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Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams From Secret China Project

Senators Call for Jail, Fines After Marriott Data Breach

Real-time data on the rise: By 2025, nearly 30% of data generated will be real-time

Facebook to require proof that political ads come from UK

'Red Dead Online' could cost Rockstar a billion dollars if it doesn't fix its economy quickly

Bethesda.net is broken: Why game makers who abandon Steam need to get the basics right

Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'

Google accused of ‘deceptive, misleading, manipulative’ tactics to track people

Google Hangouts might finally shut down in 2020

Someone hacked printers worldwide, urging people to subscribe to PewDiePie

Customer Service Chat Services See Everything You Type, Whether You Send it or Not

90 Percent of Chinese Apps Surveyed ‘Over-Collect Data’

How Instagram hides behind Facebook – and rakes in billions: Instagram’s parent company faces international scrutiny while the photo app retains its charming reputation

4K, 8K ultra-high-definition broadcasting begins in Japan

Facebook used people’s data as a bargaining chip, emails and court filings suggest.

It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep driver - The driver was arrested for drunk driving.

Chinese tech giant ZTE may have cheated US sanctions

Despite CRISPR baby controversy, Harvard University will begin gene-editing sperm

Microsoft surpasses Apple as most valuable public company

This New Atomic Clock Is So Precise Our Ability to Measure Gravity Constrains Its Accuracy

China tells tech companies to keep detailed records of users' activity

Windy weather carries Britain to renewable energy record - Windfarms supplied third of UK’s electricity this week, with output hitting 14.9GW high

Google employees are so angry about how Google handled plans for a censored Chinese search engine, some are talking about a strike

Marriott says 500 million Starwood guest records stolen in massive data breach

Home Routers Under Attack by NSA-Spawned Malware: What to Do

GCHQ’s not-so-smart idea to spy on encrypted messaging apps is branded ‘absolute madness’

Samsung’s Foldable Screen Technology Stolen and Sold to Chinese Firms

Blockchain study finds 0.00% success rate and vendors don't call back when asked for evidence

Marriott hack hits 500 million guests

More than 40 percent of world coal plants are unprofitable: report

Bethesda Facing Possible Class-Action Lawsuit Over Fallout 76

The Music Industry Asks US Government to Make 'Unauthorized Streaming' a Felony

Your 4K Netflix Streaming Is on a Collision Course With Your ISP's Data Caps - High-resolution video streaming is on the rise, but data caps could mean bigger bills for customers.

Google Assistant will now be nicer if you say “Please” and “Thank you”

Facebook fake news inquiry: the countries demanding answers - Legislators from Argentina to Ireland feel the firm has failed to get a grip on the issue, and they are ready to step in

Samsung and Apple No Longer Make Up 50% of the World's Active Smartphones as Chinese Brands Grow

Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

✊ Today is an Internet-wide day of action for net neutrality ✊

After Microsoft complaints, Indian police arrest tech support scammers at 26 call centers

Emails Show Facebook Considered Charging Companies for User Data Access

'The Whole Internet Is Watching': As Deadline Nears, Day of Action Takes Aim at House Members Still Standing Against Net Neutrality

ESPN Has Lost 14 Million Viewers In 7 Years Thanks To Cord Cutting

Lenovo to pay $7.3m for installing adware in 750,000 laptops

Data From Millions Of Smartphone Journeys Proves Cyclists Faster In Cities Than Cars And Motorbikes

Congress has refused to restore net neutrality as Dec. 10 deadline nears - There's almost no Republican support for forcing vote to restore net neutrality.

New York labor leaders: Amazon has 'record of routinely mistreating workers' - As Amazon looks to come to town, labor leaders tore into the company’s record on worker treatment in a new report

Take Zuckerberg's name off our city's hospital, says San Francisco politician - City leader cites ‘continued scandals’, as others begin to question the reputational cost of taking philanthropic funds from Facebook

ACLU Wants Release of Secret Court Order Demanding Facebook Build Surveillance Backdoor

Facebook Considered Charging for Access to User Data

California Is Still Trying to Gag IMDb. We're Telling A New Court: Don't Let It.