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‘Right to repair’ law may run into the changing definition of ‘ownership’
If you buy something today, what exactly are you buying? Opinions on that "what" are very divided, and the answer could determine the path of a push to give...
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How four-person startup Luminopia is using TV to treat lazy eye
If you’re diagnosed with lazy eye – otherwise known as amblyopia – as a child, there are only a few options at your disposal. You can wear an eye patch, you can take eye drops, or you can wear corrective lenses. Or, in the future pending FDA clearance, you could watch TV. That’s the central idea […
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NFT Projects are just MLMs for Tech Elites
A somewhat impartial review of current NFT business models
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German intelligence can't spy on foreigners outside Germany
Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that monitoring the internet traffic of foreign nationals abroad by the BND intelligence agency partly breaches the constitution.
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No More Flash Support in Firefox by the End of 2020
Mozilla has decided to drop support for Flash for the Firefox browser. This change is going to happen by December 2020, and the reason is security.
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Telegram shuts down its cryptocurrency operation
The SEC has cracked down.
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Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team
Cleaning it all up is a big job
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Amazon is cracking down on internal communication after a surge in worker activism
The company says it’s more widely enforcing rules around mass emails as part of a routine audit. Some employees see it as an attack on worker organizing.
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Microsoft Teams goes down just as Europe logs on to work remotely
Teams users are having a hard time singing in and sending messages
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Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect. The Cops Say That's Not True.
Clearview AI has built a database of billions of photos that it says can reveal just about anyone's true identity. But there are troubling questions about its past.
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Epic Games suing Fortnite tester who leaked Chapter 2
The lawsuit alleged the leaker spoiled ‘the suspense that Epic had been working to generate’ for months
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Kickstarter’s Tumultuous Journey to Where No Tech Company Has Gone Before: Unionization
The company has fired two organizers in just over a week.
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Google collects face data now. Here's what it means and how to opt out
The new Face Match technology isn't everywhere yet, but it's always looking. Find out what's happening with your face data and what you can do to stop it.
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Google is helping to power a US immigration cloud project, new documents show
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has a contract for Google services.
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Sony celebrates 40 years of Walkman in Tokyo
Four decades of portable, personal music
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Cambridge startup claims breakthrough electric car battery that can charge in 6 minutes
A startup that spun out of Cambridge University claims a battery breakthrough that can charge an electric car in just six minutes. It’s something we heard before, but the difference here is that they claim that they can commercialize the new battery as soon as next year.
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Hyundai launches car with a roof-based solar charging system
Going forward, the firm plans to introduce the technology to its other models.
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Amazon delivery robots will roam the streets of Southern California
A fleet of Amazon 'Scout' delivery robots will roam the streets of Southern California as part of the firm's largest trial of automated 'last mile' delivery.
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iBook Turns 20: Watch Steve Jobs Unveil the World's First Notebook With Wireless Internet
Upon returning to Apple in the late 1990s, Steve Jobs came up with a 2×2 product grid in an effort to simplify Apple's then-bloated lineup.
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TikTok is being investigated in the UK for how it handles children’s data and safety
TikTok is being investigated in the U.K. for how it handles the safety and personal data of underage users.
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