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Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Selling Customers’ Location Data

Warning for those going to BlizzCon 2019; Ticketing app AXS scrapes everything it can get from your phone

Lyft says it's 'not in the transportation business' to avoid complying with disability law

Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Selling Customers’ Location Data

Ex-YouTube developer reveals how he 'conspired to kill IE6' -- Unendorsed YouTube web banner may have helped obliterate Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 usage.

5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting

DuckDuckGo Proposes 'Do-Not-Track Act of 2019'

Uber is facing Australian class action suit alleging 'unlawful conduct'

This Airbnb for pre-K is trying to fix early childhood education

30 countries unite over Huawei 5G security concerns.

Jeff and Mckenzie Bezos' combined net worth equal to the home equity of the entire city of San Francisco

Firefox disabled all add-ons because a certificate expired

Mozilla Will Block Firefox Add-Ons That Contain Obfuscated Code

All Firefox users world wide lose their add-ons after a cert used for verifying add-ons expires

Windows Solitaire inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame

Facebook bans breast cancer fundraising campaign, says it does not meet partial-nudity policy

We’re on a stamp! Raspberry Pi in Royal Mail series celebrating British Engineering

14% of “Normal” Americans Think Facebook is the Next Social Network to Shut Down

Scientists successfully 3D print an organ that mimics lungs.

Seven weeks later, videos of New Zealand attack still circulating on Facebook and Instagram

YouTube confirms plans to make Originals available for free

Researchers find Twitter is good for amplifying lies

A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain Hijacking Spree

Putin signs “Internet sovereignty” bill that expands censorship - Bill mandates Internet filtering and creates a Russian version of DNS.

Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr and restore site to former porn-filled glory

FCC Presses AT&T Over Disturbing Location Privacy Policies

ACLU: Border Agents Violate Constitution When They Search Electronic Devices

A man who accidentally swallowed his AirPod found that it still worked after passing through his digestive system: 'The battery was still at 41%'

An Apple lobbyist just sneakily pushed California to postpone its right-to-repair bill

The Doorbell Company That’s Selling Fear: Amazon-owned firm is hiring editors to push local crime news to its users

Chinese developer arrested after compromising every single drone by 'accidentally' posting DJI’s private keys on Github

Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies

Right to Repair Bill Killed After Big Tech Lobbying In Ontario - The bill would have been the first in North America to empower average people to repair their own devices.

Pornhub Is "Extremely Interested" In Acquiring Tumblr

It turns out the FCC ‘drastically overstated’ US broadband deployment after all

Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr after squandering its potential.

Mozilla announces ban on Firefox extensions containing obfuscated code

Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as 'dangerous'

China uses smartphone app to target people for investigation: Human Rights Watch

Netflix’s new high-quality audio adjusts to match your internet speeds

Sinister secret backdoor found in networking gear perfect for government espionage: The Chinese are – oh no, wait, it's Cisco again

Amazon says fully automated shipping warehouses are at least a decade away.

Google adds option to auto-delete your location history and web activity

Google can now automatically delete your location, app, and search activity data

Shareholders call for Google’s parent company to be broken up

Alaska will connect to the continental US via a 100-terabit fiber optic network

Smoking, depression apps sell your data to Google and Facebook, study finds

Russia signs law that requires ISPs to be able to disconnect from the outside internet. They're also required to route traffic through Russian servers.

CRISPR used to create antidote to the world's most venomous animal

“Sinema is Corrupt!” Activists unleash crowdfunded billboard calling out Arizona senator for helping Big Telecom kill net neutrality