Canadian court orders three VCs including Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya to pay $15.69M over conspiracy to exchange Xtreme Labs shares at a discount
Sources: two US data recovery firms touting hi-tech solutions for unlocking data after ransomware attacks instead just paid the ransom and charged victims extra
Because of US law, Google keeps advertisers from naming sanctioned countries as targets or exclusions in campaigns, leading to ads being served in those places
Google details Translatotron, its project to directly translate speech from one language into speech in another without intermediate text
After 18 years, YTMND.com has shut down and is no longer accessible
Why Play a Music CD? ‘No Ads, No Privacy Terrors, No Algorithms’
Ajit Pai proposes new rule that would allow carriers to block robocalls- ‘The American people are fed up with illegal robocalls’
Now You Can Buy the First Ever 1TB microSD Card
Apple’s Supreme Court loss sends antitrust shockwaves through tech industry
Four out of five people expect Facebook to have another data privacy issue this year
Donald Trump is short-circuiting the electronics industry – The latest round of tariffs are a nightmare scenario for manufacturers
Microsoft’s First Windows XP Patch in Years Is a Very Bad Sign
White House Says it Won’t Sign Global Pact for Tougher Measures on Online Violence
I’m a Managing Consultant who performs HIPAA Compliance and Cybersecurity Audits – AMA about security and how sensitive medical records are handled online!
Google Hides Payment Privacy Settings Behind Special URL
Canadian Border Agents Also Routinely Demanding Passwords From Travelers And Searching Their Devices
The FCC Flubbed the Puerto Rico Hurricane Response and Won’t Answer Questions About it – "The FCC has yet to conduct a vigorous investigation into the failure of the islands’ communications infrastructure, which was a major factor in the death toll."
U.S. Poised to Let Phone Companies Block Robocalls
Judge: Number of ‘Unprovable’ Piracy Cases is Alarmingly High
UK Phone and internet users to get end-of-contract alerts – BBC News
UK phone and broadband firms to be forced to tell customers if they could be on cheaper deals under new Ofcom rules
ImprovMX — Free email forwarding
DocScan — Equip the power to scan and organize hundreds of documents.
List of Free Books | Physics Database
The tyranny of ideas
Signature features – All this
Fastest High Schooler In The Country Completes A Crazy Comeback In Final Leg Of 4×400 Relay – Digg
Making a Fortune Telling Machine
Japan plans to create 10B 14-digit phone numbers with 5G era approaching
Wingtip Coupling at 15,000 Feet (2000) [pdf]
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Design notes: A free resource library for product designers
New Sears Logo
Wikimedia says all language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in China since late April; previously, China only blocked the Chinese language version
Samsung claims it will deliver 3nm chips with gate-all-around transistor tech in 2021, promising they'll be 35% faster and use 50% less power than its 7nm chips
In an advice memo, the National Labor Relations Board says Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees; a federal judge ruled similarly last year
Amazon breaks ground on its $1.5B Prime Air hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport with enough room for 100 planes, scheduled to open in 2021
geekwire.com · Techmeme · 2 years ago