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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
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IRS stops firms like TurboTax from hiding free tax-filing products in searches
Traced Act law signed in bid to help put an end to robocalls
Google collects face data now. What it means and how to opt out
Watch these hackers crack an ATM in minutes
Security camera maker Wyze may have exposed personal data for millions
Popular messaging app ToTok reportedly an Emirati spy tool
Why flawed broadband speed tests have devastating consequences – If government policy is based on faulty data, everyone loses.
Free 4K TV with an antenna is almost here – Along with HDR, 120Hz refresh rates and better indoor reception, ATSC 3.0 also means targeted ads. Here are the details on ‘Next Gen TV.’
To save net neutrality, Mozilla and others file appeal – The company wants the full DC Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the case upholding the FCC’s repeal of Obama-era rules
Google says it has captured more than 10M miles of Street View imagery, and, via Google Earth, mapped out the parts of the world where 98% of people live
NASA finds Mars water ice deposits astronauts could reach with a shovel
Nielsen's SuperData Research: Oculus Quest sales are helping to boost the whole VR hardware industry, with users spending $2.1B on hardware in 2019, up 31% YoY
Iranian president says the country's intranet will be expanded so "people will not need foreign networks", which may be a harbinger for more internet censorship
Facebook says its AI bot achieved high scores playing Hanabi, a card game requiring teamwork, showing how AI can work with other bots or people to reach a goal
Qualcomm unveils 5G-compatible Snapdragon XR2 to power standalone headsets, says it is working with Niantic Labs to develop a reference design for smart glasses
Ransomware devastated cities this year. Officials hope to prevent a repeat in 2020
In bid against Apple, Pablo Escobar’s brother launches $350 foldable phone – CNET
TikTok accused of secretly gathering user data and sending it to China
Qualcomm debuts a new in-screen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor with a much larger input area, after mixed results from its last attempt found in the Galaxy S10
For over a year, Ring let police access a heat map of installed Ring video doorbells that let users zoom in very close to street level; it was removed in July
States make their case to block T-Mobile-Sprint merger – The lawsuit attempting to block the $26.5 billion merger goes to court in Manhattan on Dec. 9.
Unauthorized Uber drivers, including convicted felons with fake IDs, have surfaced in cities beyond London, including San Francisco, Houston, and Boston
Irish government spends $1M on printer too big to fit in building
AMD Threadripper 3990X's 64 cores promise monster rendering
Facebook built a now discontinued internal app, report says between 2015 and 2016, that let employees identify colleagues and friends via facial recognition
Uber will reportedly audio-record rides for safety
Sensor Tower: TikTok has passed 1.5B downloads worldwide on the App Store and Google Play, with 614M downloads in 2019 so far, up 6% YoY
Elizabeth Warren accuses Facebook of ‘corruption’ over Kavanaugh event
Facial Recognition is nationally unregulated in the US, so activists are deploying Amazon Rekognition in the halls of Congress today.
Facial recognition surveillance would require warrant under bipartisan bill
How Motorola created the foldable-screen Razr and why it claims it solved the problems faced by Samsung's Galaxy Fold, by focusing on a hinge design
Phil Schiller says kids with Chromebooks are "not going to succeed" because Apple makes "cutting-edge learning tools" and Chromebooks are only good for testing
Microsoft to employ California’s digital privacy law nationwide – The law gives consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal data.
Google’s medical data project spurs HHS inquiry, report says
Facebook bug has camera activated while people are using the app
Disney Plus’ launch marred by complaints of service failures, login problems
Exoskeleton helps paralyzed US veteran cross NYC Marathon finish line
Amazon to open a new brand of grocery store in California next year, different from Whole Foods; job listings describe it as "Amazon's first grocery store"
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