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T20 World Cup Qualifier set to be axed for 2021

Firefox privacy protections reveal who’s trying to track you

Reddit’s automoderator is the future of the internet, and deeply imperfect | The good: AutoMod saves time and prevents potential mental health issues. The bad: Humans still have to clean up after it.

Australia Wants to See Your Face Before You Watch Porn, Which Is a Dumb Idea — As part of an effort to age-verify pornography in Australia, the Department of Home Affairs is offering the services of its facial recognition program.

A Melbourne startup is building a fleet of autonomous submarines to create a Google Street View for the ocean floor

New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 Android devices

Maxwell takes indefinite break from cricket to deal with mental health difficulties

Glenn Maxwell takes break from cricket to deal with 'difficulties with regards to mental health'

The DNA database used to find the Golden State Killer is a national security leak waiting to happen

Saha expects Indian pacers to call the shots in D-N Test at Eden Gardens

Twitter CEO announces no more political ads.

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Interior Department Grounds Aerial Drone Fleet, Citing Risk From Chinese Manufacturers: Department has more than 800 drones, all of which are either made in China or have Chinese parts

America's 5G auctions are going to make someone a fortune – but whom, and who pays?

Steve Wozniak says autonomous cars aren't happening

Younger Americans are willing to pay twice as much as their parents for clean energy

Hosts New Zealand start out as favourites against fresh-faced England

WBBL 2019 - Standing alone and standing apart

Twitter blocking all political ads globally starting in November

Facebook's head of news defends the company's decision to include sites like Breitbart in its curated News section: 'I will always stand by their right to express their views'

Facebook agrees to pay UK data watchdog’s Cambridge Analytica fine but settles without admitting liability

Spain and GitHub Are Blocking an App That Helped Protesters Organize - As thousands of people protest in Barcelona, an app meant to organize activists was blocked by Github on request of the government.

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The Xbox studio battling mental illness with video games and neuroscience - The Insight Project is Ninja Theory's ambitious plan to combine neuroscience, biometric sensors and game design to treat mental illness.

Elon Musk casually tweeted that he'd donate $1 million to a tree-planting cause. Jack Dorsey and YouTube are following suit.

the Internet Inventors

Phone-based VR is officially over

Andrew McDonald appointed Australia's assistant coach

The IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence Over Free File Program

England women appoint Lisa Keightley as head coach

NordVPN ups security following cyberattack

CSA sinks deeper into administration quagmire

Live Cricket Score - Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I

The Truth Is The Military Has Been Researching "Anti-Gravity" For Nearly 70 Years

Yale researchers develop high-powered neural network

Poor kids spend nearly 2 hours more on screens each day than rich kids - Kids from more affluent families have more access to tech but use it less.

Hayley Matthews set for return against India after eight-match ban

Elon Musk donates $1 million to plant trees after testifying that he’s cash-poor - Musk admitted his illiquidity as part of an ongoing defamation suit

Blizzard lost a big sponsor after the Hong Kong outcry: Mitsubishi - Blizzard lost the trust of its fans, and some money too

The toxic bubble of technical debt threatening America

Currys PC World latest to be hit by eBay scam after PayPal copycats steal up to £500k

ODI objective achieved, England begin hunt for a T20 encore

This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads

Cyber Security Strategy 2020: Civil society experts slam 'national security' agenda| The goal of an 'open and free internet' has been dropped from Australia's proposed national cybersecurity strategy. Job done, apparently.

Netflix wants to let people watch things at twice the speed, but Hollywood is pushing back

Australia To Use Face Verification For Accessing porn

China’s leaders have embraced blockchains (er, minus the decentralized bit) - MIT Technology Review

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We will bring in a contract system for first-class cricketers - Ganguly

Spotify is profitable once again as it cuts costs and adds cheaper plans

Facebook is failing to prevent another human rights tragedy playing out on its platform, report warns

On this day in 1969, the first successful message on the ARPANET was sent by UCLA student programmer Charley Kline, at 10:30pm (PST), and arguably beginning the Information Age

How Silicon Valley breeds boredom, loneliness and vanity

Elon Musk offers discounted solar panels and batteries after California blackouts: Millions are without power as fires rage and preemptive outages become the new norm

Dean Ahmad: The young player agent with an experienced vision

Australian regulator files lawsuit against Google for data collection

Carey to lead strong Australia A side for Pakistan tour game

Blue Light Isn't the Main Source of Eye Fatigue and Sleep Loss

Australian Government sues Google over lying about collecting location data

FCC to ban Huawei and ZTE gear from federal subsidy program

Top Linux developer on Intel chip security problems: 'They're not going away.' Greg Kroah-Hartman, the stable Linux kernel maintainer, says we're going to see Intel chip security problems for years to come.

Security researcher gets access to all Xiaomi pet feeders around the world

Australian consumer watchdog sues Google for 'misleading' conduct

US proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers target sports organizations

Facebook allows prominent right-wing website to break the rules

This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads

Diesel and petrol-fuelled cars banned in Brussels by 2035

The Department of Home Affairs proposes using face scanning tech to verify Aussie porn users are over 18

How Aldous Huxley prophesied the Big Data nightmare | Those in power use mind-melting entertainment to distract us, Huxley said. Have we realized his dystopia?

The Real Mark Zuckerberg Is A Lot Less Impressive Than The Movie Version

Zamna raises $5M to automate airport security checks between agencies using blockchain

Download Opera Browser 2019 free for PC and mobile

Air Force X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after 780-day mission

Mitchell Starc to miss second T20I against Sri Lanka

The corners of my screen have fallen off

China passes law regulating data encryption

TikTok hits back over China influence claims

Google algorithm 'hogs' internet traffic, researchers show

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Cách tìm iphone bị mất bằng Iclound với chức năng Find My Iphone

Google won’t let Google Maps, Waze, and other apps use Pixel 4’s Smooth Display

Watchmen, explained: Easter eggs and references from episode 2 of HBO’s series

Microsoft shows off prototype VR controller with force-feedback for grasping

Air Force's X-37B space plane lands after record 780 days in orbit

Why Does Android Break Up Text Messages?

SpaceX is on a mission to beam cheap, high-speed internet to consumers all over the globe. The project is called Starlink, and if it's successful it could forever alter the landscape of the telecom industry.

Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Facebook Still Can't Figure Out How To Deal With Naked Breasts

Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020

Facebook takes down fake political ad meant to test its fact checking - It highlighted Facebook's reluctance to fact-check politicians.

Where does computing technology go from here?

Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and led to child blindness’ - Eco groups and global treaty blamed for delay in supply of vitamin-A enriched Golden Rice.

A lightbulb moment for nuclear fusion? Boris Johnson’s gung-ho claims may be wide of the mark, but scientists pursuing the holy grail of energy generation are taking giant steps

The Ocean Cleanup expands to polluted rivers: Watch The Ocean Cleanup unveil its new automated system The Interceptor, which will be deployed to catch plastic debris in rivers before it reaches our oceans.

My Round Up Of This Weeks Privacy News

Can computers prove theorems?

Australia kick-start home summer with their biggest T20I win