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Zuck Tells Employees They’re Now Called Metamates.
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-employees-are-now-called-metamates-metamates-1848543792
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https://gizmodo.com/facebook-employees-are-now-called-metamates-metamates-1848543792
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Gizmodo
Zuck Tells Employees They’re Now Called Metamates—a Really Fucking Stupid Name If You Ask Me
One of Meta's many new corporate values is "Meta, Metamates, me."
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Nintendo won’t let you buy digital games for Wii U and 3DS after March 2023
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22936552/nintendo-eshop-wii-u-3ds-no-new-purchases-late-march-2023
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22936552/nintendo-eshop-wii-u-3ds-no-new-purchases-late-march-2023
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The Verge
Nintendo won’t let you buy digital games for Wii U and 3DS after March 2023
Buy Virtual Console games you want while you can.
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ExxonMobil, Chevron and Toyota accused of being corporate "influencers" that are blocking action against global warming
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-16/cop26-paris-climatechange-globalwarming-glasgow/100592498
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-16/cop26-paris-climatechange-globalwarming-glasgow/100592498
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www.abc.net.au
ExxonMobil, Chevron and Toyota accused of obstructing climate change action
The world's biggest oil and car firms are accused of lobbying governments to block action on climate change. And industry lobby groups like the Minerals Council and peak gas body, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, are also named…
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Elon Musk's Neuralink wants to embed microchips in people's skulls and get robots to perform brain surgery
https://www.businessinsider.com/neuralink-elon-musk-microchips-brains-ai-2021-2
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https://www.businessinsider.com/neuralink-elon-musk-microchips-brains-ai-2021-2
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Business Insider
Neuralink's first human patient has been revealed. Here's how we got here.
Neuralink's tech could help study and treat neurological disorders. Musk also claims it could one day meld human consciousness with AI.
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Workers in Belgium Can Ask for a Four-Day Week With No Loss of Pay
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gd5b/workers-in-belgium-can-ask-for-a-four-day-week-with-no-loss-of-pay
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gd5b/workers-in-belgium-can-ask-for-a-four-day-week-with-no-loss-of-pay
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Vice
Workers in Belgium Can Ask for a 4-Day Week With No Loss of Pay
But campaigners say hours should be reduced, not compressed into fewer days.
New bill would require companies like Facebook, Google to add features that protect children
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/16/new-bill-would-require-facebook-google-and-others-to-protect-children.html
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/16/new-bill-would-require-facebook-google-and-others-to-protect-children.html
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CNBC
New bill would require companies like Facebook, Google to add features that protect children
The bipartisan bill would give online platforms a duty to prevent or mitigate certain harms to minors including suicide, eating disorders and substance abuse.
Multiple Tax Raids At Premises Of Chinese Telecom Major Huawei
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/multiple-tax-raids-at-premises-of-chinese-telecom-major-huawei-2771229
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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/multiple-tax-raids-at-premises-of-chinese-telecom-major-huawei-2771229
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NDTV.com
Multiple Tax Raids At Premises Of Chinese Telecom Major Huawei
The Income-tax department has conducted searches at multiple premises of Chinese telecom company Huawei in the country as part of a tax evasion investigation, official sources said on Wednesday.
California’s strict child-data bill would limit Big Tech data collection
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/californias-strict-child-data-bill-would-limit-big-tech-data-collection/
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/californias-strict-child-data-bill-would-limit-big-tech-data-collection/
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Ars Technica
California’s strict child-data bill would limit Big Tech data collection
Policymakers seek to change how world’s biggest tech companies interact with children.
Insurance claims jump 31% as more gamers using VR headsets crash into furniture and smash TV screens, a report says
https://www.businessinsider.com/vr-headset-craze-hikes-insurance-claims-gamers-ruin-furniture-report-2022-2
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https://www.businessinsider.com/vr-headset-craze-hikes-insurance-claims-gamers-ruin-furniture-report-2022-2
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Business Insider
Insurance claims jump 31% as more gamers using VR headsets crash into furniture and smash TV screens, a report says
One customer wearing a VR headset smashed a TV when a zombie appeared to jump out at him in a game, insurance company Aviva told The Guardian.
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The Hummer EV’s battery weighs more than a Honda Civic
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937491/hummer-ev-electric-truck-battery-weight-truck-bloat
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937491/hummer-ev-electric-truck-battery-weight-truck-bloat
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The Verge
The Hummer EV’s battery weighs more than a Honda Civic
The Hummer’s battery weighs 2,923 lbs.
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Senator Klobuchar's Next Unconstitutional Speech Control Bill: The NUDGE Act
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220214/23523948475/senator-klobuchars-next-unconstitutional-speech-control-bill-nudge-act.shtml
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220214/23523948475/senator-klobuchars-next-unconstitutional-speech-control-bill-nudge-act.shtml
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Techdirt
Senator Klobuchar's Next Unconstitutional Speech Control Bill: The NUDGE Act
Is there a contest in the Senate to see who can propose the highest number of unconstitutional bills? You might think that the leader in any such contest would have to be a crazed populist like a J…
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Hackers Leak Entire Donor History of Every Campaign on This Christian Crowdfunding Site
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxd4zq/givesendgo-donor-list-hacker-leak
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxd4zq/givesendgo-donor-list-hacker-leak
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Vice
Hackers Leak Entire Donor History of Every GiveSendGo Campaign
The leak appears to contain the personal information of everyone who donated to causes like the Canadian “freedom convoy” and Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense.
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Clearview AI aims to put almost every human in facial recognition database
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/clearview-ai-aims-to-put-almost-every-human-in-facial-recognition-database/
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/clearview-ai-aims-to-put-almost-every-human-in-facial-recognition-database/
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Ars Technica
Clearview AI aims to put almost every human in facial recognition database
Investor pitch said 100 billion photos would make almost everyone “identifiable.”…
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Android’s toothless “Privacy Sandbox” fails to answer iOS tracking limits
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/androids-toothless-privacy-sandbox-fails-to-answer-ios-tracking-limits/
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/androids-toothless-privacy-sandbox-fails-to-answer-ios-tracking-limits/
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Ars Technica
Android’s toothless “Privacy Sandbox” fails to answer iOS tracking limits
Android "Privacy Sandbox" is optional for advertisers, and that misses the point.
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Not Just San Francisco: Police Across the Country are Retaining and Searching DNA of Victims and Innocent People
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/not-just-san-francisco-police-across-country-are-retaining-and-searching-dna
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/not-just-san-francisco-police-across-country-are-retaining-and-searching-dna
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Not Just San Francisco: Police Across the Country are Retaining and Searching DNA of Victims and Innocent People
This week we learned that San Francisco Police used a woman’s own DNA—collected years earlier as part of an investigation into her sexual assault—to charge her for an unrelated property crime. What’s
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DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion
https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ai-nuclear-fusion/amp
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https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ai-nuclear-fusion/amp
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Wired
DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion
The Google-backed AI firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
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Rebuffing cable lobby, FCC bans deals that block competition in apartments | Vote closes loopholes ISPs use to make sure apartment dwellers have only one choice.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/rebuffing-cable-lobby-fcc-bans-deals-that-block-competition-in-apartments/
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/rebuffing-cable-lobby-fcc-bans-deals-that-block-competition-in-apartments/
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Ars Technica
Rebuffing cable lobby, FCC bans deals that block competition in apartments
Vote closes loopholes ISPs use to make sure apartment dwellers have only one choice.
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Russian Hackers Have Targeted Defense Contractors to Steal Sensitive Data, U.S. Intelligence Says
https://gizmodo.com/russian-hackers-have-targeted-defense-contractors-to-st-1848551828
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https://gizmodo.com/russian-hackers-have-targeted-defense-contractors-to-st-1848551828
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Gizmodo
Russian Hackers Have Targeted Defense Contractors to Steal Sensitive Data, U.S. Intelligence Says
Authorities say that a multi-year hacking campaign has resulted in sensitive IT information being stolen.
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Google's latest privacy changes could hurt Facebook-parent Meta
https://fortune.com/2022/02/16/google-privacy-changes-android-facebook-ads-meta/
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https://fortune.com/2022/02/16/google-privacy-changes-android-facebook-ads-meta/
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Fortune
Google's latest privacy changes could hurt Facebook-parent Meta
Google’s update to its Android mobile operating system could upend the digital ad industry along with Facebook-parent Meta.
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JP Morgan Chase Enters Metaverse, Predicts $1 Trillion Industry
https://www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm/treasury-services/documents/opportunities-in-the-metaverse.pdf
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https://www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm/treasury-services/documents/opportunities-in-the-metaverse.pdf
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