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Lab-Grown Human Retinas Illuminate How Eyes Develop Color Vision

Money mysteriously disappearing from Apple accounts linked to Apple IDs

Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data From 14 Million People

Smart Home Surveillance: Governments Tell Google's Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times

So many people have had their DNA sequenced that they've put other people's privacy in jeopardy

No, Google, We Did Not Consent to This - The company knew about a privacy glitch and kept quiet. That has to stop.

Apple watch worn by Saudi journalist may have transmitted evidence of his death, Turkish paper reports

Bruce Schneier - Internet Hacking Is About to Get Much Worse

Apple to Australia: “This is no time to weaken encryption”

Real World AI: The Big Problem With Machine Learning Algorithms in Investing -- The potential for tapping new data sets is enormous, but the track record is mixed.

Apple under fire for allegations of controversial business practices

MIT engineers develop new material that pulls carbon from air to self-repair

More than 60% of Donald Trump’s Twitter followers look suspiciously fake

Facebook keeps asking for our trust even as it loses control of our data

The Only Secure Facebook Account Is The One You Delete

Facebook keeps asking for our trust even as it loses control of our data.

Facebook Doesn't Deserve Your Information - “We have a responsibility to protect your information," Mark Zuckerberg said in March. "If we can’t, we don’t deserve it."

A military expert explains why social media is the new battlefield: ‘Social media rewards not morality or veracity, but virality’

FCC tells court it has no “legal authority” to impose net neutrality rules - FCC defends repeal in court, claims broadband isn't "telecommunications."

Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide “Broad Benefits”

Twitter under investigation for allegedly refusing to reveal how it tracks you.

Facebook says the FBI has asked it not to reveal who might be behind an hack that affected 30 million people

This mysterious website charges you 99 cents to see who else has paid 99 cents

A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers: Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already

Oh Look, The FCC Is Lying Again In Its Latest Court Filings On Net Neutrality

Cops told ‘Don’t look’ at new iPhones to avoid Face ID lock-out.

Facebook hack update: 30 million accounts affected by security breach.

World’s fastest camera freezes time at 10 trillion frames per second

Hackers hide cryptocurrency mining malware in Adobe Flash updates

Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year

Google Maps: Man divorces wife after he sees her with someone else on street view

New Bill Tries To Ban Obnoxious Hidden Fees On Broadband, TV

In EPIC Suit, National Archives Identifies Thousands of Kavanaugh E-mails on Surveillance Programs

NY to invest $40M in solar energy storage technology

Amazon Owes Wikipedia Big-Time, Smart speakers are taking advantage of the free labor of Wikipedia volunteers.

45 Out of 50 Electronics Companies Illegally Void Warranties After Independent Repair, Sting Operation Finds - New research showed that 90 percent of contacted companies told customers that repairing their own device would void the warranty; that's illegal under federal law.

Facebook is removing hundreds of American accounts spamming political misinformation

Amazon patents Alexa tech to tell if you’re sick, depressed and sell you meds

The Google+ Bug Is More About The Cover-Up Than The Crime

Florida man rebuilds Chuck E. Cheese robots in his bedroom, refurbishes them work with modern computers

Former Reddit product head Dan McComas: 'I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place'

Material designed by MIT engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The polymer continuously converts the greenhouse gas into a carbon-based material that reinforces itself.

Microsoft is now a top five PC maker in the US thanks to Surface

The banana is dying. The race is on to reinvent it before it's too late

When Police Misuse Their Power to Control News Coverage, They Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Use Probable Cause As a Shield Against Claims of First Amendment Violations

Washington Gov. Inslee says state is ready for Trump attack on net neutrality law: ‘Bring it on’

Remember When Facebook Promised a Delete Button for Your Sent Messages?

Tesla remotely extends car batteries to help with Hurricane Michael

The Pentagon's Weapons Are 'Easily Hacked' With 'Basic Tools' - A new government report reveals that it took hackers just one hour to gain access to a weapon system, and the Pentagon didn't change the default password on "multiple" systems.

Microsoft open-sources 60,000 patents to help Linux avoid lawsuits