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Google reportedly rescinds job offers for thousands of contractors and temporary workers

Hard Chromium Installation

PC and 3D Printer recommendation

Baseless Conspiracy Theory Claims Floyd Case Was ‘Staged’

Coronavirus: British army called in to help quash online conspiracy theories

Umbrella: a free open source app with advice on how to manage your physical and digital safety at protests

Walmart employees are out to show its anti-shoplifting AI doesn’t work

Dear protestors,please dont use Whatsapp,Facebook and Google

Amazon sellers use 'collectible' label to dodge price gouging rules

How accurate is your commercial fitness tracker?

Please Help ! PC Knowledge People

Microsoft Surface Book 3 (15-inch) review: more power, more problems

Will something like Cyberpunk 2077 EVER become reality? Robotic body parts for everyone, artifical eyes, and more....

Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN's Contract Journalists for AI

Hacktivist Group Anonymous Takes Down Minneapolis PD Website, Releases Video Threatening To Expose Corrupt Police Officers

Mark Zuckerberg Profits from Rage as Much as Donald Trump Does

Google postpones Android 11 unveiling amid U.S. protests

Dragonship Endavor OS and Gui language

How did mobile phone get so cheap?

This thing was just installed in my neighborhood on top of a pole near my house. Anyone know what it could be?

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook left up Trump posts because "we should enable as much expression as possible"

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Watch NASA astronauts fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon using touchscreens

An Engineer made "Remove China Apps" hits 12 million downloads 32K reviews in a day - TheDigitalHacker

Facebook and Twitter have similar policies. But only Twitter is fighting Trump.

Microsoft 'to replace journalists with robots'

Does anyone think Donald Trump and the Twitter feud will have massive repercussions for the Internet, and also, do you miss the Internet culture of 2003-2007?

This $350 "Anti-5G" Device Is Apparently Just a USB Stick

Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX is set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit.

Twitter and Trump: A feud years in the making finally erupts

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

A Government Database of 20 Million+ Taiwanese Citizens Leaked in Darkweb

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Ted Cruz seeks federal Twitter probe as Trump feuds with company

Reaper Drone Appears Over Minneapolis Protests

Feds flew an unarmed Predator drone over Minneapolis protests to provide “situational awareness”. The US has a long history of surveilling protesters, but the technology used to do so has grown more powerful.

President Trump has No Idea How Online Speech Works

SpaceX's Starship Prototype Explodes in Fourth Failed Test

Leaked posts show Facebook employees asking the company to remove Trump’s threat of violence

Someone is selling 128MB USB drives for $350 as 5G 'shields'

Troll farms from Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook | Facebook banned one of the most prolific pushers of medical disinformation after finding its articles had been spread for foreign trolls.

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Mark Zuckerberg says he had a 'visceral negative reaction' to Trump's post about shooting protesters but says the post will stay on Facebook

Google Rescinds Offers to Thousands of Contract Workers: The company made the cost-cutting move as it navigates a slump in advertising created by the pandemic.

Western Digital gets sued for sneaking SMR disks into its NAS channel

a quick summary for all you with questions about the CDA (Section 230).

How can restaurants use data science to grow post-pandemic?

Michigan State University network breached in ransomware attack

Google Deletes Millions of Reviews as TikTok faces backlash

The President Versus the Mods

Twitter: Trump's Minnesota tweet violated rules on violence

Twitter marks Trump tweet as "glorifying violence"

Kids need encryption in today's internet. Politicians like Barr need to stop lying: Encryption, not backdoors, is the best tool we have to protect our kids.

Twitter can’t please everyone but still has to try

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Facebook's algorithm is a sociopath, and Facebook management is too greedy to stop it

Satirical websites are testing Facebook's policy on not being the 'arbiter of truth' by running false headlines claiming Mark Zuckerberg is dead or abusive

Rapid shift to renewable energy could lead Australia to cheap power and 100,000 jobs

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Twitter applies Trump fact-check standard to Chinese official who blamed pandemic on U.S. military

Trump signs an executive order taking direct aim at social media companies

Cisco security breach hits corporate servers that ran unpatched software

NSA: Russian agents have been hacking major email program

The Two Things To Understand About Trump's Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It's A Distraction (2) It's Legally Meaningless

Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store: Apple told a university professor his app "has no direct benefits to the user."

Netflix ‘would lose 57% of their subscribers if they added commercials’

The ACLU Is Suing Clearview AI To Stop “Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance”

It's Not Just You: Software Has Gotten Far More Expensive: The Software Inflation Rate From 2009 to 2019

Trump, Furious at Twitter, Aims Executive Order at Tech Giants

Executive Order Is Expected to Curtail Protections for Social Media Companies

Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday

Dorsey defends decision to fact check Trump tweet: 'More transparency from us is critical'

Google kept tabs on the whereabouts of its users even if they had turned off location tracking, an Arizona official alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Boeing Cuts More Than 12,000 Jobs Due To Drop In Air Travel

Uber is scrapping tens of thousands of Jump bikes during a nationwide bike shortage

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Responds to Trump: "We’ll Continue to Point Out Incorrect or Disputed Information About Elections"

'Absolutely no legal authority': Trump's threats to shut down Twitter are 'totally asinine' and reek of censorship, according to legal experts

'Just Let the Patriot Act Die You Cowards': House Lawmakers Urged to Vote Down Flawed Domestic Spy Bill

YouTube Deletes Comments Critical of China’s Communist Party

Twitter Finally Fact-Checked Trump. It’s a Bit of a Mess

Zuckerberg: 'Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online'

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Trump to sign executive order on social media amid Twitter furor

Arizona sues Google over claims it illegally tracked location of Android users - Just one of many legal quagmires Google finds itself in

Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump

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Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies: White House spokeswoman

Twitter now lets you disable replies. It could be its best change yet.

Trump executive order to target social media after Twitter fact-checked his false statements.

Arizona sues Google over allegations it illegally tracked Android smartphone users’ locations

Big Tech thought the pandemic wouldn’t be political. Think again.

Arkansas Can't Secure Financial Assistance Site So Governor Decides To Call The Person Discovering The Breach A Criminal

Trump Threatens to Shut Social Media Companies After Twitter Fact Check

Trump threatens to shut down social media platforms after Twitter put a disinformation warning on his false tweets

Whistleblowers say Facebook has not warned investors about illegal activity, in new SEC complaint

Facebook Ignored Internal Warnings Its Algorithms Were Intensifying Divisiveness: Report

How to Spot a Misleading Crowd Photo

Google seems to be squelching searches for Trump's "miracle" drug after damning new study

YouTube Is Removing Chinese Phrases Critical of China's Communist Party

Trump threatens to regulate or shut down social media companies

Japan to Expand Cyberbullying Laws Following Hana Kimura’s Death

SpaceX launch: 12 minutes that will mark a new era in human space exploration

Turla hacker group steals antivirus logs to see if its malware was detected | ZDNet

New Android Flaw Affecting Over 1 Billion Phones Let Attackers Hijack Apps

Twitter tags Trump post with fact-checking warning

Trump accuses Twitter of 'interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election' after it fact-checked his false tweets about voting by mail

The Norimaki Synthesizer is a lickable screen that can recreate almost any taste or flavor without eating food

TOMORROW, SpaceX and NASA starting a new chapter of space exploration.

AI can battle coronavirus, but privacy shouldn’t be a casualty

Local News Stations Run Propaganda Segment Scripted and Produced by Amazon

Wyden Pulls Support for Privacy Amendment After House Intel Chairman Downplays Impact to NYTimes

The House is voting on Section 215, again. The bill still needs more reform

Proposed bill would ban microtargeting of political advertisements: Just because ads can be targeted to individuals doesn't mean they should be

Japan to discuss cyberbullying laws after death of wrestler and 'Terrace House' star.

Huge rise in hacking attacks on home workers during lockdown

Could a space congestion charge clear up junk-ridden skies?

Chrome and Firefox Block Torrent Site YTS over “Phishing”

Inside the NSA’s Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network

China's coronavirus campaign offers glimpse into surveillance system

Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming

Google has removed over 5 million user reviews from Playstore for TikTok in a week.

Patent case against GNOME resolved

Social Media Has Turned Bill Gates Into The Coronavirus Pandemic's Fake Villain

The Pentagon's Joint AI Center wants to be like Silicon Valley

Hong Kong demand for VPNs surges on heels of China’s plan for national security laws

Zoom has temporarily removed Giphy from its chat feature

Will the Rise of Crypto Wreck the Google Gravy Train?

Hong Kong demand for VPNs surges on heels of China's plan for national security laws

Bearcat 250 1979 Scanner

Judiciary Chairman Supports House Effort to Nix FBI's Warrantless Surveillance, But Not Publicly

Pandemic drives demands for universal affordable internet and cell plans

Sir Richard Branson: Virgin Orbit rocket fails on debut flight

When Your Remote Classroom Is Your Car: How Some Rural Students Without Broadband Are Connecting

Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit fails to launch rocket to space during first test flight

The Future of College Is Online, and It’s Cheaper

The co-op that blocked the sale of the .org domain to private equity has a plan to democratise large parts of the internet

Would it help the Hong Kong supporters if we all changed our VPN to China?

33 Million Businesses in China Have Been Assigned Rankings Under their Social Credit System

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Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor really wants Tesla to build its next Gigafactory in his city—he's gone as far as promising to replace the police fleet with Cybertrucks.

Home Chef Serves Up Data Breach for 8 Million Records

Don't Be Fooled by Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Scams

Problem with usb device

The best way to socialize online - Sphere Blog

The Nigerian fraudsters ripping off the unemployment system

Coronavirus Bracelets flood the market, ready to snitch on people who don't distance

Android vs. iOS, does it really matter?

Spotify’s podcast deal could make Joe Rogan the world's highest paid broadcaster.

Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a measure that would let the FBI collect Americans' web-browsing history without a warrant

Kazakhstan approves new green projects in a bid to cut fossil fuels in half by 2050

State research institute develops more accurate AI-based chest X-ray COVID-19 diagnosis algorithm

Texas Instruments makes it harder to run programs on its calculators

Watch Out For Those Looming AI Oligopolies, Including For Self-Driving Cars

Quarantine from coronavirus is creating new video game fans

Taking Poop Photos for Digestive Health- This website (crappsy) uses AI to scan users’ poop photos and give them individual health recommendations along with a “crappsy score”

Messenger is being weird

GitLab runs phishing test against employees - and 20% handed over credentials

Google is working on end-to-end encryption for RCS texts in Messages

China’s Trillions Toward Tech Won’t Buy Dominance

The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories

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Project Reunion: Microsoft's attempt to tear down all those barriers it's built for Windows developers over the years

smart start key?

Google removes QAnon apps from Play Store for violating terms

Carbon capture and the Allam Cycle: The future of electricity or a carbon pipe(line) dream?

what are your favorite parts about technology?

Gears of war: When mechanical analog computers ruled the waves — In some ways, the Navy's latest computers fall short of the power of 1930s tech.

Your every word and move may be tracked — are you finally scared about workplace surveillance?

Who is 5g aimed at?

Factors Which Make Cybersecurity Jobs More Immune To Recession

Now's The Perfect Time to Start Using a Password Manager

India's Reliance launches ‘JioMart’, an online grocery service challenging Amazon and Flipkart.

Coolingpad Question

Apple's iOS update is here — and it includes coronavirus contact tracing

Microsoft's Safe Systems Programming Languages Effort

Not Even a Pandemic Can Slow Down the Biggest Tech Giants

Personal traits can now be deciphered through selfies with the help of AI

Amazon, Google, Microsoft Among US Companies Offering Internet Services To Blacklisted Surveillance Companies In China

Coronavirus pandemic claims another victim: Robocalls

Google Messages may finally be adding end-to-end encryption for RCS

How iPhone Hackers Got Their Hands on the New iOS Months Before Its Release

There's a Jailbreak Out for the Current Version of iOS

5 Simple Ways to Make Your Gmail Inbox Safer

MNT Reform, the open source, open hardware laptop has reached its funding goal

Earth’s magnetic field is mysteriously weakening, causing chaos for satellites

NASA declares that SpaceX is ready to fly its first crewed mission

Microsoft drops a little surprise thank-you gift for sitting through Build: The source for GW-BASIC

Gizmodo: This Lickable Screen Can Recreate Almost Any Taste or Flavor Without Eating Food.

Researchers Push 44.2Tbps Over Fibre via a Single Light Source

TikTok says it will explicitly ban Holocaust denial and other conspiracy theories denying violent events.

How SpaceX's sleek spacesuit changes astronaut fashion from the space shuttle era

Comcast stores PII and payment info even after customer explicitly declines. Anauthorized charges follow

FBI cannot even look at your phone lock screen without a warrant, rules judge

A look at how Jitsi became a ‘secure’ open-source alternative to Zoom

U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese companies working on AI, face recognition tech.

Korea Inc. ditches Japan chipmaking materials for homegrown supply

macOS 10.15: Slow by Design

Original Xbox's complete source code leaked online

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

U.S. Copyright Office Says It's Time to Update the DMCA

NASA and SpaceX say they are ‘go’ to proceed with historic crewed flight on May 27th

The five hottest stories affecting your money this week

House Bill Would Mandate Comprehensive Probe into Quantum Computing Landscape

New zinc-air battery is 'cheaper, safer and far longer-lasting than lithium-ion'

What search engine is the new Google?

Researchers claim new internet speed record of 44.2 Tbps

To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster – nuclear-powered rockets may be the answer