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Microsoft confirms the new Skype for Web client does not work in Safari, Firefox, and Opera

Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection

Why does it cost millions to access publicly funded research papers? Blame the paywall

Amy Klobuchar suggests taxing companies making money off user data

'It feels like a morgue': Tesla employees say morale has fallen drastically as stores close and workers are let go

Mechanical engineers at Boston University have developed an “acoustic metamaterial” that can cancel 94% of sound

8 Steps Huawei Took to Steal IP from T-Mobile and Cover It Up

Silicon Valley startups backed by celebrities like Bill Gates are using gene-editing tool Crispr to make meat without farms — and to disrupt a $200 billion industry

JavaScript infinite alert prank lands 13-year-old Japanese girl in hot water

Zuckerberg’s So-Called Shift Toward Privacy - Facebook is happy to protect user data when doing so decreases the company’s civic responsibilities — but not when it threatens advertising revenue.

Smart alarms left 3 million cars vulnerable to hackers who could turn off motors

If We're Going to Break Up Big Tech, We Shouldn’t Forget Big Telecom

China bars millions from travel for ‘social credit’ offenses

Cryptography experts are already laughing at 'Facebook Coin'

Citrix says its network was breached by international criminals

Facebook removes fake accounts that tried to stir hate and political division in the UK and Romania

Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing

House to FCC's Ajit Pai: Your record-keeping may violate federal law - The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants to know how the FCC handles electronic records like emails, texts and social media posts.

Chelsea Manning jailed after refusing to testify about WikiLeaks

A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades

A New Gargantuan Drone Is Ready To Beam Internet From the Sky

Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs are on the way

Barking drones used on farms instead of sheep dogs

Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug next month

Shkreli directing notorious pharma co. from prison. It’s still losing millions

Elizabeth Warren's new plan: Break up Amazon, Google and Facebook

Pirated 4K 'Aquaman' rip suggests iTunes 4K movie DRM has been broken

Renewable energy to replace fossil fuels as UK's main power source for first time in history, government says

University of California's break with the biggest academic publisher could shake up scholarly publishing for good

A “serious” Windows zeroday is being actively exploited in the wild

Mark Zuckerberg has given us no reason to believe him.

Democrats’ net neutrality bill would fully restore Obama-era FCC rules

Millennials, Generation Z: Connected with thousands of friends – but feeling all alone

Tim Cook is now Tim Apple on Twitter

Ajit Pai’s rosy broadband deployment claim may be based on gigantic error

Tesla says new Superchargers let drivers fill up faster, 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes

European Parliament set to end EU-wide daylight saving

Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called 'letterboxing'

Senate report: Equifax neglected cybersecurity for years

Finland approves ban on coal for energy use from 2029

Some advertisers are quitting Facebook, chiding the company's 'despicable business model'

President Trump Praises His Good Friend 'Tim Apple'

Democrats’ net neutrality bill would fully restore Obama-era FCC rules

New law lets Russia jail people who 'disrespect' the government online.

U.S. officials reportedly created database of journalists, activists who covered migrant caravan .

“I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year,” Musk said. “Meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without an intervention, this year. I would say I am certain of that. That is not a question mark.”

Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database

U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

The president just called the CEO of Apple ‘Tim Apple’

Experts finally cracked the laptop of the crypto CEO who died with sole access to $137 million. But the money was already gone | Markets Insider