U.S. Congress asks Facebook: What role did fake overseas accounts have in promoting Canada convoys? Lawmakers demanded answers in letter that mentions Russia. Facebook says it will co-operate
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U.S. Congress asks Facebook: What role did fake overseas accounts have in promoting Canada convoys? | CBC News
U.S. Congress has asked Facebook: Who used fake overseas accounts to promote Canada's protest convoys? The chair of a powerful committee sent a letter to company founder Mark Zuckerberg that mentions past Russian behaviour as a concern.
IRS, Department of Homeland Security Contracted Firm That Sells Location Data Harvested From Dating Apps | The company formerly known as X-Mode is now part of a federal government contractor that sells location data quietly harvested from apps.
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IRS, Department of Homeland Security Contracted Firm That Sells Location Data Harvested From Dating Apps
The company formerly known as X-Mode is now part of a federal government contractor that sells location data quietly harvested from apps.
Facebook misled investors on scope of misinformation problems, whistleblower says
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Facebook misled investors on scope of misinformation problems, whistleblower says
Meta made “material representations and omissions,” complaint alleges.
The SEC pushes back after Elon Musk accused the agency of harassment and withholding $40 million in funds
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The SEC pushes back after Elon Musk accused the agency of harassment and withholding $40 million in funds
Elon Musk has accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of harassment but the regulator disagreed with the accusations.
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Taiwanese-Lithuanian semiconductors centre opens in Vilnius
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Taiwanese-Lithuanian semiconductors centre opens in Vilnius
The Taiwan and Lithuania Center for Semiconductors and Materials Science has opened in Vilnius, the Taiwanese Representa...
Forget state surveillance. Our tracking devices are now doing the same job.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/19/forget-state-surveillance-our-tracking-devices-are-now-doing-the-same-job
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Forget state surveillance. Our tracking devices are now doing the same job | John Naughton
While gizmos such as Apple’s AirTags are undeniably useful, they carry with them the danger of privacy abuses
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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement
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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement
It’s a mess out there.
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Amazon's sprawling grocery business has become an 'expensive hobby' with a cloudy future
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Amazon's sprawling grocery business has become an 'expensive hobby' with a cloudy future
Amazon has spent 15 years rolling out various grocery services but hasn't landed on a profitable or coherent strategy.
Is Reddit a better search engine than Google?
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Fast Company
Is Reddit a better search engine than Google?
A blog post making the argument that Google Search is dying shot to the top of Hacker News this week—and sparked a big debate.
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Apple's retail employees are reportedly using Android phones and encrypted chats to keep unionization plans secret
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Apple's retail employees are reportedly using Android phones and encrypted chats to keep unionization plans secret
Inflation is disrupting operations at the world's biggest company
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Meta says its VR platform has grown by ten times since December.
https://www.engadget.com/metas-horizon-vr-platform-now-counts-300000-users-104717015.html
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Meta says its VR platform has grown by ten times since December | Engadget
Facebook rebranded itself as Meta in order to fully embrace virtual reality via the Oculus platform, so how is that actually going?.
If Nick Clegg wants to fix Meta, he needs to tackle its problem with human rights: Instead of pursuing the ‘metaverse’, the company’s new head of global affairs should address the surveillance business model that has done so much harm
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If Nick Clegg really wants to fix Meta, he'll need to tackle its problem with human rights | Frederike Kaltheuner
The company’s new head of global affairs needs to tackle the surveillance business model that has done so much harm, says Frederike Kaltheuner of Human Rights Watch
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QAnon founder may have been identified thanks to machine learning
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QAnon founder may have been identified thanks to machine learning
With help from machine learning software, computer scientists may have unmasked the identity of Q, the founder of the QAnon movement.
Microsoft opened Activision acquisition talks three days after CEO harassment report
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Microsoft opened Activision acquisition talks three days after CEO harassment report
A recent SEC filing documents the timeline of Microsoft's deal to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.
Wind farms were paid not to generate half their potential electricity
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Yahoo
Wind farms were paid not to generate half their potential electricity
Wind farms have been paid to refrain from producing up to half of the electricity they are capable of generating, according to research that led MPs to warn that "inappropriate" decisions on wind power were "forcing excess costs onto consumers".
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Google lowered its salaries in North Carolina. Now workers are protesting.
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Epic Games is making hundreds of temp testers into full employees with benefits
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Epic Games is making hundreds of temp testers into full employees with benefits
Most "but not all" are QA testers.
Egyptian researcher develops brainwave-controlled wheelchair for those with paralysis
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Egyptian researcher develops brainwave-controlled wheelchair for those with paralysis: All you need to know
An electric wheelchair for people with tetraplegia, a condition when patients are unable to move their upper or lower body, was designed by an Egyptian researcher Abdelrahman Omran
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Survey: 44% of Cable Subs Would Cancel If They Could Stream Live Sports and Events
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NextTV
Survey: 44% of Cable Subs Would Cancel If They Could Stream Live Sports and Events
Ads are important to viewers who stream sports, Magnite finds
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Tesla faces another US investigation: Unexpected braking
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Tesla faces another US investigation: Unexpected braking
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have launched another investigation of Tesla, this time tied to complaints that its cars can stop on roads for no apparent reason. The government says it has 354 complaints from owners during the past nine months…
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