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Big Tech feels the heat as US moves to protect consumer data

Facebook teams with rightwing Daily Caller in factchecking program - "Facebook’s controversial factchecking program is partnering with the Daily Caller, a rightwing website that has pushed misinformation and is known for pro-Trump content"

Mozilla plans to enable Hyperlink Ping Tracking by Default in Firefox

Detecting Russian Bots on Reddit using Machine Learning

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Inches Closer to Making Hyperloop a Reality

Scientists fired from cancer centre after being accused of 'stealing research for China.'

Defense against the Darknet, or how to accessorize to defeat video surveillance. Boffins from Belgium break people recognition software with a colorful placard

Hands off Brock! EFF pleads with Google not to kill its Privacy Badger with its Manifest destiny

Fake reviews: How the Facebook 'factories' are still ripping us off

Court documents show Apple purposefully bought pools of cheap patents to help make Qualcomm’s royalty demands appear overpriced

Government Seeks to Eliminate Internet Anonymity – With Severe Penalties - Users of online forums in Austria will have to provide operators with their true identities or risk fines that could run into the millions.

MD Anderson ousts 3 scientists over concerns about Chinese data theft

A ransomware attack took The Weather Channel off the air

Facebook's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Privacy Week

Twitter bot activity spiked after the release of the Mueller Report

Microsoft staff are openly questioning the value of diversity

CIA offers proof Huawei has been funded by China's military and intelligence.

The Mueller Report Can’t Be Copyrighted, Is Flagged by Copyright Bots Anyway

Facebook fights to “shield Zuckerberg” from punishment in US privacy probe

Netflix is testing a ‘random episode’ feature for its TV shows

McAfee joins Sophos, Avira, Avast—the latest Windows update breaks them all

Porn sites offer loopholes to get around web ban as BBFC admits it is powerless to stop tech savvy teens

Apple accused of fraud for hiding drop in iPhone sales leading to losses for investors

Let's start demanding hardware "off" switches for webcams and smart phone cameras/mics

'Unjustified and Unnecessary': DHS Could Use Facial Recognition on 97% of Departing Airline Passengers | Advocacy groups say the department's program poses a serious threat to civil liberties

2/3 of U.S. voters say 100% renewable electricity by 2030 is important

Foxconn insists still committed to 13,000 Wisconsin jobs; created just 178 last year

Uber and Lyft drivers say apps are short-changing wages while raising fares - Drivers for both ridesharing companies say riders are paying more for price surges, but drivers aren’t receiving extra pay

Student Fried $58,000-Worth of College Computers Using 'USB Killer' Device

Federal investigation of Facebook could hold Mark Zuckerberg accountable on privacy, sources say

Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband - Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.

Facebook now says its password leak affected ‘millions’ of Instagram users

How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer. Design shortcuts meant to make a new plane seem like an old, familiar one are to blame

Apple Paid an Estimated $5-$6 Billion to Settle Qualcomm Dispute, Plus $8-$9 Per iPhone in Royalty Fees

Facebook bans far right groups and leaders

A Mystery Agent Is Doxing Iran's Hackers and Dumping Their Code

Facebook waited until the Mueller report dropped to tell us millions of Instagram passwords were exposed

The French publisher behind the 'Assassin’s Creed' series is donating half a million Euros and its detailed research to help rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral

Mozilla details Pyodide, which brings Python to browsers

Samsung's folding phone breaks for reviewers

Facebook bans far right groups and leaders

Werner Herzog: 'Piracy Has Been The Most Successful Form of Distribution Worldwide'

US facial recognition will cover 97 percent of departing airline passengers within four years

Microsoft refused to sell facial recognition tech to law enforcement

You can now download the source code for all Infocom text adventure classics - Yes, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Zork are both included.

Microsoft loses control over Windows Tiles subdomain

Multiple Reviewers Facing Broken Galaxy Fold Devices After Just Days of Use

Google Fiber to pay nearly $4 million to Louisville in exit deal

Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' email contacts from 1.5M users

Google accused of sabotaging Firefox, again. Google had intentionally slowed down the YouTube loading performance of Firefox and Edge. Google “switched to using a JavaScript library for YouTube that they knew wasn’t supported by Firefox,”