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ICE has run facial-recognition searches on millions of Maryland drivers
Apple, TikTok decline to testify in a March congressional hearing probing their ties with China; both firms had declined to testify in a similar hearing in Nov.
Sources detail the rising clout of Joel Kaplan and other conservatives at Facebook during the Trump administration
Streaming platforms like Roku and Hulu aren't subject to the same political ad transparency rules as broadcasters even as campaigns and PACs buy ads on them
Ring and Nest helped normalize American surveillance and turned us into a nation of voyeurs – For all the worries about hacking, owners of Internet-connected cameras say they love watching people silently from afar — often their own family members
Compromised encryption machines gave CIA window into major human rights abuses in South America
Corporations are working with the Trump administration to control online speech
Don’t sell my data! We finally have a law for that – You’re going to have to jump through some hoops, but you can ask companies to access, delete and stop selling your data using the new California Consumer Privacy Act – even if you don’t live in California.
Workers on Google's outsourced maps team say they alter maps based not just on history and local laws but also on whims of diplomats and Google executives
‘The intelligence coup of the century’
Pinboard · 2 weeks ago
Lax FAA oversight let Southwest Airlines put millions of passengers at risk
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened.
Reddit · 3 weeks ago
The delays in the Iowa caucus test tech companies' policies on falsehoods, as conspiracies flood social media and political figures call it "rigged" on Twitter
Activision raises $1.6 million via Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for Australia fire relief
YouTube shows how it's cracking down on election disinformation: removing doctored and misleading videos, as well as those questioning a candidate's eligibility
The Technology 202: Pinterest bans misinformation about voting and the census
DoT proposes to narrow the definition of service animal on planes
Facebook, Google and Twitter scramble to stop misinformation about coronavirus
Facebook says its Off-Facebook Activity tool, which lets users clear all the data passed onto Facebook by other apps and sites, is now available globally
Analysis | Mike Pompeo’s blatant gaslighting attempt
To fight new employment law, Uber pits California drivers against each other
WaPo: We don’t know whether MBS hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone. We do know spyware is everywhere.
A meticulous analysis led to a diagnosis of diabetes insipidus
Virtual reality is helping surgeons train for surgeries.
Federal filings: Google spent ~$150M on lobbying over the past decade in the US, followed by Facebook with ~$81M, and Amazon at nearly $80M
Techmeme · 1 month ago
Glenn Greenwald charged with cybercrimes for reports exposing alleged corruption
Opinion | George Conway: Why Trump had to hire this legal odd couple
A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage
'A Very Stable Genius' book excerpt: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals – The Washington Post
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Massachusetts court orders Facebook to hand over data on apps that may have violated users’ privacy.
Tile accused Apple of acting anti-competitively at a House antitrust hearing on Friday, while Sonos testified against Google, and PopSockets against Amazon
Techmeme · 1 month ago
The e-sports industry is increasingly coming under tax scrutiny by US states, amid ever-rising sums of prize money and an uptick in interstate competitions
CollegeHumor shuts down
NSA found a dangerous Microsoft software flaw and alerted the firm — rather than weaponize it
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A look at problems actors in video games face, including a lack of standard contracts, as the profession falls in a legal gray area between technology and art
People are seeing ‘Cats’ while high out of their minds. These are their stories.
TikTok outlines more concrete global content moderation rules following criticism, including banning election misinformation and videos glorifying terrorism
Dating apps need women. Advertisers need diversity. AI companies offer a solution: Fake people
Facebook bans deepfakes, but its new policy may not cover simpler forms of deception like with the distorted Pelosi video
Ivanka Trump’s CES keynote address sparks backlash
As AB5 takes effect, Uber added features in California like allowing drivers to be favorited, in its apparent attempt to claim that drivers are independent
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Native American tribe insulates itself from CA blackouts with microgrid utility
A top Google exec pushed the company to commit to human rights. Then Google pushed him out, he says.
Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies
Reddit · 2 months ago