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IN 2021, WE NEED TO FIX AMERICA’S INTERNET
Every few months it’ll send me a postcard. Once, in the midst of the pandemic, the company even sent salespeople to my door.AT&T wants to sell me 1,000Mbps fiber-optic internet, and I’m beyond ready to pay for it. In fact, I’ve already signed the contract at least...
Google reportedly asked employees to ‘strike a positive tone’ in research paper
Google has added a layer of scrutiny for research papers on sensitive topics including gender, race, and political ideology. A senior manager also instructed researchers to “strike a positive tone” in a paper this summer. The news was first reported by...
Nuro set to be California’s first driverless delivery service
California has given the go-ahead for a commercial driverless delivery service for the first time.Robotics start-up Nuro plans to start its driverless delivery operations as early as next year.It previously tested its R2 vehicles in the state in April, but the permit...
Big Tech in 2021: Washington is ready to lay down the law
For more than a decade, lawmakers and regulators have taken a hands-off approach to Silicon Valley. But that's all likely to change for Big Tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter as the folks in charge in Washington look to rein in their power...
FBI and European law enforcement shut down VPN used by ransomware groups
Law enforcement aimed to make it harder for criminal hackers to cover their tracks on Tuesday. Europol, joined by the FBI and law enforcement agencies from Germany, the Netherlands and France, said they shut down a service favored by ransomware groups and other...
Facebook tells business users that iOS 14 privacy features will impact marketing
Facebook is alerting business users on its platform that new privacy features in iOS 14 could "significantly impact" their marketing and advertising efforts. The social media giant has criticized the upcoming privacy changes, which will make a specific tracking tag...
Federal prosecutors accuse Zoom executive of working with Chinese government to surveil users and suppress video calls
A security executive with the video-tech giant Zoom worked with the Chinese government to terminate Americans’ accounts and disrupt video calls about the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square, Justice Department prosecutors said Friday.The case...
Nearly 40 states sue Google alleging search manipulation, marking the third antitrust salvo against the tech giant
Nearly 40 states filed a wide-ranging antitrust lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging the tech giant manipulates its search results to give its own products and services greater rankings over rivals — preventing Web users from seeing the best options when they...
Starting Sunday, cable companies can no longer ‘rent’ you the router you already own
Is your internet service provider charging you every month for the cable modem or router that you purchased with your own money? Or, perhaps, have you never bothered to buy those items because you couldn’t escape the fee? That fee will be illegal starting Sunday,...