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The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force of a nuclear weapon — with no fallout

The Final Version of the EU's Copyright Directive Is the Worst One Yet

Google is reportedly hiding behind shell companies to scoop up tax breaks and land

Facebook may face multi-billion dollar fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal

Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have crippled ad blockers

Facebook, Google, CDC under pressure to stop anti-vax garbage from spreading

Chinese facial recognition database exposes 2.5m people

I'm a neuroscientist / former brain bank manager who's developing an app to help researchers spend less time glued to microscopes in the lab. Ask me anything!

18,000 Android apps track users by violating advertising ID policies

Ajit Pai helped Charter kill consumer-protection rules in Minnesota

Twitter has been storing your ‘deleted’ DMs for years - Including those sent to and from deactivated or suspended accounts

Ad code 'slows down' browsing speeds - Ads are responsible for making webpages slow to a crawl, suggests analysis of the most popular one million websites.

ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces

Google removing ability for sites to detect Chrome Incognito Mode

Insurance Giant Allstate Buys Independent Phone Repair Company, Joins Right to Repair Movement

Elon Musk-backed AI Company Claims It Made a Text Generator That's Too Dangerous to Release

Apple, Google pressured to drop Saudi app that tracks women

GAO gives Congress go-ahead for a GDPR-like privacy legislation - Government officials, academia, and advocacy groups say it's time for the US to get its own GDPR-type law.

The nuclear city goes 100% renewable: Chicago may be the largest city in the nation to commit to 100% renewable energy, with a 2035 target date. And the location says a lot about the future of clean energy.

Truth in Cable Billing Bills Introduced - Would also disallow arbitration clauses

Skeptical of Artificial Intelligence? You Can Blame the Media This Time - Cutbacks in science and tech staffs have led to PR-driven coverage that fails to educate a public that wants to know the real story.

Facebook may face multi-billion dollar fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal

An agency hid Tesla crash data for nearly 2 years

TVA board votes to close coal plants despite Trump tweet

FCC chairman threatens 'regulatory intervention' if telecoms don't combat robocalls by 2020: "American consumers are sick and tired of unwanted robocalls, this consumer among them," says Ajit Pai

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

Facebook Is Negotiating a Record Multi-Billion Dollar Fine for Its Privacy Problems: Report

How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition - Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories - ‘Repetition of information, even if false, can often be mistaken for accuracy.’

Bold Plan? Replace the Border Wall with an Energy–Water Corridor: Building solar, wind, natural gas and water infrastructure all along the U.S.–Mexico border would create economic opportunity rather than antagonism

Woman With Womb Transplanted From Deceased Donor Successfully Gives Birth

Hacker who stole 620 million records strikes again, stealing 127 million more

Amazon drops plan to build headquarters in New York City

California Governor wants you to get a cut of the cash tech companies make from your data

Amazon caught selling counterfeits of publisher’s computer books—again

Ajit Pai orders phone companies to adopt new anti-robocall tech in 2019

Amazon Will Pay a Whopping $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits

These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop

Today in thoughtcrime: UK bill makes clicking on ‘terrorism’ links worth a jail term

Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus

The Final Version of the EU's Copyright Directive Is the Worst One Yet

Tesla's Model 3 ranked 'most satisfying' car, more than Porsche or Corvette

ISPs Are Violating the Old Net Neutrality Rules

No evidence playing violent video games leads to aggressive behaviour in teens, study finds: 'The idea that violent video games drive real-world aggression is a popular one, but it hasn’t tested very well over time'

Google joins Apple in probing Saudi app that lets men control where women travel, as pressure piles on the tech giants to kill the service

Movie Torrents Shown To Actually Boost Box Office Sales For Post-Release Movies

In 2017, the Feds said Tesla Autopilot cut crashes 40% - turns out that number was bogus

Americans Lost $143 Million In Online Relationship Scams Last Year

Government watchdog finds weak enforcement of US privacy regulations

The stolen Equifax data has never been found and experts suspect a spy scheme