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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
India’s Mandated Contact-Tracing App Is An Invasive, Insecure Mess
No matter how you feel about contact tracing, it’s been openly embraced by federal authorities around the world, from the UK, to Germany, to, well,you name it, as a way to curb the spread of the current pandemic. And while every country grapples with the long-term privacy implications of downloading this sort of tracking tech … Continued
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Tech NewsTech Policy
Judge Orders FCC to Hand Over IP Addresses Linked to Fake Net Neutrality Comments
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled the Federal Communications Commission must provide two reporters access to server logs that may provide new insight into the allegations of fraud stemming from agency’s 2017 net neutrality rollback. A pair of New York Times reporters—Nicholas Confessore and Gabriel Dance—sued the FCC under the Freedom of Information Act after … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Walmart Is Betting You’ll Ditch Amazon Prime for Its Expensive 2-Hour Delivery
In its latest attempt to keep up with Amazon’s indomitable hold on the e-commerce space, Walmart has announced it’s introducing two-hour delivery for nearly 2,000 stores in the coming weeks. The announcement follows a pilot program of the service at 100 stores that began in mid-April. In a statement, Walmart’s chief customer officer Janey Whiteside … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Reddit Furiously Backpedals on Chat Feature After Fierce Backlash
Earlier this week, Reddit announced it was introducing chat rooms to some of its subreddit communities. Then roughly a day later, that new feature was rolled back due to “several errors” and pissed off moderators. The “Start Chatting” feature was billed as a way for more redditors to connect over their favorite topics now that … Continued
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Tech News
This 1959 Film About the Bed of the Future Tried So Hard to Be Secretly Horny
What was the bed of the future supposed to look like? If you went to a British movie theater in 1959, you may have seen this high-tech bed of tomorrow displayed in a short film. before the main feature. But this bed wasn’t just about getting a good night’s sleep. There were also some suggestive nods … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
New Leaks Give an Almost Complete Picture of Dell’s Upcoming XPS 15 and 17
Earlier this year, Dell refreshed its excellent 13-inch ultra portable laptop, the XPS 13, with faster components and an updated design. Now, thanks to leaks spotted on Dell’s French website, it appears the XPS 13’s larger siblings, the XPS 15 and XPS 17, are due for updates soon. While the original leaked product listing has since … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Jeff Bezos Called to Testify for Amazon’s ‘Possibly Criminally False’ Statements to Congress
It appears Jeff Bezos’s streak as the only big tech robber baron not to be grilled by Congress is coming to a close. Cutthroat tactics are par for the course at Amazon, a company as closely associated with bullying subsidies out of local governments as it is with the burnout of its own employees. So … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Car and Truck Waffle Maker Is Like Eating Hot Wheels Vehicles For Breakfast
It doesn’t take much to convince anyone to eat a waffle; one of the few meals you can soak in syrup without feeling guilty. But that hasn’t stalled waffle maker innovation. Once you’ve constructed a waffle house from edible building blocks, you can now fill its driveway with edible waffle cars and trucks. The design … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Plex, the Build-Your-Own-Netflix Streaming Service, Is Now Streaming Crackle for Free
Plex’s free tier is getting a boost of thousands of TV and film titles thanks to a partnership with fellow free streaming service Crackle. Plex—the build-your-own streaming service hub for your content as well as that of its partners—offers free movies and TV on-demand with a login for its free, ad-supported tier. (Its premium tier, … Continued
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Tech News
GDC’s Rescheduled Summer Live Show Goes ‘Fully Digital’
The Game Developers Conference Summer is still taking place August 4th through 6th, but will now be entirely online, organizers announced in a statement Thursday. When GDC had to nix its live show at the last minute in March, organizers initially planned for a rescheduled in-person event this summer, no doubt hoping that the novel coronavirus pandemic … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
LinkedIn Now Has an AI to Help With Your Interview Game
As a record number of Americans grapple with unemployment in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, LinkedIn’s rolled out some AI-powered tools to help job seekers prepare for the nightmare fuel that is the interviewing process. Nailing an interview takes practice, no matter if you’re sweating it out in person or via a live … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Apple Has a Bright Future
Apple, a technology company you may remember from such hits as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch, has announced that it expects to remain in business through 2020. While the financial fate of the company appeared touch-and-go for a minute due to retail store closures and supply chain disruptions, Apple has not actually … Continued
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Tech NewsCrime
NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives
The New York City Police Department arrested a conspiracy theorist who issued death threats against former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and allegedly traveled to the city carrying over a dozen knives, the Daily Beast reported. The suspect also live-streamed her own arrest on Facebook. New York state has strict laws … Continued
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Tech NewsTech Policy
Democrats Seek Billions for U.S. Students Trapped at Home Without Internet
Classrooms are deserted and parents are grappling with exceptional challenges under the nationwide lockdown. None face a greater disadvantage, however, than those living in broadband dead zones. In poor and rural areas, many parents are driving their kids every day to the first place they can find with good wifi. The destinations for some students … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Whole Foods Workers Are Starting a Strike Fund
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to highlight the struggles of essential workers, those same workers—who are performing considerably more dangerous jobs than they signed up for—are getting more organized and more sophisticated in their organizing tactics. Case in point: Whole Worker. The grassroots group for Whole Foods employees, Whole Worker was one of many that … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Hey Wait a Minute, I Think I’ve Seen This Movie Before
Today in déjà vu: senior Trump administration officials have been pressing U.S. spy agencies to come up with evidence supporting unsubstantiated accusations that the novel coronavirus responsible for the ongoing global pandemic originated in a Chinese lab, according to the New York Times. The pressure is reportedly coming from several top Trump officials, including Secretary … Continued
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Tech NewsSick Days
‘My Wedding Photos Are the Last Photos I Have of “Normal”‘
This is Sick Days, a series documenting how jobs are changing during the coronavirus pandemic, as told by workers themselves. This week, we hear from an audio engineer, a hotel manager, and more. If you’d like to submit a story, use this Google form and provide as much detail as you’re comfortable with; read this post … Continued
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Tech NewsComputers
Raspberry Pi’s Latest Creation Is a $50 High-Quality Camera Board
While Raspberry Pi is best known for making tiny computers used in all sorts of DIY projects, the team is trying something slightly different with its latest creation: the High Quality Camera. Featuring a 12.3-MP Sony IMX 477 sensor, where the $50 High Quality Camera differs from Raspberry Pi’s previous camera boards is that instead … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Quibi’s Been Here Less Than a Month and It’s Already Leaking Data
Quibi, the baffling mobile-first video streaming service that launched earlier this month, has already been found doing some shady stuff with your data. A new report has found the company leaked user email addresses to several third-party advertising and analytics firms via its email verification process. The report was published on Medium by Zach Edwards, … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Movie Theaters Are Screwed
A long-standing debate about movies at home versus in the theater is reaching a tipping point. At the heart of the debate now is a public pissing match between AMC, one of the U.S.’s largest movie theater chain, and Universal Pictures, one of it largest production studios, over premium video on demand and theaters’ rights … Continued
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