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Losing the night: Astronomers concerned about too many satellites lighting up the sky

Apple to take 'deeper look' at disputed borders - Apple says it is taking "a deeper look" at how it handles disputed borders.

Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views - Forbes and Business Insider are both well-known news sites. So is forbesbusinessinsider.com a new spin-off?

Here’s What’s Happening in the American Teenage Bedroom

My 12-Year-Old .IN Domain Transferred to Another Registrant Without Notification/Authorization

Researcher Arrested for Allegedly Teaching North Korea About Ethereum - Griffith has been arrested for allegedly giving a presentation on cryptocurrency in North Korea, where discussion touched on evading sanctions. He maintains his presentation contained basic concepts that could be found online.

What you think about this concept: Robot serving Sushi.

TikTok's catastrophic handling of a teen who posted anti-China videos shows it is almost impossible to run a viral platform while following China's rules

Orange Pi 4 launches at $60 with 4GB RAM

Best VPN for Streaming?

Currently best phone on market?

5g: the global human experiment without a safety study

why internet connection only seems to run 20% of it full speed?

Costco Pays Dearly for Shopping SNAFU

Can you help me identify this

I need help picking a laptop

How Teflon Tim Cook Gets Away With Enabling Donald Trump

I'm so technologically handicapped, someone help me!

China makes it a criminal offense to publish deepfakes or fake news without disclosure - Mirroring new California law on political ads

For Black Friday, Strikers Across Europe Demand Amazon Improve Working Conditions

Got a tech question or want to discuss tech? Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread

Virtual reality won't make cows happier, but it might help us see them differently

5G radiation no worse than microwaves or baby monitors: Australian telcos

Dubai Police Force to welcome Tesla Cybertrucks to its fleet

Airbus considering production of hybrid airplane by 2035

RuneScape bloke was wrongly sacked after reading veep's salary details on office printer

Huawei is reportedly planning to sue over latest FCC restrictions

Rage against the latrine: BOTH toilets on ISS reportedly broken down

SMS Replacement is Exposing Users to Text, Call Interception Thanks to Sloppy Telecos - Researchers from SRLabs found that telecos are implementing the RCS standard in vulnerable ways, which bring back techniques to attack phone networks.

Best explanation of blockchain/bitcoin tech that I've seen. What is the general opinion on this technology? Useful or not?

Solar at the tipping point of mass adoption in EVs, says IDTechEx

Lime Scooters lose contract to operate on Auckland's streets

Big Brands Unite in Making Meme Versions of Elon Musk’s Cybertruck on Twitter

CO2-guzzling bacteria made in the lab could help tackle climate change

What's New In Laravel 6

Taiwan is making democracy work again. It's time we paid attention: Social media has opened up vast social divisions and brought democracy to its knees. In Taiwan, the people are fighting back.

China's ByteDance moves to ringfence its TikTok app amid U.S. probe - sources

Will the emergence of 5G give rise to any New jobs?

Drive drunk twice in Quebec, get ignition breathalyzer for life

Is there a way to create the one ring with glowing lettering?

Former Go champion beaten by DeepMind retires after declaring AI invincible

How to make phone batteries that last longer

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey will spend 3 to 6 months of 2020 in Africa Africa will define the future! CEO says.

Facebook built a facial-recognition app that let employees identify people by pointing a phone at them

Sorry it's in french, but the article has a high journalistic value.

Samsung develops method for self-emissive QLED - Samsung says its new method for making self-emissive quantum dot diodes extended their lifetime to a million hours, opening the way for commercialisation.

Android, Linux smartphone-computer: Dual-screen Cosmo Communicator is out | ZDNet

Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry

TikTok reverses ban on teen who slammed China’s muslim crackdown.

Elon Musk is damaging the night sky. His satellites interfere with astronomers’ observations of stars and potentially harmful near-Earth asteroids, leaving streaks on images. No regulations require him to fix the problem. Soon it may be unfixable.

How open source changed everything — again

Inside Amazon’s delivery push: Employees and drivers say an overworked system is lax on safety as packages pile up

A private equity firm is buying the company that owns all .org domains, and they CLAIM prices will "only" increase 10% annually...

TikTok Reverses Ban on Teen Who Slammed China’s Muslim Crackdown

TikTok apologises and reinstates banned US teen

The End Of Ownership, Military Edition: Even The US Military Can't Fix Its Own Equipment Without Right To Repair Laws

TikTok issues public apology for suspending the account of the teen behind the viral Chinese takedown video disguised as makeup tutorial

Oracle finally responds to wage discrimination claims… by suing US Department of Labor

Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3,236 Internet Satellites

High-paid, well-educated white collar workers will be heavily affected by AI, says new report

This robot 'dog' can climb ladders, a first for four-legged robots

Facebook's ex-security boss Alex Stamos slams Apple as 'shameful' for changing its maps to suit a demand from the Russian government

Uber drives up prices for shared rides, Chicago data reveals

How the FCC Helped Pave the Way for Predatory Prison Telecoms - A company is charging inmates by the minute to read ebooks on “free” tablets. The FCC could have stopped prison telecoms from gaining so much power, but didn’t.

Twitter is deleting unused accounts, freeing up loads of usernames

In honor of Thanksgiving, traders pick food stocks they'd feast or fast on

Trading holiday travel: 5 picks

Jeremy Siegel sees Dow 30,000 as market's next milestone

I bought a TCL 55 Smart TV and without asking me for permission, it logs into my Netflix account.

Russian cows get VR headsets 'to reduce anxiety': Moscow's Ministry of Agriculture and Food cited research which they say has shown a link between a cow's emotional experience and its milk yield.

Your first trade for Wednesday, November 27

Mobile access alone won’t solve the digital divide—we’re going to need fixed-line after all

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are already messing with astronomical research but there are thousands more planned

Yes, electric vehicles really are better than fossil fuel burners

Paypal's Aquisition of Chrome Extention Honey for $4 Billion Is Proof That Your Company Doesn't Need to Be Disruptive to Be Successful

E-shoppers warned after electrical goods fail safety tests

Facebook to ban two white nationalist groups after Guardian report

Unlike Tesla Cybertruck, Neuron's T/One looks like an electric pickup

'Direct Thermal Charging Cell' Turns Waste Heat into Power

Twitter will remove inactive accounts and free up usernames in December - No exact date for when usernames will be available

Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets

TikTok says it doesn’t censor content, but a user was just locked out after a viral post criticizing China

Cheap kids smartwatch exposes the location of 5,000+ children | ZDNet

Teen's TikTok Video About China's Muslim Camps Goes Viral | BBC News

I am tired of companies which are not implementing a 'delete account' option.

It’s Way Too Easy to Get a .gov Domain Name

'Cyborg' bots spread misinformation in Louisiana and Kentucky elections, researchers say | Accounts that use a mix of human direction and automation point to the continuous evolution of misinformation strategies.

$5B class action lawsuit accusing Apple of selling customer data is thrown out

TikTok Blocks Teen Who Posted About China’s Detention Camps

FAA tells Boeing it controls approval process for 737 Max return

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We are absolutely, definitively, completely and utterly out of IPv4 addresses, warns RIPE, the European Internet Registrar

Google Fires 4 Workers Active in Labor Organizing

Intel partners with Mediatek to bring 5G to PCs in 2021

GitHub satanically messing with Markdown - changes 666 to DCLXVI

Google fired four employees over alleged data-security issues

In Russia cows enjoy summer year-round with new virtual reality glasses

Why mobile access won't mend our 'digital divide' without fixed-line broadband

Stop us if you've heard this one: Facebook and Twitter profiles silently slurped by shady code

Pentagon races to end China's 'dream' of military domination in space

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Activists Build a Grass-Roots Alliance Against Amazon

Facebook deletes oldest Palestinian news site's page, which had more than 5 million fans

NYC wants a chief algorithm officer to counter bias, build transparency - The big, black decision-making boxes could get more transparent to New Yorkers.

The ACLU wants details about videos of Boston Dynamics robot in police exercises

Google is accused of union busting after firing four employees - Walkout organizers claim all four fired Googlers were taking a stand

Suspected bots push conspiracy theories during impeachment hearings

Smartphones Are Killing The Planet Faster Than Anyone Expected

U.S. Police Already Using 'Spot' Robot From Boston Dynamics in the Real World

Elon Musk Says NASA Is Ripping Off SpaceX

Engineers Have Made A Waterproof, Breathable, Lightweight Arm Cast That Could Replace Plaster Casts

Google Fires 4 Workers Active in Labor Organizing

Biotech M&A boom: 6 trades

DEEP DIVE: EFF to DHS: Stop Mass Collection of Social Media Information

Uber loses license in London over safety concerns

Uber just lost its licence to operate in London thanks to fraudulent drivers

Leaked Chinese government documents detail how tech is used to escalate the persecution of Uighurs

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the internet: "Thirty years after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has released what he calls a "roadmap to build a better web." His plan aims to halt abuse of the internet by governments, companies and individuals."

A US official says tech giants Alibaba and Tencent present similar risks as Huawei

Edge vs. Chrome: Microsoft's Tracking Prevention hits Google the hardest

The most awaited Whizlabs Black Friday sale is about to kick in the right in time for 2019!

Uber’s License to Operate in London Isn’t Extended

AI in late 2019 – the wizards of Oz

Princesses make terrible passwords

‘Best Of’: Elon Musk Shows Off His New Cybertruck's Towing Capacity - Video

Cybercrime Booms As Scammers Hack Human Nature To Steal Billions

Elon Musk Says Tesla Has Already Received 200,000 Orders for the Cybertruck | Business Insider

Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web | The Guardian

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government’s Spying Powers

I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

Stolen Disney+ logins selling for $3 on hacking forums

Toshiba develops technology to detect cancers from single drop of blood with 99 percent accuracy

Apple breaks ground on $1 billion Texas campus as Trump tours manufacturing facility

Tesla’s Cybertruck will have a solar charging option, says Musk

Protesters accuse Google of retaliating against organizing workers - Google claims it's about improper access, but employees beg to differ.

"Human-in-the-loop" technology enables networked Humans to think together as a Super-intelligent System

Global 5G deal poses significant threat to weather forecast accuracy, experts warn

Why Sharing Your Data Online Is Much Like Sharing Your Toothbrush

Mastercard Bans Automatic Billing After Free Trials

Sacha baron speaking against Facebook and other tech giants

Ottawa mother's quest for her late son's passwords an uncharted legal road, say experts

Tech giants watch our every move online. Does that violate our human rights? Facebook claims its data collection is inherent to the way the internet works. The internet didn’t have to be this way

Solar farms can keep UK’s lights on even at night - Trial shows panels can smooth voltage fluctuations in the National Grid

This Japanese hotel room costs $1 a night. The catch? You have to livestream your stay

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Stranger hacks into baby monitor, tells child, 'I love you'

Comcast Is Lobbying Against Encryption That Could Prevent it From Learning Your Browsing History

Wireless Panoramic Light Bulb Camera [360°/WiFi/Fisheye Lens/Motion Detection/Indoor & Outdoor]

Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else

Unprecedented 'Architecture of Surveillance' Created by Facebook and Google Poses Grave Human Rights Threat: Report

Musk Says 146,000 Cybertruck Orders Just Two Days After Reveal

Group wants to ban Denver from using facial recognition surveillance

More than 1 million T-Mobile customers exposed by data breach

Facebook built a facial-recognition app that let employees identify people by pointing a phone at them

Autonomous drones to lead the way in mining surveillance technology

A Notorious Iranian Hacking Crew Is Targeting Industrial Control Systems

NextDNS first to block ALL third-party trackers disguised as first-party

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Elon Musk says Tesla has already received 146,000 orders for the Cybertruck

X-post: On the moral hazards of dealing with Google - the Google-App Developer dynamic : androiddev

Facebook Built a Facial Recognition App That Let Employees Identify People: Report

Chinese spy defects to Australia, alleging election interference and cybercrimes

A notorious Iranian hacking crew is targeting industrial control systems

More than 1 million T-Mobile customers exposed by breach

T-Mobile discloses security breach impacting prepaid customers | ZDNet

Tesla's Cybertruck has become the butt of every internet joke

'The attention economy is in hyperdrive’: how tech shaped the 2010s - We thought tech would bring us closer together. Instead it has scrambled our minds, our politics and our relationships. Can we burst our filter bubbles?

Surprised about Mark Zuckerberg's secret meeting with Trump? Don't be. The Facebook CEO views all politics as merely instrumental to the fortunes of his company

Did Google Wipe Its Employee's Personal Phone?

Rev contractors say they had to transcribe sexual assault and sensitive audio regarding children without receiving a warning

Sacha Baron Cohen: Facebook would have let Hitler buy ads for 'final solution'

Here’s why the Tesla Cybertruck has its crazy look – TechCrunch

Police seize $6.7m cryptocurrency from alleged movie pirate

Sacha Baron Cohen Links the Decline of Democracy to the Rise of Social Media, “the Greatest Propaganda Machine in History"

Sign a letter to stop the sale of .org registry to a shady for-profit company

Tesla shares sink after pickup truck unveiled

Facebook built a facial-recognition app that let employees identify people by pointing a phone at them .

Google Workers Protest Company’s ‘Brute Force Intimidation’

Google workers protest company's decision to place workers on leave: 'Instead of listening to us, the company has chosen to silence us.'

Got a tech question or want to discuss tech? Weekly /r/Technology Tech Support / General Discussion Thread

FCC bans carriers from buying Huawei, ZTE gear with subsidies

About Face: Ending Government use of Face Surveillance

Tesla’s Elon Musk shatters stereotypes (and windows) with Cybertruck

Does any one know efficient ways to communicate digitally when a country's internet is entirely shut down?

Chaayos cafe: Indian cafe's facial recognition use sparks anger

Anonymous hacker gets a whopping six years in prison for some lame DDoS attacks | ZDNet

A.I.'s are being taught quantum mechanics to help speed-up chemistry - Say hello the SchNOrb. It could change chemistry.

Tesla Cybertruck pics, price: "Doesn't look like anything else," Elon Musk says - "Welcome to the cybertruck unveil!"

Poll finds strong support for policies combating nefarious online campaigning activity

Walmart launches ‘world’s largest’ blockchain-based freight-and-payment network

Tesla Truck - your thoughts reddit

To cut down on bugs, Apple is changing how it develops its software

Tesla reveals Cybertruck, a 6-passenger pickup featuring 3 motors, armored glass, and up to 500 miles of range (TSLA)

Tesla unveils its first electric pickup, the Cybertruck, starting at $39,900

Tesla made an ATV to compliment its futuristic Cybertruck

Tesla Cybertruck will get up to 500 miles of range and start at $39,900

Cybertruck

The Tesla Cybertruck pickup truck is revealed

Swiss ABB robots photographed in North Korean factory: NK News

Federal Court Approves First 'Pirate' Site Blockade in Canada

Will AI Technology cause apathy in humans?

Bill Gates says that the only way to hire and keep AI talent is to let them share their research openly: 'You can completely ignore whoever tries to close their system'

Retail earnings: 5 trades

Borat actor: Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter are ‘the greatest propaganda machine in history’ for hate groups

Amnesty International blasts Facebook, Google as human rights abusers

Mark Zuckerberg Had Undisclosed Meeting With Donald Trump, Peter Thiel Amid Furor on Political Ads

No, That Mac Factory in Texas Is Not New

Trump is lying about the ‘new’ ‘Apple’ factory - The Verge

Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October

Amazon and Google Gadgets Top Mozilla's 2019 Privacy Shit List

Police used Google location data to find an accused bank robber. He says that’s illegal.

Apple Is Still Trying to Sue the Owner of an Independent iPhone Repair Shop

Google restricts political ads to age, gender, postal code

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Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed

Amnesty International: Facebook and Google’s pervasive surveillance poses an unprecedented danger to human rights

Five Senators Join the Fight to Learn Just How Bad Ring Really Is

Facebook and Google surveillance is an ‘assault on privacy,’ says Amnesty International

Pasta Straws, The Nearly Perfect Solution For Our Plastic Problem

Victory: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Police Can’t Force You to Tell Them Your Password

How Smart Homes could be wiser: Demand more interoperability, says Mozilla

Trump said he's 'looking at' whether Apple should be exempt from China tariffs during visit to the company's facility in Texas

Uber will start audio-recording rides as a safety measure | Riders and passengers won’t be able to access the recordings

Trump says he’s ‘looking’ at exempting Apple from China tariffs

Target soars after earnings: 3 trades

Icahn makes a big bet against malls

Target's hefty price tag

Uber Embraces Videotaping Rides, Raising Privacy Concerns

Google Confirms Android Camera Security Threat: ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ Of Users Affected

Arduino Uno

TikTok’s chief is on a mission to prove it’s not a Chinese menace

Macy's Customer Payment Info Stolen in Magecart Data Breach

CyCognito, a cybersecurity platform that analyzes a company's entire spectrum of internet-connected devices for vulnerabilities, raises $18M Series A