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The U.K.’s version of the NSA wants access to encrypted chats. Here’s how it would work.
President Trump Loses — Government Can’t Block Critics on Social Media
Google as a landlord? A looming feudal nightmare – To fight a housing crunch of their own creation, tech companies are planning company towns worthy of Gilded Age robber barons
Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid
Apple pushes silent macOS update to remove web server secretly installed by Zoom
More than 1,000 Google Assistant recordings leaked, and oh boy
The German Navy Is Building A Laser Cannon
Academics steal data from air-gapped systems via a keyboard’s LEDs
Protesters demand Amazon break ties with Ice and Homeland Security
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From The Warehouse To IT: Amazon Offering 100,000 Workers Tech Training
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US charges Chinese software engineer Xudong Yao with stealing trade secrets from former American employer
Our phones are actively listening to our private conversations
YouTube Begins Blocking Stream-Ripping Sites
Canadian startup Deep Genomics uses AI to speed up drug discovery
Interoperability: Fix the Internet, Not the Tech Companies
Facebook now shows you who uploaded and shared your information for other advertisers to target you
Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics
A.I. Masters Six-Player Texas Hold’em, a White Whale for A.I. Researchers – A.I. is outgrowing perfect information games. That’s a big deal.
FCC commissioner blasts carriers for failure to fight robocalls – The Commission has called on phone companies to provide free call blockers, enabled by default
Self-driving shuttle crashed in Las Vegas because manual controls were locked away
Google’s Dead Wrong If It Thinks Broadband Caps Won’t Hurt Game Streaming
Industry Leaders Paint a Dark Picture of the “Right to Repair” Law – Consumer security experts across the globe have come together calling for economic justice for consumers safeguarding their right to choose repair sources. The bill is devised to put an end to the monopoly of technology giants.
‘Agent Smith’ malware replaces Android apps with fake ones on 25 million devices
Microsoft stirs suspicions by adding telemetry files to security-only update
Yep, human workers are listening to recordings from Google Assistant, too
Former Tesla employee admits uploading Autopilot source code to his iCloud – Tesla believes he stole company trade secrets and took them to Chinese startup, Xiaopeng Motors
Workers Rack Up Another Victory As California Preps to Classify Uber and Lyft Drivers as Employees
“Mozilla aren’t villains after all” – ISPs back down after public outcry
‘Google’s power is extraordinary’: businesses turn to the courts over bad reviews – Negative comments and low star ratings can make or break a company. But as Google finds itself embroiled in legal action, it warns defamation law could suppress consumer rights
Porn pirating lawyer jailed for five years – A US lawyer who uploaded pornography on to file-sharing sites then sued people who downloaded it, has been sentenced to five years in jail.
In world first, Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe collects samples from distant asteroid after second successful touchdown
Trump says today’s White House social media summit will focus on what he calls the ‘dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression’ practiced by companies like Facebook and Twitter
Google admits workers listen to private audio recordings from Google Home Smart Speakers.
Fast-food chains consider trying license plate recognition in drive-throughs
“This is crazy”: FCC kills part of San Francisco’s broadband-competition law
France has passed its new Big Tech tax—and the US is not happy
Google admits partners leaked more than 1,000 private conversations with Google Assistant
Twitter Goes Down During White House Social Media Summit
Twitter suffers widespread outage
New North Korean smartphone offering Wi-Fi, wireless charging: media | NK News
Former top executives at France’s largest communication company could face jail time after 35 employees killed themselves
Google contractors are secretly listening to your Assistant recordings
A hospital introduced a robot to help nurses. They didn’t expect it to be so popular
‘Agent Smith’ malware replaces legit Android apps with fake ones on 25 million devices
Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law Moving in the Senate
Court rules Amazon can be held responsible for defective third-party goods
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