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Ecuador wanted to make Julian Assange a diplomat and send him to Moscow

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Facebook will no longer send employees to work at the offices of political campaigns during elections, the company has announced. The social network used to offer dedicated staff to political campaigns to help them develop their online advertising campaigns.

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White House distances itself from reports that Trump could target Facebook, Google and Twitter with a new executive order

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Comcast outbids Fox in a $39 billion takeover of Sky

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For Hackers, Anonymity Was Once Critical. That’s Changing.

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Samsung Slows Memory Chip Production to Keep Prices Stable

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China are now arresting citizens who used Twitter to ‘criticise’ and ‘denounce’ national leaders.

https://ift.tt/2xIgALN Source:https://twitter.com/taocomic/status/1043096732526161920https://twitter.com/azurewaylee/status/1043069363035680768Translate by u/HarunaKai[Censored] who live at [Censored]. His previous arrest history-public disturbance and was jailed for [~] days.At 2018/9/9 around 16:00, at [address], the said person ‘went over the wall’(yes, they used the word ‘翻墙’) and used a foreign website ‘twitter’ to criticise the party and nation leaders. Due to the serious nature (of this incident), he was placed under arrest.The above is confirmed by [evidence and other stuff].Based on [some bullshit law but do they even need a law to arrest people anyways?] he will be jailed for 10 days.[more bullshit bureaucratic stuff i don’t bother to translate]Hai Dian branch office. Beijing public security bureau.[Stamped]

Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway -- here are the results

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Huawei gave out free power banks to those queuing for iPhones at Orchard with ‘You’ll need it’ message

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Hacker gets a whopping 14 years in prison for running Scan4You service

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Linux developers threaten to pull “kill switch”

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New battery gobbles up carbon dioxide

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NASA team optimistic Curiosity Mars rover will soon be up and running

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The White House has drafted an executive order for President Donald Trump’s signature that would instruct federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to open investigations into the business practices of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and other social media companies.

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Cryptocurrency exchange claimed it was 'practically impossible' to hack. It was hacked.

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US cities react in fury to FCC's $2bn break for 5G telcos: We'll be picking up the tab, say officials - Federal price cap will undercut existing agreements, says just about every big city in America

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PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars

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Google scrambled to get employees to delete internal memo detailing plans for censored search in China, says report

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PayPal Cuts Off Infowars, Joining Other Tech Giants

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China is building a digital dictatorship to exert control over its 1.4 billion citizens. For some, “social credit” will bring privileges — for others, punishment.

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NYT sues FCC, says it hid evidence of Russia meddling in net neutrality repeal

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Micron tumbles after CFO says Trump China tariffs will hit gross margins

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NYT sues FCC, says it hid evidence of Russia meddling in net neutrality repeal

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PayPal bans Infowars for promoting hate.

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NYT sues FCC, says it hid evidence of Russia meddling in net neutrality repeal

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Amazon workers 'refuse' to build tech for US Immigration, citing Hilter

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FCC angers cities and towns with $2 billion giveaway to wireless carriers

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Password bypass flaw in Western Digital My Cloud gives anyone admin access. Yet another vendor ignores a security bug from researcher.

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NCIX Database Servers Sold at Auction Without Being Wiped

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Alarm over Australia’s government’s encryption bill rush

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European Union says Facebook must change rules by end of 2018

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China blocks Twitch game-streaming service. The services website and app is no longer reachable from mainland China, gamers report

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Former Google CEO predicts the internet will split in two by 2028 — and one part will be led by China

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You Can Make the House of Representatives Restore Net Neutrality

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John Deere Just Swindled Farmers Out of Their Right to Repair

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NCIX Data Breach - Database Of Unencrypted Customer Information And More Up For Sale

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New York Times Sues FCC for Net Neutrality Records

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Amazon plants fake packages in delivery trucks as part of an undercover ploy to 'trap' drivers stealing.

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Apple is secretly giving people 'trust scores' based on their iPhone data

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UK Wind Breaks Through 20 Gigawatt Mark - As a result, wind energy is now the UK’s largest source of renewable electricity, accounting for half of the 30% of power that came from renewable energy in 2017.

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Despite data caps and throttling, industry says mobile can replace home Internet

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