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Whatever happened to Reddit's 2014 plan to share equity with users via a cryptocurrency?

How to Enable Chrome's New Dark Mode on Android

Google Workers Share Stories of 'Systemic' Retaliation

Technology ethics campaigners offer plan to fight 'human downgrading'

WD Blue 3D SSD Now Available In 4TB Capacity

CIA Allegedly Told Australia That Huawei Is Funded By Chinese State Security, Army

The Lost Civilization of Dial-Up Bulletin Board Systems

Google updates misconduct reporting amid employee discontent

Amazon posts record $3.6 billion profit in first three months of 2019

The first laser radio transmitter: Researchers transmit data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi

United Airlines says it’s now covering those surprise seatback webcams

Lack of People Buying New Smartphones Leads to Record-Low Upgrades for AT&T and Verizon

YouTube recommended a Russian media site thousands of times for analysis of Mueller’s report, a watchdog group says

THE SOUND OF JUSTICE The original records of Nazi atrocities were at risk of being lost - this is how they were saved

Fusion power start-ups go small in effort to bring commercial reactors to life - After decades of research and development, fusion may be poised for its “SpaceX moment."

The Terrifying Potential of the 5G Network—susceptibility to surveillance and cyberattacks.

Kodi alternative Mobdro steals users' Wi-Fi passwords, seeks to access shared media and installed apps

NSA Recommends Dropping Phone-Surveillance Program

Slack Discloses $141 Million Loss as Messaging Start-Up Joins Tech Listing Rush

New York's Attorney General is investigating Facebook for harvesting 1.5 million users' email data without their consent

Nancy Pelosi tells Senate to ‘wake up’ and vote on net neutrality

Of Course Wireless Carriers Are Fighting a Bill That Stops Them From Throttling Firefighter's Data

TurboTax intentionally hides its free tax filing service from Google search results

Huawei reportedly gets the green light to participate in Britain’s 5G rollout, a would-be setback for the U.S.

Founder of Voat, the ‘Censorship-Free’ Reddit, Begs Users to Stop Making Death Threats Voat founder Justin Chastain said that a “US agency” had contacted the platform, allegedly over threats on the website.

Technology can now grow diamonds in a lab with over 2 million times fewer carbon emissions than mined diamonds.

Lime Scooters Hacked to Say Sexual Things to Riders in Australia

Amazon's system for tracking its warehouse workers can automatically fire them

DNS over HTTPS is coming whether ISPs and governments like it or not

Facebook hit with three privacy investigations in a single day – TechCrunch

Put Another Zero on Facebook’s Fine. Then We Can Talk. -- A $3 billion to $5 billion penalty for privacy violations won’t change anything.

TurboTax Deliberately Hides Its Free File Page From Search Engines

Amazon's warehouse worker tracking system can automatically fire people without a human supervisor's involvement

This ISP Is Offering a 'Fast Lane' for Gamers...For $15 More Per Month - Priority routing services like Cox Communication's 'Elite Gamer' offer are usually a mixed bag, and in many instances provide no discernible benefit at all.

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If You Care About Privacy, Throw Your Amazon Alexa Devices Into the Sea

FTC gives two companies a slap on the wrist after appalling hacks

Amazon plans to make Prime shipping one-day by default

Facebook expects to be fined up to $5 billion over privacy scandals

Microsoft will no longer recommend forcing periodic password resets

Who Owns Huawei? The Company Tried to Explain. It Got Complicated.

Scientists create never-ending livestream of AI-generated death metal

Twitter reportedly won't use an algorithm to crack down on white supremacists because some GOP politicians could end up getting banned too

Wireless carriers fight ban on throttling firefighters during emergencies

Skip the Surveillance By Opting Out of Face Recognition At Airports

Runaway Saudi sisters call for 'inhuman' woman-monitoring app to be pulled - Maha and Wafa al-Subaie called for Absher, which supports male guardianship system, to be removed by Google and Apple

W.H.O. Says Limited or No Screen Time for Children Under 5

Cox's Elite Gamer - New $19.99/mo service for "priority access to data" ie: fastlanes

'It's time for us to watch them': App lets you spy on Alexa and the rest of your smart devices

GoDaddy Takes Down 15,000 Spammy 'Snake Oil' Subdomains

New York City Passes Law Requiring Green Roofs on New Buildings - The city's new green building legislation will result in the equivalent of taking more than one million cars off the road by 2030.