Apple hit with 1.4 Billion Siri patent lawsuit from Chinese company
With its New IP plan, China is trying to create a new internet in its own image
Twitter permanently bans the account of white supremacist David Duke
Canalys, Counterpoint, and IDC agree that Huawei became the biggest smartphone vendor in Q2, surpassing Samsung, and pushing Apple to the third place
Proteus will be an underwater research lab worthy of a Bond villain
Sundar Pichai received bipartisan criticism during Wednesday's antitrust hearing, facing questions about Google's digital ads business, privacy practices, more
Facebook’s Zuckerberg to tell Congress that the ‘proudly American’ social network has competition
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter scramble to remove a video touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure, after it was shared by Trump
NBA says it will install 17-foot tall screens on game courts to serve as digital "stands" filled with 300 remote fans using the Together mode in Microsoft Teams
AT&T says its low-band 5G network is now available to 205M people, joining T-Mobile as a nationwide 5G network
Steve Wozniak and 17 others sue Google claiming YouTube repeatedly ignored requests to take down videos using their names and likeness to promote Bitcoin scams
Apple hires economists to help prove its App Store commissions aren't anti-competitive
US accuses supplier for Amazon, Apple, Dell, GM, Microsoft of human rights abuses — The company, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, is accused of helping China’s campaign against Uighurs.
Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Apple updates its Style Guide with more inclusive language, such as replacing blacklist/whitelist with deny list/allow list and master branch with main branch
Lawsuits filed Tuesday accuse Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft of training facial recognition tools with photos of people without consent, violating Illinois law
Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
A look at wearable tech concepts from Google Research's Interaction Lab: sunglasses projecting holographic images, hybrid analog/digital watch UIs, and more
Google sued for allegedly tracking users' app activity via Firebase even after opting out of sharing data in settings, following Incognito mode suit last month
Google Will Fund 100,000 Online Certification Scholarships To Help US Workers Get Jobs
Inside the luxury nuclear bunker protecting the mega-rich from the apocalypse
Pager, Discman and Game Boy: This is the tech we used in 1995
Regret installing the iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 public beta? Go back to iOS 13
UK and Australian data privacy offices say they are opening a joint investigation of Clearview AI
Report: Amazon is moving Prime Day again to October, after first moving it to September, amid concerns over how coronavirus spikes may impact the supply chain
Techmeme · 1 month ago
Facebook shared user data with developers after access should have expired.
Ahead of a key contract renewal date, activists are pushing to end facial recognition use in Detroit, the US city with the highest percentage of Black residents
Google collects a frightening amount of data about you. How to find and delete it now
Boston passes an ordinance to ban government use of facial recognition, with minor caveats, joining cities like San Francisco, Oakland, and Cambridge
Senate Republicans introduce bill calling for an end to "warrant-proof" encryption, citing apps like WhatsApp that use end-to-end encryption
Responding to Sen. Wyden's letter, the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development says it "doesn't monitor or track" usage of facial recognition in public housing
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How boogaloo members allegedly used Facebook to plot a murder
Facebook files lawsuits in the US and Europe against developers it alleges scraped user data, as the company increasingly turns to lawsuits to stop data abuses
Social media firms could be sued for censoring political speech under new bill
Following Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft's moratorium on facial recognition tech, a look at possible regulation in US, which lawmakers say is unlikely within a year
Techmeme · 2 months ago