Epic Games sued over ‘predatory’ Llama loot boxes

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Submitted March 01, 2019 at 08:55AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2IESmL0

YouTube's pedo problem is so bad, it just switched off comments on millions of vids of small kids to stem the tide of vileness

https://ift.tt/2ILntof

Submitted March 01, 2019 at 05:52AM by tehgerbil https://ift.tt/2EGwriN

Tesla will close most of its stores and only sell cars online.

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Submitted March 01, 2019 at 04:07AM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2EpbVl1

TikTok has been illegally collecting children’s data.

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Submitted March 01, 2019 at 01:25AM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2NxY4gy

iPhone and Android hacking tool used by FBI and DHS on sale on eBay for as little as $100

https://ift.tt/2GQkxVO

Submitted February 28, 2019 at 05:46PM by Jaspergreenham https://ift.tt/2H6hWGs

Researchers genetically modify yeast to ‘brew’ THC and CBD

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 07:34PM by btowntkd https://ift.tt/2IKx5Qa

Anti-vaxx 'mobs': doctors face harassment campaigns on Facebook - Medical experts who counter misinformation are weathering coordinated attacks. Now some are fighting back

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 06:33PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2T9SVBD

Facebook and Google will be punished with giant fines in the UK if they fail to rid their platforms of toxic content

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 05:32PM by iAUK https://ift.tt/2T9Ilup

Samsung is Bloating Everything with McAfee—Even Smart TVs

https://www.howtogeek.com/406177/samsung-is-bloating-everything-with-mcafee—even-smart-tvs/

Submitted February 28, 2019 at 02:55PM by throwaway54794 https://ift.tt/2GPoxWs

America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 04:52PM by legitqu https://ift.tt/2IDz74n

‘Gene-edited babies’ is one of the most censored topics on Chinese social media.

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 04:16PM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2StpsNL

Samsung's folding screen tech has been stolen and sold to China

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 09:17AM by Victim_Of_Censorship https://ift.tt/2GRu1ji

A major chemical company is building roads made of recycled plastic. They've already stopped 220,000 pounds of waste from ending up in landfills.

https://ift.tt/2TgrvsX

Submitted February 28, 2019 at 09:29AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2GNrpmJ

Ridley Scott’s Alien will finally be released in 4K HDR for its 40th anniversary

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 06:24AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2BVXynX

Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4 million high-risk individuals has leaked

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 03:50AM by TheDoctorWumbology https://ift.tt/2EDyrZ3

TikTok fined $5.7 million by FTC over alleged children’s privacy law violations

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 12:55AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2EBr9EQ

Facebook Says a “Clear History” Tool Will Hurt Its Advertising Business. Good.

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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 02:10AM by speckz https://ift.tt/2ECJ8uW

How Mozilla moved fast to block Facebook and other privacy invaders from your web browser

https://ift.tt/2ScCMWv

Submitted February 27, 2019 at 10:59PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2EB0sQJ

Boeing reveals autonomous fighter jet to arrive next year

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 07:33PM by Portis403 https://ift.tt/2EBWlnC

Windows 10 should never reboot your PC without your express permission, researchers conclude

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 08:28PM by skidmark-steve https://ift.tt/2IBzJYf

Bringing together the open source and open science communities by teaching scientists how to effectively share their code

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 06:59PM by protohedgehog https://ift.tt/2T2JtQq

Twitter suspends far-right activist Jacob Wohl for creating accounts to allegedly manipulate the U.S. presidential election

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 06:02PM by geoxol https://ift.tt/2XsHcMT

Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Says the Internet Needs Regulation

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 05:39PM by speckz https://ift.tt/2Tip4WB

Fight for your right... to repair - The Right to Repair is about restoring the power to repair products to the American people

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 07:02PM by speckz https://ift.tt/2ErF9A7

Scientist turn CO2 gas into carbon particles in a process that is efficient, scalable, and could potentially "rewind" the carbon emission clock. The particles turn into supercapacitors that can be used for electric vehicle applications.

https://ift.tt/2TgI6fZ

Submitted February 27, 2019 at 02:16PM by nopantsdolphin https://ift.tt/2UaeLRN

New documents suggest Chinese government helped fund the CRISPR babies experiment

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 11:12AM by thepkmncenter https://ift.tt/2NCZTJn

New US antitrust task force could unwind tech mergers

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 04:57AM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2H8RlZv

Fake Amazon reviews draw fraud charges in groundbreaking FTC case

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 09:04AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2ToxxaK

Over 8,000 marijuana convictions in San Francisco cleared thanks to computer algorithm

https://ift.tt/2H4qu0j

Submitted February 27, 2019 at 07:12AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2Ef5rFt

U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms

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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 04:15AM by A_Lazko https://ift.tt/2NtKL0I

Studies keep showing that the best way to stop piracy is to offer cheaper, better alternatives.

https://ift.tt/2Vq7RYX

Submitted February 27, 2019 at 02:51AM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2H4E1VZ

Yes, retailers are colluding to inflate prices online

https://ift.tt/2VkGOht

Submitted February 27, 2019 at 02:21AM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2H3UNo3

Robocalls are rampant despite the Do Not Call list — FCC urges phone providers to help stop them

https://ift.tt/2ICh12J

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 11:09PM by HESNTech https://ift.tt/2BTBkmq

US appeals court blesses AT&T $81 billion takeover of Time Warner, affirming no harm to consumers, competition

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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 09:08PM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2T0O9pY

U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms

https://ift.tt/2BTYn0N

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 10:27PM by idarknight https://ift.tt/2H2kMfD

Google reportedly poaches Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia engineers for 'gChips' team

https://ift.tt/2TfLg3L

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 06:50PM by bartturner https://ift.tt/2StD0sm

India To Soon Have Its Own DNS: Users’ Data Will Be Stored Within Country; Small ISPs Without Credible DNS To Benefit

https://ift.tt/2EbKJpX

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 06:52PM by redhatGizmo https://ift.tt/2XiBzRc

A Mom Found Almost A Dozen YouTube Kids Videos Showing Suicide, School Shootings, And Abuse

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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 06:11PM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2ExF8LX

IBM so very, very sorry after jobs page casually asks hopefuls: Are you white, black... or yellow?

https://ift.tt/2NvHRZs

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 06:13PM by Loki-L https://ift.tt/2VgSFgo

Facebook plays defense over concerns about content moderators' mental health

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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 03:14PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2Egh1A4

Belgian Scientists Crack the code for affordable green energy. Field trials with a solar panel generating hydrogen at 15% efficiency starting soon.

Article translated from dutch (layout messed up):

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrt.be%2Fvrtnws%2Fnl%2F2019%2F02%2F24%2Fbelgische-wetenschappers-kraken-de-code-voor-betaalbare-groene-w%2F

Original article in dutch:

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/02/24/belgische-wetenschappers-kraken-de-code-voor-betaalbare-groene-w/

​

Sorry for the dutch article.

I could not find an english article.

Some highlights:

- Energy is generated from a solar panel that outputs hydrogen

- Efficiency is currently at 15%. Current (household) solar panel tech is at around 18-20%

- The panel is made out of cheap, durable parts. No expensive, rare materials are needed.

- No more batteries needed for storage. For household use, a tank can be put underground, which can be used in the winter, when solar output is low.

- Household trials are starting as soon as possible

​

​

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 01:00PM by IndustrialTape https://ift.tt/2tDVhJG

Microsoft takes a big step towards putting Xbox games on Windows

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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 07:05AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2IxIxhU

Plain wrong: Millions of utility customers’ passwords stored in plain text

https://ift.tt/2GJXhZp

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 12:30AM by thedcl https://ift.tt/2VkTgxB

Trump climate advisory panel structured to avoid public records

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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 01:44AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2U2XHNv

Report: Facebook Moderators Are Routinely High and Joke About Suicide to Cope With Job

https://ift.tt/2TfX0mQ

Submitted February 26, 2019 at 12:35AM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2Ew5pdL

Facebook's Content Moderators Start Believing the Conspiracy Theories They're Charged with Policing

https://ift.tt/2SmaOI5

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 10:30PM by c4li4nia https://ift.tt/2U7Re3K

Google forced to reveal which products have microphones following privacy backlash

https://ift.tt/2H27dwL

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 09:55PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2Xiepup

Australian Email Service says it is losing customers and may move outside of the country over local anti-encryption laws

https://ift.tt/2GK8yJ3

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 09:17PM by Torquemada1970 https://ift.tt/2NqPWys

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge

https://ift.tt/2VkvGkQ

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 07:11PM by Wyls_ON_fyre https://ift.tt/2ICGjhe

Doctors plan to test a gene therapy that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease

https://ift.tt/2VcwEQ2

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 05:38PM by False1512 https://ift.tt/2NqtTba

Think Facebook has an anti-vaxxer problem? You should see Amazon - The problem of distrust runs deeper than social media, with Amazon's recommendation algorithms also pushing people towards anti-vaxx content

https://ift.tt/2Iylqnq

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 05:18PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2T0LL2a

1TB microSD cards are now a thing

https://ift.tt/2NpT5ym

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 03:41PM by MarshallBrain https://ift.tt/2GHqVOV

Mozilla may treat Aussie staff as 'insider threats' to code base

https://ift.tt/2BSeUCb

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 01:40PM by masterdeals https://ift.tt/2SW0mMu

Right to Repair Legislation Is Officially Being Considered In Canada

https://ift.tt/2NiLIc0

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 01:55PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2U1GXGp

New flaws in 4G, 5G allow attackers to intercept calls and track phone locations

https://ift.tt/2XuRFYe

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 07:34AM by PilotPig https://ift.tt/2BR1iY1

Arizona utility reveals battery deals that give California a run for its money

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Submitted February 25, 2019 at 05:44AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2BUU7Op

U.S. Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor

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Submitted February 25, 2019 at 06:20AM by porkchop_d_clown https://ift.tt/2EuwTQZ

Microsoft unveils HoloLens 2: twice the field of view, eye tracking

https://ift.tt/2U7koA2

Submitted February 25, 2019 at 01:05AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2BQTq8S

PepsiCo is laying off corporate employees as the company commits to millions of dollars in severance pay, restructuring, and 'relentlessly automating'

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Submitted February 25, 2019 at 03:24AM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2GJ2d0q

A century before Elon Musk’s Tesla, electric cars were popular in many cities

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Submitted February 25, 2019 at 01:39AM by mettigel5483 https://ift.tt/2U1ZOkM

Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal

https://ift.tt/2U2bjIL

Submitted February 24, 2019 at 10:27PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2UdmdeI

Pinterest blocks all vaccine-related searches in effort to combat anti-vax content

https://ift.tt/2V39Uls

Submitted February 24, 2019 at 11:56PM by SirT6 https://ift.tt/2GLH2Lo

Horrified mom discovers suicide instructions in video on YouTube and YouTube Kids

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Submitted February 24, 2019 at 10:17PM by umwhatshisname https://ift.tt/2BRqoWz

Are you being scanned? How facial recognition technology follows you, even as you shop | Technology

https://ift.tt/2SnRfim

Submitted February 24, 2019 at 09:16PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2Ve9QiJ

Facebook attacked over app that reveals period dates of its users | Technology

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Submitted February 24, 2019 at 04:19PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2IxRtE3

NASA releases sharpest-ever images of distant Kuiper Belt object

https://ift.tt/2BPQE3L

Submitted February 24, 2019 at 02:00PM by appleberey https://ift.tt/2SophTI

NASA wants to send gear to the moon to prep for future human missions and permanent outpost before the end of 2019, including a spaceship navigation beacon, radiation monitor, and soil analyzer. One step at a time, people.

https://ift.tt/2Xkgq9u

Submitted February 24, 2019 at 03:01AM by nopantsdolphin https://ift.tt/2SmKzBk

YouTube removes ads from anti-vaccination video channels

https://ift.tt/2txJGM7

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 08:54PM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2Eqr1YR

Confidential emails sent by Facebook executives leaked online - Communications between senior figures, including Mark Zuckerberg, shed new light on data use

https://ift.tt/2BO6kUS

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 07:44PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2tz76AP

Microsoft workers protest $480m HoloLens military deal: 'We did not sign up to develop weapons'

https://ift.tt/2U3R25y

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 07:48PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2GYWzXn

Microsoft Workers Say the Company Is War Profiteering, and They’ve Timed Their Protest to Hurt

https://ift.tt/2SjFucP

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 06:47PM by yourSAS https://ift.tt/2BP6s6B

IKEA announces plans to release air purifying curtains

https://ift.tt/2E6sRN9

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 06:26PM by Portis403 https://ift.tt/2GYA84L

Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal

https://ift.tt/2U2bjIL

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 06:38PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2SlZSKe

iOS apps sending private data to facebook

https://ift.tt/2EqbM2b

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 05:54PM by misteraugust https://ift.tt/2NlXXoe

NASA plans to launch submarine to study depths of the sea

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Submitted February 23, 2019 at 05:11PM by Portis403 https://ift.tt/2IGuYgq

Microsoft workers are demanding the company cancel its $480 million contract with the US military

https://ift.tt/2V9nKm8

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 09:11AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2NnmedF

'We did not sign up to develop weapons': Microsoft workers protest $480m HoloLens military deal

https://ift.tt/2BOunmS

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 09:28AM by AdministrativePapaya https://ift.tt/2U4FNdd

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Submitted February 23, 2019 at 05:35AM by AutoModerator https://ift.tt/2SkkJ0P

Apps are reportedly telling Facebook how much users weigh and when they're menstruating

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Submitted February 23, 2019 at 06:23AM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2SWld22

YouTube just demonetized anti-vax channels.

https://ift.tt/2Xs95ES

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 04:08AM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2tzl8Ta

Cord Cutting Hits Another Record With More Bad News For Cable - Over 850,000 pay TV customers dropped service in the fourth quarter, which could be a new record.

https://ift.tt/2Sg1EwJ

Submitted February 23, 2019 at 01:58AM by speckz https://ift.tt/2T972WR

Mark Zuckerberg Promised A Clear History Tool Almost A Year Ago. Where Is It?

https://ift.tt/2SSnlYB

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 06:40PM by speckz https://ift.tt/2IIETlF

Facebook reportedly gets deeply personal info from some apps, like ovulation times and heart rate

https://ift.tt/2SVAXCq

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 11:09PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2ItRhWh

Ajit Pai's FCC insists that ignoring consumers and gutting oversight of major ISPs dramatically boosted network investment. Reality suggests something else entirely.

https://ift.tt/2DYEVA2

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 09:45PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2IJ1631

Japanese spacecraft successfully touches down on an asteroid, grabbing a sample of dust

https://ift.tt/2U22fDQ

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 06:34PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/2T9LAB2

Samsung TV update has broken functionality of samsung soundbars

https://ift.tt/2BPDmnU

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 01:53PM by Mrjohnnyray https://ift.tt/2U1V1Qn

Are we on the road to civilisation collapse?

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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 04:17PM by trot-trot https://ift.tt/2V6R7FM

Facebook will shut down its spyware VPN app Onavo

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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 02:26PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2TfQeh6

Uber data used to identify accomplices in staged Jussie Smollett attack, police say

https://ift.tt/2VcPGpc

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 09:51AM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2TaKKE5

Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly

https://ift.tt/2NlnLky

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 09:04AM by ForensicatingEdibles https://ift.tt/2U0kx8w

As fallout over pedophilia content on YouTube continues, AT&T and Hasbro pull all advertisements

https://ift.tt/2Nigd1X

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 04:55AM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2ShLWB2

Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly

https://ift.tt/2NlnLky

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 11:11PM by MortWellian https://ift.tt/2DZgNNQ

Apple's stubborn refusal to make a cheap iPhone resulted in its biggest sales decline in 3 years

https://ift.tt/2GA5ZJD

Submitted February 22, 2019 at 01:23AM by AltaVistaIsGood https://ift.tt/2IrErIf

WinRAR patches 19-year-old security vulnerability that put millions at risk

https://ift.tt/2GCNoNg

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 06:42PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2EmPmib

Industry Claims That Cord Cutting Would Be A Fad Aren't Looking So Hot

https://ift.tt/2NjCqwv

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 09:23PM by speckz https://ift.tt/2T9i3Y6

Trump calls for 6G cellular technology, because why the heck not

https://ift.tt/2NkLzFc

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 09:18PM by spsheridan https://ift.tt/2IqfH33

OK, your boss allegedly called you a lazy n*****, promoted the person you trained ahead of you and paid you less, but you can't PROVE it's racism, Facebook says

https://ift.tt/2GVes9E

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 08:43PM by TommyAdagio https://ift.tt/2Vck1Va

Nike’s self-lacing smart sneakers malfunction days after release

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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 07:59PM by itsmyusersname https://ift.tt/2E4wYsX

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Submitted December 15, 2017 at 03:56AM by zathegfx https://ift.tt/2kvcL62

Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked

https://ift.tt/2U1j41x

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 04:20PM by Diana-RS https://ift.tt/2BMbelv

Android users can now stop Facebook from tracking their location

https://ift.tt/2GB2sdZ

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 05:45PM by WhooisWhoo https://ift.tt/2GUn5RW

Facebook Is an 'Innovator in Privacy,' Says Guy Who Runs Facebook

https://ift.tt/2IoPqlH

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 06:49PM by PrivacyReporter https://ift.tt/2EmhlyE

Virgin Flight Reaches 801 MPH as Furious Jet Stream Propels Plane Faster Than Speed of Sound.

https://ift.tt/2Sgd1or

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 04:42PM by Simonekis https://ift.tt/2TXz1WA

'Illegal Boondoggle': US Government Rebuked for Giving 1,400 Private Companies Access to Dubious Terrorism Watchlist

https://ift.tt/2DWTzYA

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 08:14AM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2SLMW5w

Vox lawyers briefly censored YouTubers who mocked The Verge’s bad PC build advice

https://ift.tt/2XhXCHA

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 05:43AM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2SfoDHZ

Sen. Warner blasts Google for hidden Nest microphone: Federal agencies and Congress 'must have hearings to shine a light on the dark underbelly of the digital economy'

https://ift.tt/2SbLQLm

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 07:41AM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2Xgvi8w

Florida inmate says prison sold him $569 of music, then took it away

https://ift.tt/2Ejx4OL

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 04:36AM by __Hello_my_name_is__ https://ift.tt/2T7MzBH

Advertisers Boycott YouTube After Pedophiles Swarm Comments on Videos of Children

https://ift.tt/2El63uw

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 05:42AM by khayrirrw https://ift.tt/2XhXF6e

Nestle, Disney Pull YouTube Ads, Joining Furor Over Child Videos

https://ift.tt/2GSaXkl

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 01:52AM by BernieSandInMyPants https://ift.tt/2V9B7Tk

US average 4G download speeds ranked 47th among 77 countries in large-scale study

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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 12:31AM by EthicalReasoning https://ift.tt/2Xg22iy

Samsung foldable phone: Galaxy Fold specs, release date, price

https://ift.tt/2SfYj0D

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 12:47AM by Abscess2 https://ift.tt/2IugP5I

Florida prisons are getting sued for erasing $11 million worth of prisoner music purchases

https://ift.tt/2EjoXSD

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 12:29AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2X9aEr7

Google put a microphone in Nest Secure and forgot to tell anyone

https://ift.tt/2EjCUj8

Submitted February 21, 2019 at 12:09AM by plato_thyself https://ift.tt/2ttaLjw

Microsoft Edge lets Facebook run Flash code behind users' backs

https://ift.tt/2IrgeBU

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 11:27PM by ga-vu https://ift.tt/2DVBUAw

Google admits error over hidden microphone - Google has acknowledged that it made an error in not disclosing that one of its home alarm products contained a microphone.

https://ift.tt/2T0Csib

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 05:58PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2GF7zdt

AT&T is already trying to sweep its 5G E lies under the rug

http://bit.ly/2XcUAVh

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 06:57PM by speckz https://ift.tt/2T3at1g

Users alarmed by undisclosed microphone in Nest Security System

https://ift.tt/2X6VZMW

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 10:20PM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2GY4XXr

Paid family leave is an investment in public health, not a handout

https://ift.tt/2txfYHg

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 06:32PM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2U4ylyZ

New Bill Would Stop Internet Service Providers From Screwing You With Hidden Fees - Cable giants routinely advertise one rate then charge you another thanks to hidden fees a well-lobbied government refuses to do anything about.

https://ift.tt/2V7Muv4

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 05:44PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2TZBHD0

Nest has a secret microphone–Google just forgot to tell us

https://ift.tt/2Val4oG

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 03:36PM by whyrumgone21 https://ift.tt/2TUoRpS

UK defense think tank warns that allowing Huawei into 5G network is 'irresponsible'

https://ift.tt/2T9WXJ4

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 10:13AM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2SSxp4c

China Has Abandoned a Cybersecurity Truce With the U.S., Report Says

https://bloom.bg/2Gxpv9x

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 09:16AM by ourlifeintoronto https://ift.tt/2GTFDl1

These hyper-efficient solar panels could actually live on your roof soon

https://tcrn.ch/2DZ13dF

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 07:42AM by GriffonsChainsaw https://ift.tt/2GxbuJ7

Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was 'never supposed to be a secret'

https://ift.tt/2XfYufQ

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 08:40AM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2V4Xp8R

Exposed Chinese database shows depth of surveillance state

https://ift.tt/2XdrpkM

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 07:32AM by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 https://ift.tt/2Se6lqx

China abandons cybersecurity truce with U.S., report says

http://bit.ly/2SdHwuR

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 03:09AM by NineteenEighty9 http://bit.ly/2SJU2rk

These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop

https://cnet.co/2tl7OBp

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 12:11AM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2DVWO2m

The Fix Is in—DIY Repair Clubs Grow in Popularity

https://on.wsj.com/2DZwq82

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 12:15AM by speckz http://bit.ly/2SOuLwf

Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds

https://n.pr/2GyuPcK

Submitted February 20, 2019 at 01:29AM by materials_science http://bit.ly/2tCvdyJ

If you call this firm a “patent troll,” it might sue for defamation

http://bit.ly/2TXMwpi

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 11:24PM by user26983-8469389655 http://bit.ly/2V7nV1s

How loot boxes hooked gamers and left regulators spinning

http://bit.ly/2V6KkvP

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 08:29PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2GzmYvI

Your cable company may soon be forced to be more transparent about your bill - Two Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill this month that would require phone, cable and internet providers to include all charges in advertised prices

https://on.mktw.net/2SOZ9GD

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 06:02PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2DVfsax

A $300 billion business tax break meant to raise wages is instead helping companies replace workers with machines, study says

https://wapo.st/2T1IjDI

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 01:01PM by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 http://bit.ly/2Sfh1pe

Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It - Without humans to cause accidents, 90% of risk is removed. Insurers are scrambling to prepare.

https://bloom.bg/2V0ZmTG

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 03:25PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2GOkKYB

The Worst Possible Version of the EU Copyright Directive Has Sparked a German Uprising

http://bit.ly/2trrweO

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 11:59AM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2DSKS1v

Facebook Has Behaved Like 'Digital Gangsters,' U.K. Parliament Report Says

https://n.pr/2GQ3aDt

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 10:10AM by ralphbernardo http://bit.ly/2SaKlgz

Meet the man behind a third of what's on Wikipedia

https://cbsn.ws/2DUuKfV

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 04:09AM by TommyAdagio http://bit.ly/2TZRQIY

The U.S. cannot crush us, says Huawei founder - "If the lights go out in the West, the East will still shine. And if the North goes dark, there is still the South. America doesn’t represent the world. America only represents a portion of the world."

https://bbc.in/2EgDKgB

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 05:56AM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2EijHyo

Do Facebook and Google need to be broken up? The unprecedented power of these tech giants to manipulate and shape discourse may be impeding our democracies

http://bit.ly/2SMtvK8

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 05:16AM by itsmyusersname http://bit.ly/2XdHQgS

The Tesla big battery in South Australia continues to make its mark on the Australian energy market, pocketing another $4m in the fourth quarter. Its presence effectively destroyed a “cartel”- like play that pushed prices up, and removed constraints that were exploited by gas generators.

http://bit.ly/2BQtE4L

Submitted February 19, 2019 at 03:41AM by Orangutan http://bit.ly/2U1wbA9

Google is reportedly hiding behind shell companies to scoop up tax breaks and land

http://bit.ly/2V7kech

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 10:45PM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2N9Y9XJ

Huawei cloning Apple parts, rewarding employees for tech theft

http://bit.ly/2T3aGRW

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 10:12PM by seanDL_ http://bit.ly/2U2uulC

Facebook is out of control and politicians have no idea what to do

http://bit.ly/2GPbm7d

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 05:13PM by Elliottafc http://bit.ly/2T1I63t

UK government claims Facebook ‘deliberately frustrated’ inquiry into online spread of fake news

http://bit.ly/2Xad60v

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 07:32PM by Carrotyd http://bit.ly/2ttdpFT

Mark Zuckerberg humiliated by group of lawmakers, who accuse Facebook's CEO of spectacular leadership failure

https://read.bi/2BGfnqS

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 05:01PM by Fr1sk3r http://bit.ly/2GutF2b

Facebook ‘intentionally and knowingly’ violated U.K. privacy and competition rules, British lawmakers say.

https://wapo.st/2DQdfx9

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 05:52AM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2IfF4o2

Google Maps just accidentally exposed Taiwan's secret missile sites

https://read.bi/2TUK2b6

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 07:34AM by Fr1sk3r http://bit.ly/2BHt2y7

Stop saying, “We take your privacy and security seriously”

https://tcrn.ch/2tqqFv5

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 07:16AM by speckz http://bit.ly/2SEmivv

House bill requires pornography filter on all phones, computers purchased in Kansas

http://bit.ly/2GGtakM

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 05:27AM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2ST2vrz

Facebook can no longer govern itself, UK lawmakers say

http://bit.ly/2X3t10B

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 05:56AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2GvsUFU

Canadian Telecom Giant Bell Wanted NAFTA to Ban Some VPNs. Bell wanted the privacy tools—which can also be used to access geo-blocked media—to be made unlawful under NAFTA.

http://bit.ly/2sXPbnc

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 07:03AM by CrashQL http://bit.ly/2V2mkdl

This guy found a working 30-year-old Apple IIe in his parents' attic, and wow those were simpler times

http://bit.ly/2T0BGS8

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 04:48AM by lengau http://bit.ly/2NanCA9

Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers

http://bit.ly/2TUpQGk

Submitted February 18, 2019 at 04:16AM by _Abram_ http://bit.ly/2TOAONH

How did the police know you were near a crime scene? Google told them

http://bit.ly/2SkhJq3

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 10:15PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2SGZRph

US needs an internet data privacy law, GAO tells Congress

https://cnet.co/2Ird5SG

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 07:49PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2V1Qsp1

Facebook under pressure to halt rise of anti-vaccination groups

http://bit.ly/2WVvOJ8

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 07:48PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2V2F789

Google and Facebook face a CMA investigation into their stranglehold on digital advertising

http://bit.ly/2GGpyzm

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 07:45PM by mynameisalex1 http://bit.ly/2V4xMVS

China surveillance firm tracking millions in Xinjiang - researcher

https://reut.rs/2EejHPU

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 05:36PM by Wagamaga http://bit.ly/2SSb4Tv

Roger McNamee: ‘It’s bigger than Facebook. This is a problem with the entire industry’

http://bit.ly/2NgD8L7

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 12:35PM by Elliottafc http://bit.ly/2GLp9vq

'Google, this is bogus as hell' — one of the fathers of the internet blasts Google for how Chromecast behaves on his home network

http://bit.ly/2DOiHk7

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 12:52PM by maxwellhill http://bit.ly/2GKLmtz

The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force of a nuclear weapon — with no fallout

https://read.bi/2SUPaPf

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 10:16AM by maxwellhill http://bit.ly/2N8TiG4

The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has just been finalised

http://bit.ly/2DGGKBo

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 07:39AM by plato_thyself http://bit.ly/2tsvnsm

Twitter hides tweet that appears to be from Iran's supreme leader

https://cnet.co/2SVzQ4Z

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 02:11AM by d0mth0ma5 http://bit.ly/2UYx78g

The German Federal Cyberintelligence Agency has published a report detailing the ways in which Windows surveils its users.

http://bit.ly/2S8RT38

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 04:54AM by SuperCharged2000 http://bit.ly/2X82yPf

Google is reportedly hiding behind shell companies to scoop up tax breaks and land

http://bit.ly/2V7kech

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 04:27AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2X5TVES

Facebook may face multi-billion dollar fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal

http://bit.ly/2DIBiOF

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 03:58AM by edsonarantes2 http://bit.ly/2V3S3Le

Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have crippled ad blockers

https://zd.net/2SVLfBH

Submitted February 17, 2019 at 01:43AM by mynameisalex1 http://bit.ly/2NbwMfC

The Final Version of the EU's Copyright Directive Is the Worst One Yet

http://bit.ly/2WW3XIR

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 11:59PM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2IjXWSV

I'm a neuroscientist / former brain bank manager who's developing an app to help researchers spend less time glued to microscopes in the lab. Ask me anything!

Hello reddit,

I'm Dr Matthew Williams, a neuroscientist in the UK who has recently been developing Segmentum Imaging, an attempt to move the slow and cumbersome methods of cell measurement into a more streamlined and neat system that you can use on a mobile device (meaning you can do it while lying in bed, watching TV or in the bar, rather than in a room with no windows and awful fluorescent lighting). We're hoping to launch our first version soon and are looking for people to try it and let us know what they think, or just people who've been stuck in lonely microscope rooms for untold hours to say what sort of features they'd like on such a system.

What's my background, though?

So after being a regular old neuroscientist for a few years I went up to full-on creepy neuroscientist when I inherited a huge human brain bank - a brief overview of this was described in a Cracked article a few years ago. More recently I got some very minor proxy fame in this parish by finding a tropical-spider egg sack on a banana and taking it to the local arachnid lab (as documented in a series of posts by /u/lagoon83, who's helping me stay on top of the AMA this evening: 1 2 3 4). More recently, as well as developing some digital biotech as a startup, I'm now working on creating another brain bank - but this time, for much of the animal kingdom as part of an international collaboration.

As suggested by the mods, I've posted this ahead of time so people can start adding comments - I'll be on here from 6pm GMT (1pm EST) and will stick around for a few hours to answer any questions you have about our app, digital pathology, my background, neuroscience in general, and whether I've summoned the strength of will to eat a banana recently.

Ask me anything!

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 08:51PM by spider_brain_guy http://bit.ly/2SUb1X1

Chinese facial recognition database exposes 2.5m people

http://bit.ly/2Io37S2

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 06:00PM by maxwellhill http://bit.ly/2TQPUCo

Ajit Pai helped Charter kill consumer-protection rules in Minnesota

http://bit.ly/2SWrZ7c

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 05:18PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2TRxLnZ

Twitter has been storing your ‘deleted’ DMs for years - Including those sent to and from deactivated or suspended accounts

http://bit.ly/2N7va6J

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 04:35PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2TRwoWn

Facebook, Google, CDC under pressure to stop anti-vax garbage from spreading

http://bit.ly/2S6eHk6

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 02:53PM by maxwellhill http://bit.ly/2SWWE4u

Ad code 'slows down' browsing speeds - Ads are responsible for making webpages slow to a crawl, suggests analysis of the most popular one million websites.

https://bbc.in/2DFLffH

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 04:56PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2BDrl4F

18,000 Android apps track users by violating advertising ID policies

http://bit.ly/2GIeaTk

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 01:46PM by WhooisWhoo http://bit.ly/2TMxZwB

Google removing ability for sites to detect Chrome Incognito Mode

http://bit.ly/2GLZB12

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 08:26AM by tachyonburst http://bit.ly/2BCnVPR

Insurance Giant Allstate Buys Independent Phone Repair Company, Joins Right to Repair Movement

http://bit.ly/2BAkUj4

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 07:22AM by maxwellhill http://bit.ly/2GtwO2b

GAO gives Congress go-ahead for a GDPR-like privacy legislation - Government officials, academia, and advocacy groups say it's time for the US to get its own GDPR-type law.

https://zd.net/2toRRuj

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 03:13AM by speckz http://bit.ly/2GK8EQ9

Apple, Google pressured to drop Saudi app that tracks women

http://bit.ly/2SDaIkl

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 04:52AM by Qipeki http://bit.ly/2S5xcoL

The nuclear city goes 100% renewable: Chicago may be the largest city in the nation to commit to 100% renewable energy, with a 2035 target date. And the location says a lot about the future of clean energy.

http://bit.ly/2toPkAj

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 02:46AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2V2mxxa

Facebook may face multi-billion dollar fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal

http://bit.ly/2DIBiOF

Submitted February 16, 2019 at 01:20AM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2X1TKdQ

TVA board votes to close coal plants despite Trump tweet

http://bit.ly/2E9o7aH

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 09:22PM by Philo1927 http://bit.ly/2SDiydG

Facebook Is Negotiating a Record Multi-Billion Dollar Fine for Its Privacy Problems: Report

http://bit.ly/2UTj8Rc

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 04:50PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2UYo6vR

How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition - Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

http://bit.ly/2BEq5hU

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 06:14PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2GL0vLe

Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories - ‘Repetition of information, even if false, can often be mistaken for accuracy.’

http://bit.ly/2WZS3hb

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 04:58PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2TMmLIA

Bold Plan? Replace the Border Wall with an Energy–Water Corridor: Building solar, wind, natural gas and water infrastructure all along the U.S.–Mexico border would create economic opportunity rather than antagonism

http://bit.ly/2DCuRMP

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 05:16PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2S0yvW8

Woman With Womb Transplanted From Deceased Donor Successfully Gives Birth

http://bit.ly/2TUDQjG

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 02:22PM by kaffmoo http://bit.ly/2SD3T1U

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

https://read.bi/2IaMmJB

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 09:03AM by maxwellhill http://bit.ly/2X5d3mo

Amazon caught selling counterfeits of publisher’s computer books—again

http://bit.ly/2Ebwbb2

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 01:49AM by CrankyBear http://bit.ly/2Gw240D

Ajit Pai orders phone companies to adopt new anti-robocall tech in 2019

http://bit.ly/2WXPPyN

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 01:10AM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2BA3OS4

Amazon Will Pay a Whopping $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits

http://bit.ly/2IdirAx

Submitted February 15, 2019 at 03:34AM by LisaDziuba http://bit.ly/2DDGgMy

Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus

https://nyti.ms/2Ndkgwx

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 10:19PM by doug3465 http://bit.ly/2TQPufo

Today in thoughtcrime: UK bill makes clicking on ‘terrorism’ links worth a jail term

https://zd.net/2S2W4O1

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 08:53PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2WZdEGx

These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop

https://cnet.co/2tl7OBp

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 07:29PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2UYH85g

ISPs Are Violating the Old Net Neutrality Rules

http://bit.ly/2THCvMR

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 07:02PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2X3z5WQ

No evidence playing violent video games leads to aggressive behaviour in teens, study finds: 'The idea that violent video games drive real-world aggression is a popular one, but it hasn’t tested very well over time'

https://ind.pn/2SqJZHo

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 05:05PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2N7cdAY

Google joins Apple in probing Saudi app that lets men control where women travel, as pressure piles on the tech giants to kill the service

https://read.bi/2IexuKi

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 05:10PM by Fr1sk3r http://bit.ly/2Grb1Is

Movie Torrents Shown To Actually Boost Box Office Sales For Post-Release Movies

http://bit.ly/2UVMhuU

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 04:31PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2V45j2z

Selling 911 location data is illegal—US carriers reportedly did it anyway: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint sale of GPS data called "unquestionably illegal."

http://bit.ly/2BxPD08

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 06:58AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2thSG86

Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal Income Taxes

http://bit.ly/2UW0Crm

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 01:23AM by Prepeleac http://bit.ly/2GHu9Bm

The former Apple lawyer who was supposed to keep employees from insider trading has been charged with insider trading

https://cnb.cx/2Griabu

Submitted February 14, 2019 at 01:21AM by VonFluffington http://bit.ly/2tmJyim

You Can Now Run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 3

http://bit.ly/2S07cuY

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 11:07PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2GpO4FE

Opportunity did not answer NASA’s final call, and it’s now gone to us

http://bit.ly/2RWialn

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 09:25PM by CyborgTomHanks http://bit.ly/2GpCeLI

How the tobacco industry targets young people with social media influencers

http://bit.ly/2E7Z0Fu

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 05:22PM by Wagamaga http://bit.ly/2UTuggN

Tim Cook says Apple will investigate app that lets Saudi men track and control women

http://bit.ly/2tlgSpZ

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 07:59PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2SOXb8p

Twitter boss names Elon Musk as his favourite tweeter despite multiple scandals - Jack Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder, believes the Tesla billionaire is "solving existential problems and thinking openly".

http://bit.ly/2X2JBNV

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 06:31PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2tmjrbv

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts

http://bit.ly/2TK9Cjf

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 05:13PM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2E7F4m4

Apple CEO Tim Cook promises to investigate the 'abhorrent' Saudi Arabian app that allows men to track women

https://read.bi/2S2DDct

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 04:52PM by Fr1sk3r http://bit.ly/2GooKzA

Netflix Has Saved Every Choice You’ve Ever Made in ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' - A tech policy researcher used GDPR to request information about all of his choices from Netflix

http://bit.ly/2tikKrJ

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 04:59PM by yourSAS http://bit.ly/2RXwOZC

Critics call on Apple and Google to shut down Saudi app that can restrict women’s travel

https://wapo.st/2WZTSKI

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 11:21AM by jimrosenz http://bit.ly/2BsPxH1

Apple, Google Criticized For Carrying App That Lets Saudi Men Track Their Wives

https://n.pr/2tnyG3H

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 10:45AM by mack3r http://bit.ly/2IbyQFE

How Facebook Screwed Us All: It’s not just spreading phony stories everywhere—it’s killing real news.

http://bit.ly/2Ss3vmY

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 07:36AM by MortWellian http://bit.ly/2E74Sic

Researchers at the University of Oxford have created the biggest pulsed power machine in the world dedicated to researching fusion energy

http://bit.ly/2ti5fQz

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 04:10AM by AlphaTangoCheesecake http://bit.ly/2TKG6cX

Most Online ‘Terms of Service’ Are Incomprehensible to Adults, Study Finds

http://bit.ly/2N9ru4F

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 05:06AM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2BwxSy2

Activision Blizzard gives weak 2019 guidance, says it will slash 8% of workforce

https://cnb.cx/2RYdoDF

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 03:33AM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2Gl9pQx

Catastrophic” hack on email provider destroys almost two decades of data

http://bit.ly/2Sr5NCR

Submitted February 13, 2019 at 12:31AM by die-microcrap-die http://bit.ly/2E6rpM4

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly is running for the US Senate in Arizona

http://bit.ly/2thbbcJ

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 09:59PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2Sv21Ze

Cell companies lied to their customers about coverage, and the government believed them - The FCC is one step closer to acknowledging they have no idea who does and doesn’t have cell reception in America.

http://bit.ly/2WZQm3k

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 08:09PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2Bzih0S

With the recent Chinese company, Tencent, in the news about investing in Reddit, and possible censorship, it's amazing to me how so many people don't realize Reddit is already one of the most heavily censored websites on the internet.

I was looking through these recent /r/technology threads:

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/apcmtf/reddit_users_rally_against_chinese_censorship/

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/apgfu6/winnie_the_pooh_takes_over_reddit_due_to_chinese/

And it seems that there are a lot (probably most) of people completely clueless about the widespread censorship that already occurs on reddit. And in addition, they somehow think they'll be able to tell when censorship occurs!

​

I wrote about this in a few different subs recently, which you can find in my submission history, but here are some main takeaways:

• Over the past 5+ years Reddit has gone from being the best site for extensive information sharing and lengthy discussion, to being one of the most censored sites on the internet, with many subs regularly secretly removing more than 40% of the content. With the Tencent investment it simply seems like censorship is officially a part of Reddit's business model.

• A small amount of random people/mods who "got there first" control most of reddit. They are accountable to no one, and everyone is subject to the whims of their often capricious, self-serving, and abusive behavior.

• Most of reddit is censored completely secretly. By default there is no notification or reason given when any content is removed. Mod teams have to make an effort to notify users and cite rules. Many/most mods do not bother with this. This can extend to bans as well, which can be done silently via automod configs. Modlogs are private by default and mod teams have to make an effort to make them public.

• Reddit finally released the mod guidelines after years of complaints, but the admins do not enforce them. Many mods publicly boast about this fact.

• The tools to see when censorship happens are ceddit.com, removeddit.com, and using "open in new private window" for all your comments and submissions. You simply replace the "reddit.com/r/w.e" in the address to ceddit.com/r/w.e"

/r/undelete tracks things that were removed from the front page, but most censorship occurs well before a post makes it to the front page.

There are a number of /r/RedditAlternatives that are trying to address the issues with reddit.

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 08:23PM by MaximilianKohler http://bit.ly/2TLYsu3

Judge rules we can’t know about US government trying to force Facebook to decrypt Messenger calls

http://bit.ly/2DHl7RN

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 07:59PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2WSMHEl

Google and Facebook should be regulated for news content, UK government report says.

https://cnb.cx/2E7iSsd

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 03:09PM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2BxDKHr

Swiss e-voting trial offers $150,000 in bug bounties to hackers

http://bit.ly/2TORVz6

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 05:16PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2E5mPOa

So now I know Facebook is listening

Last night I had a Facebook phonecall conversation with my friend and mentioned to her my boss went ice fishing that day. Today I see Instagram and Facebook ads for ice fishing. I never ever googled ice fishing in my life, never read about it, never watched a YouTube video for it. The entire conversation we've had was in a non English language apart from when I said "ice fishing" in english. Bye Facebook, I'm out

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 04:17AM by PoisonIvy2016 http://bit.ly/2THaogI

Reddit users are the least valuable of any social network

https://cnb.cx/2N23lMY

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 05:35AM by anthropicprincipal http://bit.ly/2WZ9cqX

Texas lawmaker wants to ban mobile throttling in disaster areas

http://bit.ly/2DtGoOH

Submitted February 12, 2019 at 03:23AM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2N2mxdQ

Mars One is dead

https://engt.co/2UW6ukv

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 09:15PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2Dv95e4

Shocking: Carriers not forced to abide net neutrality rules tend to raise data prices, not lower them

http://bit.ly/2E2Q18g

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 11:25PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2N2crt8

A new wave of Internet censorship may be on the horizon

http://bit.ly/2RTTLgj

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 10:12PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2GAr1qS

YouTube’s copyright strikes have become a tool for extortion

http://bit.ly/2RUG00G

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 10:29PM by Philo1927 http://bit.ly/2SDvek1

Amy Klobuchar calls for net neutrality ‘guarantee’ in 2020 presidential announcement

http://bit.ly/2BtRaUK

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 11:28PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2E3G8XY

In just two years, 9,000 of these cameras were installed to spy on your car

http://bit.ly/2Gl4eiF

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 08:42PM by WhooisWhoo http://bit.ly/2I80W4R

Microsoft Ironically Proves Forced Windows Updates Don’t Make Any Sense

http://bit.ly/2WVkexF

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 07:07PM by whereistimbo http://bit.ly/2thVUZe

Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears

https://zd.net/2DtlcYY

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 07:19PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2GCCt56

Most Americans don't realize what companies can predict from their data

http://bit.ly/2SKRkRm

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 07:10PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2thVSR6

How America "Unfriended" Facebook in One Chart: From friend to frenemy.

http://bit.ly/2BuGBkt

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 03:11PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2RXVi52

Light-based computers could work 5,000 times faster

http://bit.ly/2ROy80w

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 06:58AM by tachyonburst http://bit.ly/2GjWGgG

Reddit Users Rally Against Chinese Censorship After the Site Receives a $150 Million Reported Investment

http://bit.ly/2E1RwUv

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 10:12AM by clandestinepin http://bit.ly/2Dxk5HY

Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test

https://zd.net/2BEBQVF

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 09:12AM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2MWGdzJ

Undercover spy exposed in NYC was 1 of many

http://bit.ly/2UTix1F

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 07:17AM by FortuitousAdroit http://bit.ly/2E5ms6h

Review: ‘Zucked’ examines Facebook’s unchecked power and ‘catastrophic’ results for us all – GeekWire

http://bit.ly/2WQ05cp

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 04:58AM by skepticalspectacle1 http://bit.ly/2SqVxdE

Analysts determine Chinese law lets police hack online services and copy user data for 'security'

http://bit.ly/2RS884G

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 01:47AM by CaptainTomato21 http://bit.ly/2DBTqK7

Microsoft: Improved security features are delaying hackers from attacking Windows users

https://zd.net/2Gie71f

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 12:30AM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2TNvHxr

Spotify hardens its stance on ad blockers. Users could have their accounts terminated without notice

http://bit.ly/2N0289i

Submitted February 11, 2019 at 01:31AM by CaptainTomato21 http://bit.ly/2MX02a9

Tesla releases all Tesla patents to help save the earth

http://bit.ly/2Ggn0Yf

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 11:07PM by traws06 http://bit.ly/2GzT75y

Reddit, Tencent investment: China’s censored atrocities exposed

http://bit.ly/2TMJODb

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 09:52PM by Qipeki http://bit.ly/2BE8I0L

If Google and Apple both collect user data then why Apple is more trusted

I am really confused today, apple collect significant amount of data of it's user, and google too, then why majority of high profile people use apple products?

Any positive response is highly appreciated

Thanks

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 08:07PM by sabirpage http://bit.ly/2GgXjb7

Long untouchable, web giants now know what it feels like to be hunted - Governments, after years of indulgence, are rightly getting tough on social media sites

http://bit.ly/2td3dBn

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 05:30PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2WU7KGD

Now Britain is the latest to make Huawei pay for its suspect technology

http://bit.ly/2TFP1wo]

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 06:12PM by 7hr0w4w4y_00 http://bit.ly/2Bw4Y0W

EU copyright reforms a step closer - but Google warns they 'could harm creatives'

http://bit.ly/2WQmLJn

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 03:16PM by foolkiller http://bit.ly/2THooqS

Mozilla Adding CryptoMining and Fingerprint Blocking to Firefox

http://bit.ly/2t7RX9u

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 06:26PM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2TFHqxJ

Google completely terminated our new business via our Google Play Developer Account

http://bit.ly/2SFvQp4

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 05:40AM by microface http://bit.ly/2SIIlA8

SpaceX seeks FCC approval for up to 1M Starlink satellite earth stations

http://bit.ly/2MVpIDU

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 08:55AM by Valcaralho http://bit.ly/2GDD7j3

Web Browsers Are Broken. Here’s Why It’s Time For a Reboot

http://bit.ly/2SjwFol

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 08:06AM by dapperlemon http://bit.ly/2E14kKt

Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else

http://bit.ly/2BsimmL

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 04:27AM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2BtoBqC

Tesla 'dog mode' will stop pets overheating in cars, Elon Musk says.

http://bit.ly/2GvZkiM

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 02:56AM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2E1hHKW

Google Play caught hosting an app that steals users’ cryptocurrency

http://bit.ly/2RSMxsO

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 11:23PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2HXXE3U

AT&T sued by Sprint, must defend decision to tell users that 4G is “5G E

http://bit.ly/2GyHb3V

Submitted February 10, 2019 at 01:04AM by MrDamien15 http://bit.ly/2I0ntQZ

Facebook, Google and other internet platforms are creating a dystopian nightmare. It's time to wake up.

https://nbcnews.to/2GeozGT

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 10:50PM by Elliottafc http://bit.ly/2tck5rX

Texas bill would ban throttling in disaster areas - Over 100 net neutrality bills have been introduced in states

http://bit.ly/2GyCh79

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 07:38PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2WRZtTC

‘There’s going to be a fight here to weaken it’: Inside the lobbying war over California’s landmark privacy law

https://wapo.st/2Dmjdpt

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 06:58PM by mynameisalex1 http://bit.ly/2WUsluv

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Submitted February 09, 2019 at 05:35AM by AutoModerator http://bit.ly/2BriUJO

Democrat Proposes Jail Time For Tech Companies Who Steal Your Data

http://bit.ly/2Dw0fwL

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 09:03AM by skoalbrother http://bit.ly/2UVrnML

HP’s Ink Subscription Has DRM That Disables Your Printer Cartridges

http://bit.ly/2BsbMN6

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 04:20AM by doors_1 http://bit.ly/2Gzuaaf

Apple is telling developers to disclose secret screen recordings or face ‘immediate action’

http://bit.ly/2RNeqCn

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 05:32AM by PracticalProperty http://bit.ly/2Sn0Smk

German Regulators just outlawed Facebook's whole ad business.

http://bit.ly/2HXEtHm

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 06:33AM by InitiatePenguin http://bit.ly/2GvTnCt

UC Berkeley bans new research projects with Huawei after US indictments

http://bit.ly/2GfKzkV

Submitted February 09, 2019 at 04:16AM by 7hr0w4w4y_00 http://bit.ly/2E1WEI5

Thousands of industrial refrigerators can be remotely defrosted, thanks to default passwords

https://tcrn.ch/2SlMD1h

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 06:37PM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2MW2XQi

Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

https://tcrn.ch/2TzBjew

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 06:38PM by PrivacyReporter http://bit.ly/2SImER7

Texas Bill Aims To Stop Companies From 'Throttling' Internet Service During Disasters

http://bit.ly/2SzomUO

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 06:48PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2RQnarA

reddit is on track to receiving hundreds of millions in funding from Chinese WeChat company

http://bit.ly/2UMJjcc

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 06:06PM by x_____________ http://bit.ly/2BsgnyQ

Trump is reportedly expected to ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from US networks

https://cnb.cx/2TyS7Ch

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 06:12PM by NineteenEighty9 http://bit.ly/2Bpwqh5

The dangers of facial recognition software — A 19th century pseudo-science warns us about the big risk posed by the 21st century’s latest technology.

https://wapo.st/2Shgd7Y

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 05:30PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2TDJmqF

How a tiny country bordering Russia became one of the most tech-savvy societies in the world

https://cnb.cx/2RNnozH

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 03:25PM by HESNTech http://bit.ly/2DZgSC6

Facebook says it "needs to collect all your data to protect against terrorism and child abuse"

http://bit.ly/2DXyEWm

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 08:39AM by speckz http://bit.ly/2I14TYQ

Sprint sues AT&T over its fake 5G branding.

https://engt.co/2DufrKP

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 12:40PM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2BAGUKH

US Senators Demand Probe of Foreign VPNs Over Spying Risk

http://bit.ly/2RI17TX

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 12:05PM by wolfthorn821 http://bit.ly/2UN20g0

Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

https://nyti.ms/2SyrIHv

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 05:16AM by khayrirrw http://bit.ly/2Gt7M2a

Mozilla exec calls on Congress to restore 2015 net neutrality protections

http://bit.ly/2SvcSBC

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 04:52AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2WQLtsX

Jeff Bezos says National Enquirer is threatening to publish his nude photos

http://bit.ly/2SAZhIV

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 04:58AM by TheRedGerund http://bit.ly/2WQLqNN

Raspberry Pi opens its first dedicated retail store

http://bit.ly/2HZVZep

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 03:14AM by Deeco7 http://bit.ly/2GglPcq

MIT’s insulin pill could replace injections for people with diabetes

https://tcrn.ch/2SFG60Q

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 02:04AM by CyborgTomHanks http://bit.ly/2BqrNDn

How did the police know you were near the scene of a crime? Google told them.

http://bit.ly/2SkhJq3

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 03:07AM by Putanista http://bit.ly/2MWsJ6N

BBC names Alan Turing 20th century icon -- A vote on a BBC Two televison show has named scientist and World War II codebreaker Alan Turning the 20th century's most iconic figure

http://bit.ly/2TCl7sV

Submitted February 08, 2019 at 12:50AM by mepper http://bit.ly/2SgoPf3

Internet users won’t be fooled by fake net neutrality legislation pushed by telecom shills in Congress

http://bit.ly/2SDIMf2

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 11:52PM by Nekoroboticon http://bit.ly/2DhDaOc

Skype Can Now Blur Your Background So You Don't Have to Frantically Tidy Your Room

http://bit.ly/2Gu1z64

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 11:32PM by TommyAdagio http://bit.ly/2I09KJM

Apple Helps AT&T Mislead Consumers With Fake 5G

http://bit.ly/2HWr3M4

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 09:44PM by Abscess2 http://bit.ly/2Gc69a5

Senators Ask the FCC to Investigate Wireless Carrier Throttling

https://bloom.bg/2ti5QC9

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 03:20PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2DXjkt5

AAA confirms what Tesla, BMW, Nissan electric car owners suspected — cold weather saps EV range. Even turning on the car drains power

https://cnb.cx/2GqQGSE

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 05:14PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2StVZHu

City of Tampa sues Frontier and Verizon for damage to pipes - The suit claims Frontier Communications of America and Verizon Florida caused nearly $100,000 in damages to underground water infrastructure over three years.

http://bit.ly/2MWLeIE

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 06:55PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2SzUbg1

Wyden pitches jail time, billions in fines for online privacy violators with ‘Do Not Track’ bill - Oregon's senior U.S. senator wants new federal privacy protections analogous to the rules that govern corporate executives’ conduct.

http://bit.ly/2GfD4dy

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 06:27PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2Dfti7B

Facebook ordered to gather less user data

https://bbc.in/2BnxySq

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 03:58PM by Loganhenrry132 http://bit.ly/2DWHIea

Facebook ordered to stop combining WhatsApp and Instagram data without consent in Germany

http://bit.ly/2t9OCGT

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 04:58PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2t7eNOo

Cops Insist Waze Users Stop Snitching on DWI Checkpoints

http://bit.ly/2HRO2Yq

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 07:02AM by TekOg http://bit.ly/2RH1jTj

Reddit, Banned in China, Is Reportedly Set to Land $150 Million Investment From a Chinese Censorship Powerhouse

http://bit.ly/2HVxcbk

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 01:07AM by TheCocksmith http://bit.ly/2DdaJRn

Big Telecom Sold Highly Sensitive Customer GPS Data Typically Used for 911 Calls - A Motherboard investigation has found that around 250 bounty hunters and related businesses had access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer location data.

http://bit.ly/2DXsPby

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 04:18AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2RGglJ6

Apple Is Removing 'Do Not Track' From Safari

http://bit.ly/2DWtV7r

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 04:55AM by whereistimbo http://bit.ly/2BmCqXV

NYPD demands that Google's Waze app stop revealing DWI checkpoints

https://cnb.cx/2t7H6Mu

Submitted February 07, 2019 at 03:33AM by mynameisalex1 http://bit.ly/2HUYVsD

Reddit, Banned in China, Is Reportedly Set to Land $150 Million Investment From a Chinese Censorship Powerhouse

http://bit.ly/2SAEiWw

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 11:28PM by Glassounds http://bit.ly/2Bndgs2

Gmail is now blocking 100 million extra spam messages every day with AI - The Verge

http://bit.ly/2BlWoBO

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 10:41PM by whereistimbo http://bit.ly/2BoHafq

NYPD To Google: Stop Revealing Location Of DWI Checkpoints

https://cbsloc.al/2SARbzW

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 11:35PM by symbiosa http://bit.ly/2Gt1e3B

Whatever You Paid to Watch Netflix Last Month Was More Than It Paid in Income Taxes All Last Year: $0

http://bit.ly/2DWJE6s

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 07:46PM by User_Name13 http://bit.ly/2WIEYIJ

South Carolina Spent $9 Billion to Dig a Hole in the Ground and Then Fill it Back in

http://bit.ly/2WDIHY2

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 07:24PM by pnewell http://bit.ly/2RFccVO

Apple to pay 10 years of back taxes to France | The Guardian

http://bit.ly/2t4txgW

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 07:05PM by philipwhiuk http://bit.ly/2t8PefW

Any form of threatening, harassing, or violence / physical harm towards anyone will result in a ban

We have posted this before, but this needs to be reiterated.

We understand that many of you are emotionally driven to discuss your feelings on recent events, most notably the repeal of Net Neutrality - however inciting violence towards others is never ok. It is upsetting that we even have to post this.

Do we enjoy banning people for these types of offences? No... Many of us feel as if the system has failed and want some form of repercussion. But threats of violence and harassment are not the answer here.

And to be clear - here are some examples of what will get you banned:

I hope this PoS dies in a car fire

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Im not one to wish death upon but...

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Submitted December 15, 2017 at 03:56AM by zathegfx http://bit.ly/2kvcL62

The first dexterous and sentient hand prosthesis has been successfully implanted

http://bit.ly/2UHcpcO

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 04:58PM by louis-wu http://bit.ly/2RFJTGB

Dear Mr Zuckerberg: the problem isn't the internet, it's Facebook - ‘Driven by a set of ideals and some clever code, you built a money machine that has accumulated remarkable influence’

http://bit.ly/2BiJ5SE

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 06:00PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2HWLVCR

Firefox crushing it, right after the auto playing video audio banning

http://bit.ly/2t7RX9u

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 12:12PM by leadfoot19 http://bit.ly/2GbHRgb

The broadband industry loves bullshit names - You’ve heard of 5G; now meet 5G E, 5G TF, and 10G

http://bit.ly/2BhlZf9

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 08:15AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2S9weNf

Countries With Zero Rating Have More Expensive Wireless Broadband Than Countries Without It

http://bit.ly/2UF9K3q

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 08:04AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2Sc3J1p

Teens Don't Use Facebook, but They Can't Escape It, Either

http://bit.ly/2TzjOeb

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 05:51AM by BorisSiomin http://bit.ly/2Sbqlz3

Security Researcher Assaulted Following Vulnerability Disclosure

http://bit.ly/2UKfEjT

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 05:26AM by whitfordwords http://bit.ly/2RHNBQf

Facebook bans 22 more pages linked to Alex Jones.

https://engt.co/2GccGBo

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 02:09AM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2MSqAsO

House Democrats tell Ajit Pai: Stop screwing over the public - Pai's FCC is too secretive and too beholden to corporations, Democrats say.

http://bit.ly/2t8pj8c

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 02:25AM by speckz http://bit.ly/2DUy4J3

Amazon has finally admitted to investors that it has a counterfeit problem

http://bit.ly/2DciOpf

Submitted February 06, 2019 at 12:47AM by Devz0r http://bit.ly/2UGhmmc

Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3 billion valuation

https://tcrn.ch/2RIIbEJ

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 11:25PM by symbiosa http://bit.ly/2SaSVjX

New study reveals new and smaller CRISPR gene editor

http://bit.ly/2HNY8JQ

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 06:41PM by Portis403 http://bit.ly/2SpaQ63

Firefox taking a hard line against noisy video, banning it from autoplaying

http://bit.ly/2MPqmCS

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 09:50PM by Philo1927 http://bit.ly/2RKEluM

Article 13 is back on – and it got worse, not better

http://bit.ly/2UMDLP5

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 08:22PM by sxtxnsbich http://bit.ly/2Bk4T0y

The head of Instagram acknowledged in an op-ed Monday that the social network hasn’t done enough to protect users from content that promotes suicide and self harm

http://bit.ly/2S7W6cv

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 06:08PM by Devz0r http://bit.ly/2MOfDbO

Court tells Ajit Pai he can’t take subsidies away from Tribal residents

http://bit.ly/2S8fs0V

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 08:32PM by r4816 http://bit.ly/2DVktBi

MIT Scientists Have Announced They Can Shrink Objects Down to The Nanoscale

http://bit.ly/2Srg80O

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 04:13PM by Ummgh23 http://bit.ly/2SxgfYA

Over 10 Liters of Water Leaked From Space Toilet at US Segment at ISS - Source

http://bit.ly/2GkXCkm

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 03:59PM by trot-trot http://bit.ly/2SxhkQ8

Apple could pay a reward to the 14-year-old boy who found the FaceTime snooping bug

https://cnb.cx/2G8uihC

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 04:40PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2SuTVii

Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking — ProPublica

http://bit.ly/2eYGLXv

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 07:02AM by speckz http://bit.ly/2BlAhLS

To protect users’ privacy, iOS 12.2 will limit Web apps’ access to iPhone’s sensors

http://bit.ly/2t1Jm8e

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 05:59AM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2Tw84cl

How a spyware-hunting PhD student foiled a private spy over lunch—with audio of their encounter

http://bit.ly/2GooQGz

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 05:22AM by postalex http://bit.ly/2HQpU8H

Google has quietly dropped ban on personally identifiable web tracking.

http://bit.ly/2DU00wE

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 06:40AM by AdamCannon http://bit.ly/2t7YhxH

Ex-FCC counselor says Verizon 'abdicated' its public safety role in California fires

http://bit.ly/2G97TRp

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 03:44AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2GbB8D4

Newly Empowered, Democrats Demand Ajit Pai Stop Withholding Documents

http://bit.ly/2DTOfGy

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 04:55AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2MQzAif

Apple just endorsed AT&T’s fake 5G E network - New networking standard, same old scam

http://bit.ly/2TtOygA

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 03:53AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2GpW6xd

Facebook is laughing all the way to the bank as Americans shrug off privacy concerns

https://lat.ms/2WDb2hc

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 11:44PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2UGRqXL

Could a Graph of Trust be the solution to Phishing and Fake News ?

I have been thinking a lot about verifiable strong identity online and how it could fix things like: fake news, phishing, fraud on freelancer platforms or faking results of online polls . Let me know what you think about this approach:

The trust graph consists of

2 types of nodes - natural persons which have a name and control one or more email accounts
- organizations which control a domain name and an email server

1 type of edge - stating that a person node and an organization node have had some kind of affiliation in the past.

Natural persons register with a trust repository providing just their name, the email on domains of organizations which they are currently affiliated with and reference emails of people in organizations which they have been affiliated with in the past.

The sever then sends a magic link to your referenced email addresses. The verification emails simply ask the recipient to agree that a person ( as defined by their name and current email accounts) had been affiliated with their organization in the past but not any detail about their role or skills.

Some Organization nodes are labeled as seeds of trust, for example any publicly traded company which has a value >1e6$

Other nodes ( organizations and natural persons) are trusted only if there is a path between them and at least n organizations in the seed of trust

Key differences to the Web of Trust coined in by Phil Zimmermann in 1992 :
1) IDs must be public information 2) We agree on a external seed of trust

With these differences we can clean up the graph of trust in the event that a fake account is found by re-verifying the paths from the fake account to any seed of trust. And lets remember this does not need to be 100% secure, it just needs to be difficult to the point that it is no longer worth the payout a fake account can bring.

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 02:58AM by mortiffer http://bit.ly/2DSV8rK

Ajit Pai loses in court—judges overturn gutting of tribal broadband program

http://bit.ly/2Tsq1IF

Submitted February 05, 2019 at 01:31AM by mepper http://bit.ly/2BhvA5S

If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Should Be Open Source

http://bit.ly/2GsRgzx

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 11:11PM by JRepin http://bit.ly/2t2MFMi

Ex-FCC counselor says Mozilla suit could lead to reinstatement of Obama-era net neutrality rules

http://bit.ly/2UC6XIj

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 09:10PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2S8yAMj

Russian spam accounts are still a big problem for Reddit -- At least 89 subs have been targeted by Russian propaganda.

https://engt.co/2TqubAZ

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 09:35PM by imagepoem http://bit.ly/2DUyZtb

YouTube in an attempt to prevent another rewind catastrophe, will put limits on dislike bombing.

https://engt.co/2TpXYKc

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 08:18PM by werewolfhunger http://bit.ly/2WF4U8e

Putin pledges to work on a hypersonic missile after nuclear missile treaty with the US collapses

http://bit.ly/2TwGYSm

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 08:26PM by Boofing_with_Squee http://bit.ly/2WOxEeS

Apple, Google have apologized for privacy issues but Facebook is just sorry they got caught

http://bit.ly/2G80Qbv

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 06:52PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2GecAcL

Verizon Super Bowl ads honor California firefighters after throttling their data speeds

http://bit.ly/2S97lB9

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 05:51PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2Sp0OBP

Google bans slew of malicious Android apps that stole user photos and advertised scams

http://bit.ly/2MLvY0U

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 11:57AM by mynameisalex1 http://bit.ly/2G7zUIV

Pirate Bay ‘Promotion’ Increases Post-Release Box Office Revenue, Study Shows

http://bit.ly/2RBCgkw

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 08:13AM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2G5k55q

A California man is first to receive jail time for SIM hijacking scheme

http://bit.ly/2Gr9TDZ

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 01:46AM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2RxMIJW

The infrastructural humiliation of America

https://tcrn.ch/2MTMfRL

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 04:54AM by HylianWarrior http://bit.ly/2DR1jfU

How Silicon Valley Puts the ‘Con’ in Consent - If no one reads the terms and conditions, how can they continue to be the legal backbone of the internet?

https://nyti.ms/2WBuoDs

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 10:15PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2G8p5Gu

The Large Hadron Collider Project Didn’t “Fail.” Science Is More Than Continuous Discovery.

http://bit.ly/2S0Y26x

Submitted February 04, 2019 at 02:53AM by 1632 http://bit.ly/2RBHhcK

The 'Right to Repair' Movement Is Gaining Ground and Could Hit Manufacturers Hard - The EU and at least 18 U.S. states are considering proposals that address the impact of planned obsolescence by making household goods sturdier and easier to mend.

http://bit.ly/2RHlwMI

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 10:06PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2S3Cypv

Chinese bank’s software chief jailed after finding way to withdraw US$1m in ‘free’ cash from ATMs

http://bit.ly/2RDlsdb

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 08:18PM by MrSerious1 http://bit.ly/2RBCM1R

San Francisco Could Be First to Ban Facial Recognition Tech

http://bit.ly/2CWYckZ

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 07:51PM by benebit http://bit.ly/2sYVmr4

Target’s app changes its prices on certain items depending on if you are inside or outside of the store.

https://on.11alive.com/2RuFNBi

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 12:05PM by whatsthatbutt http://bit.ly/2Sgd2gb

Ethical Hacker Exposes Magyar Telekom Vulnerabilities, Faces 8 Years in Jail

http://bit.ly/2sZwsHO

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 04:10PM by trot-trot http://bit.ly/2MOodXY

Report: Attorneys General in Six States Are Now Investigating Facebook's Data Practices

http://bit.ly/2SlJqxF

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 10:00AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2Df0YlR

FCC didn’t have the right to repeal net neutrality, court case argues

http://bit.ly/2SmbPUh

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 02:42AM by mvea http://bit.ly/2UFEiSR

Terabytes of Enron data have quietly gone missing from the Department of Energy

http://bit.ly/2Bc6Wnj

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 02:26AM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2MJhLS6

Digital exchange loses $137 million as founder takes passwords to the grave

http://bit.ly/2MJXKLr

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 11:10PM by GriffonsChainsaw http://bit.ly/2Glo8K7

FBI charges second Apple employee with stealing autonomous car secrets

http://bit.ly/2UnJquC

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 12:01AM by wrtChase http://bit.ly/2Gi57Z7

Energizer says it’s making phones with pop-up cameras, 18,000mAh batteries, and foldable displays

http://bit.ly/2Uyy1IA

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 10:18PM by hvsahdfnb15 http://bit.ly/2t1bE2x

Unsecured MongoDB databases expose Kremlin's backdoor into Russian businesses

https://zd.net/2G5Xu7X

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 10:10PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2ToYCax

Why CAPTCHAS have gotten so difficult - Demonstrating you’re not a robot is getting harder and harder

http://bit.ly/2GfoIZX

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 04:32PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2UAz4Ym

DirecTV Now Lost a Staggering 14% of Its Users in Q4 - Losses, which follow AT&T's decision to cut back on promos, drop the platform to No. 3 behind Hulu in vMVPD race

http://bit.ly/2UqWEXn

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 06:35PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2SnD9BE

With 'Nothing Less Than Fate of the Internet' at Stake, Federal Court Told Why FCC's Attack on Net Neutrality So Dangerous: "Without protecting net neutrality," broadband providers "will control the internet experiences of everyone. And that cannot be what happens."

http://bit.ly/2UBvFs7

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 05:49PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2DQU2wB

Apple finally stood up to Facebook and Google like Tim Cook has been teasing — and it made a powerful point

https://cnb.cx/2TlBqtX

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 04:46PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2GmId33

Samsung ditches plastic packaging for 'sustainable materials'

http://bit.ly/2HBjXfL

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 06:25PM by Fr1sk3r http://bit.ly/2TtN59Z

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Submitted February 02, 2019 at 05:35AM by AutoModerator http://bit.ly/2RyKdXG

Elon Musk Makes All Tesla Patents Public To Save Earth

http://bit.ly/2Bh2dk7

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 11:29AM by nikhilb_local http://bit.ly/2G54a79

Apple Is Doing More to Police Facebook Than the US Government – Mother Jones

http://bit.ly/2B6Dvmv

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 07:12AM by _0_1 http://bit.ly/2MNh6it

A consumer DNA testing company has given the FBI access to its two million profiles

http://bit.ly/2Rtkdgx

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 10:25AM by throwa2934 http://bit.ly/2HUcvN0

Delete your account: leaving Facebook can make you happier, study finds

http://bit.ly/2t1zE5z

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 08:12AM by Elliottafc http://bit.ly/2sX8htA

Major DNA testing company sharing genetic data with the FBI

https://bloom.bg/2D2DyQd

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 07:28AM by itsmyusersname http://bit.ly/2TsnfmK

FCC struggles to convince judge that broadband isn’t “telecommunications”

http://bit.ly/2Uzx6HI

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 04:56AM by Eurynom0s http://bit.ly/2CXy896

A 20-year-old college student who was accused of stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency in a slew of SIM hijacking attacks is the first person to be sentenced for the crime

http://bit.ly/2Rsib05

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 03:57AM by EvanConover http://bit.ly/2UDEfqF

Firefox will soon warn users of software that performs MitM attacks

https://zd.net/2Tq19S6

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 10:29PM by ourlifeintoronto http://bit.ly/2MJ0jNx

Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Facebook

http://bit.ly/2DObH8f

Submitted February 02, 2019 at 01:40AM by westondeboer http://bit.ly/2TsvJKG

A new net neutrality bill is headed to Congress - Sen. Ed Markey said it’s coming ‘soon’

http://bit.ly/2WIzHRE

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 11:37PM by speckz http://bit.ly/2t2VaHj

Chattanooga municipal internet provider triples base level internet speeds to 300Mb/s at no additional cost in surprise announcement.

http://bit.ly/2MJxnVU

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 10:42PM by ImYourPizzaGuy http://bit.ly/2DN0jJx

Today Is a Huge Day in the Fight to Restore Net Neutrality

http://bit.ly/2HIgEn6

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 05:24PM by Fr1sk3r http://bit.ly/2Ts6sAg

Reddit, Mozilla, Vimeo and 22 state attorneys general fight to save net neutrality today

http://bit.ly/2Rwg0sl

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 06:44PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2SieMWc

Firefighters join Mozilla in net neutrality fight, citing 'public safety

https://abcn.ws/2UummdC

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 04:30PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2Uzqt87

Elon Musk Releases All Tesla Patents To Help Save The Earth

http://bit.ly/2DMZ6lG

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 03:13PM by mvea http://bit.ly/2D08D7n