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Sep 18, 2019
The watchdog group behind the complaint says it's the first time specific housing companies have been named in a civil rights action.
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Sep 18, 2019
The watchdog group behind the complaint says it's the first time specific housing companies have been named in a civil rights action.
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Sep 18, 2019
The takeover of Vets for Trump underscores how money, politics and online misinformation remain deeply and often invisibly entangled ahead of the 2020 presidential election, despite years of promises by government officials and technology companies to combat such problems.
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Sep 18, 2019
They want the turf fighting to stop.
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Sep 18, 2019
Facebook announced three new Portal devices with cameras in its quest to take on Google and Amazon.
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Sep 18, 2019
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled its blueprint for an independent oversight board of 40 people who will review the company's decisions about the posts, photos and videos it takes down or leaves online.
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Sep 18, 2019
In our latest privacy experiment, we tracked how four of the most popular TV brands record everything we watch.
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Sep 17, 2019
But lawmakers want rules that apply to all social media companies.
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Sep 16, 2019
Washington is watching.
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Sep 16, 2019
The sale of illicit wares across social media platforms raises questions about how well the tech giants are policing their sites.
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Sep 15, 2019
Social media has been a quintessentially American journey rooted in ideas about creative expression and freedom of speech. But the rise of the Chinese video app TikTok could signal an end to Western dominance of the Internet's megaphones — and an ideological change in what people see on the Web.
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Sep 14, 2019
Google and Facebook are racing to elevate quality journalism in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, but some fear the changes could have unintended consequences for news media.
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Sep 13, 2019
They applauded his idea to give $1,000 a month to 10 families.
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Sep 13, 2019
The requests ask each of the tech giants to provide detailed information about their internal operations, including copies of key communications between top-level executives and records related to "any prior investigation" they have faced on competition grounds.
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Sep 13, 2019
The "digital divide" is back in the news, with both Democratic presidential candidates and incumbent government officials promising billions to provide high-speed Internet to millions of Americans in rural areas who don't currently have access to it at home. The digital divide, however, is not a rural problem.
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Sep 13, 2019
"Alexa, are you trolling me?" Amazon opens its Alexa Answers project to the public and gambles on the good will of the internet.
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Sep 12, 2019
Apple modified privacy rules that developers of apps for children said would hurt their ability to make money and improve their products.
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Sep 12, 2019
If only more big-league developers dared to be this bonkers.
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Sep 12, 2019
The weird story of a viral Facebook event that became a festival has gotten even weirder.
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Sep 12, 2019
More than 40 state attorneys general on Monday officially announced an antitrust investigation of Google.
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Sep 12, 2019
The legislation has earned praise from privacy and civil rights advocates.
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Sep 12, 2019
Former Obama officials have gone to work for Uber and Lyft. With a new ride-hail bill, they're pitted against presidential candidates and fresh faces in Congress.
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Sep 12, 2019
How Jim Watkins took over one of the Web's most notorious hate sites.
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Sep 12, 2019
Apple on Tuesday unveiled new cheaper watches and iPhones and refreshed entry-level iPad. But it also announced the pricing and release dates for new subscription services, including its long-awaited Netflix rival Apple TV -- new ways for Apple to keep squeezing more money from consumers.
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Sep 12, 2019
A super-detailed soccer simulation is letting its users see the impact of the U.K.'s departure from the European Union in a whole new light. Data from the game is even being used to inform Parliament members on potential impact.
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Sep 12, 2019
You can spend almost half as much on a new iPhone if a three-lens "pro" camera isn't a priority. But what does a third lens buy you?
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Sep 12, 2019
The company will mandate driver safety education and use prediction to determine if riders or drivers need help.
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Sep 12, 2019
"I feel like I've finally come in terms with the responsibilities I have as a creator," he said in a video celebrating 100 million subscribers.
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Sep 12, 2019
We're watching tonight's debate.
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Sep 12, 2019
The new iPhone is hot today. The App Store is Washington's priority.
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Sep 12, 2019
They're back.
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Sep 12, 2019
A new report found that some period-tracking apps shared intimate information with Facebook. In some cases, that data included when the user reported last having sex.
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Sep 12, 2019
The two YouTube stars from the Netherlands were arrested for allegedly trespassing outside the government facility famed for conspiracies about aliens and UFOs.
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Sep 12, 2019
Any large tech company is at risk.
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Sep 12, 2019
Usually, Apple's events are heavily white and male. This year, things changed. Was it enough?
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Sep 12, 2019
The company said the changes amounted to roughly 8 percent of the product and engineering staffs.
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Sep 12, 2019
On YouTube and elsewhere, an ecosystem of users says the government is overreacting, harming livelihoods and driving people back to tobacco cigarettes.
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Sep 12, 2019
Last year's iPhone launches attracted about a quarter of the attention these Apple events did in the heyday of the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6. What happened?
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Aug 29, 2019
Sam Barlow explains his path to becoming a game designer and why he likes mixing video with a gaming experience.
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Aug 29, 2019
'Control' is a weird game that would have benefited from being a lot weirder.
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Aug 29, 2019
The home-security firm has made it easier than ever for local police to request homeowners' video. "If the police demanded every citizen put a camera at their door and give officers access to it, we might all recoil," one legal expert said.
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Aug 29, 2019
The ride-hailing giant launched a half-billion dollar marketing campaign last year to rebuild its image. It didn't pay off.
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Aug 28, 2019
The Internet Research Agency, the Russian troll factory U.S. prosecutors blame for the massive disinformation campaign during the 2016 campaign, devoted enormous attention and preparation to its Maryland campaign, all in a likely effort, experts say, to widen racial divisions and demoralize African American voters.
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Aug 28, 2019
Amazon is pushing its own private-label brands just before customers add products from competitors to their shopping carts. Here's how it works.
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Aug 28, 2019
Amazon is pushing its own private-label brands just before customers add products from competitors to their shopping carts. Here's how it works.
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Aug 28, 2019
The tactic shows how the e-commerce giant can use its powerful platform to favor its brands just as shoppers are about to purchase rival items.
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Aug 28, 2019
The home-security firm has made it easier than ever for local police to request homeowners' video. "If the police demanded every citizen put a camera at their door and give officers access to it, we might all recoil," one legal expert said.
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Aug 28, 2019
Facebook on Wednesday announced it would tighten some of its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election, imposing new requirements that candidates and campaigns submit more information about who actually paid for their ads.
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Aug 27, 2019
U.S. attorney's office files charges against former Google executive Anthony Levandowski, who allegedly stole self-driving car trade secrets and gave them to Uber.
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Aug 27, 2019
Facebook is giving local emergency management agencies the ability to issue alerts about severe weather, traffic disruptions, crime and other local hazards.
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Aug 27, 2019
In the second quarter, Chinese company Baidu beat out Google for the No. 2 spot in the global smart speaker market with its Xiaodu device.
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Aug 27, 2019
The Air Force X-37B is classified, but analysts have speculated its development heralds big advancements for reconnaissance satellites.
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Aug 27, 2019
Players spend hundreds of dollars to customize their cars in community marketplaces.
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Aug 27, 2019
A Texas woman wanted to control her Tesla Model 3. So she implanted part of the vehicle's valet key in her arm.
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Aug 26, 2019
AI-powered grammar tools from Google and others make sentence-parsing a thing of the past. Parents and teachers wonder if kids will suffer.
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Aug 26, 2019
In our latest privacy experiment, we bought one banana with the new Apple Card — and another with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa from Chase. Here's who tracked, mined and shared our data.
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Aug 23, 2019
The company issued new guidelines in response to "a year of increased incivility on our internal platforms."
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Aug 23, 2019
"Telling Lies" threads a story around a government employee who gets paid to deceive others.
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Aug 23, 2019
Despite internal policies to protect customers, the ecommerce giant listed thousands of items deemed unsafe by federal agencies, deceptively labeled or banned by regulators, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Aug 23, 2019
YouTubers have to build businesses off their viral fame quicker than ever, and it's changing YouTube's content.
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Aug 23, 2019
The former Los Angeles Laker has been one of the most prominent figures in the mainstreaming of competitive video gaming but has been in a bitter internal battle over the future of his esports franchise.
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Aug 23, 2019
The conservative news outlet shifted its spending on Facebook in a way that blurred its links to $2 million worth of ads promoting President Trump.
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Aug 23, 2019
An android robotic priest was unveiled at Kodaiji temple, a 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.
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Aug 23, 2019
A Japanese temple has settled on a new plan for connecting with the masses, one that channels ancient wisdom through the technology of the future.
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Aug 23, 2019
Japanese researchers at Keio University have unveiled a robotic tail that has been designed to be worn by elderly people who struggle to maintain their balance.
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Aug 23, 2019
An Apple Card support page warns if the titanium credit card comes into contact with leather or denim, the interaction could cause "permanent discoloration that might not wash off."
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Aug 23, 2019
Twelve of the country's largest telephone companies on Thursday pledged to implement new technology that would spot and block robocalls while helping law enforcement officials track down criminals, part of an agreement brokered between the industry and 51 attorneys general.
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Aug 23, 2019
"In general, our misinformation efforts are focused on keeping our elections safe," says an Instagram spokeswoman.
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Aug 23, 2019
Google announced Thursday it had taken down 210 channels on YouTube after discovering they "behaved in a coordinated manner while uploading videos" related to the protests in Hong Kong, an effort that the tech giant linked to recent, Chinese-backed operations on Facebook and Twitter.
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Aug 21, 2019
The ramifications of Instagram's supposed new "rule where they can use your photos" weren't totally clear.
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Aug 21, 2019
Neither Republicans nor civil rights groups are happy.
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Aug 21, 2019
L.A. County is about to challenge the voting machine industry
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Aug 21, 2019
Amazon woos members of Congress to its warehouses even as President Trump and his would-be Democratic rivals rip the retailer for its treatment of the people who work there.
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Aug 20, 2019
Apple plans to change the rules it has for kids apps, raising concerns among some app developers about the way the tech giant wields power unilaterally over its App Store.
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Aug 20, 2019
The new franchises put the league at nine teams.
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Aug 20, 2019
Facebook has faced repeated criticism from conservatives that it is biased against them. It released an interim report Tuesday with its first findings on the topic.
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Aug 20, 2019
Facebook will allow users to see the mass of businesses, apps and other groups that collect data about them across the Web and pass it on to the social media giant — but the data won't be deleted.
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Aug 20, 2019
The league will begin its new season with two homestands, one in New York and the other in Dallas.
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Aug 20, 2019
L.A. County is about to challenge the voting machine industry
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Aug 20, 2019
Japanese researchers at Keio University have unveiled a robotic tail that has been designed to be worn by elderly people who struggle to maintain their balance.
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Aug 20, 2019
China pushed back against claims by Twitter and Facebook that the government had run disinformation operations aimed at the Hong Kong protests. The comments underscored the challenging of setting global standards for online speech.
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Aug 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar says Congress needs to act now.
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Aug 20, 2019
The U.S. government is forging ahead with its review of online platforms for potential competition concerns, coordinating with state attorneys general and signaling it could soon send document demands to Silicon Valley and its critics.
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Aug 20, 2019
The social media giants said they were taking action against what Twitter called a "significant state-backed information operation" related to the protests.
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Aug 20, 2019
In a complaint filed in New York court, Walmart alleged Tesla solar panels had caught fire at least seven times dating back to 2012.
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Aug 19, 2019
The players and teams at the world championships brace for a new era in the Call of Duty esports scene, one marked right now by an abundance of unknowns.
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Aug 15, 2019
A team of researchers at the University California San Diego have created a soft robotic lens that responds to eye movements.
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Aug 15, 2019
The search giant faces criticism across the political spectrum.
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Aug 15, 2019
The Washington Justice, a new D.C.-based team created in this year's Overwatch League expansion, announced Analynn "bawlynn" Dang will start as their new general manager. She leaves her post at the Los Angeles Gladiators as director of social media and will stay on as GM of Team USA for the reminder of the Overwatch World Cup.
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Aug 15, 2019
The bipartisan subpoena of Jim Watkins marks the most significant action yet taken against a site derided as a cesspool of online hate.
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Aug 14, 2019
Marsha Blackburn has some ideas.
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Aug 14, 2019
Not everyone is going to receive the money they might have expected out of a settlement between Equifax and state and federal regulators over its 2017 security breach -- and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking why.
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Aug 14, 2019
Large companies like Uber and Lyft have dampened much of the excitement around this year's IPOs. But analysts caution it may be too soon to make a call on WeWork.
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Aug 14, 2019
The technology could serve as an early-warning system for potential attacks, White House officials proposed at the brainstorming session, perhaps compiling information from across social sites to identify attacks before they happen
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Aug 14, 2019
The steep loss reflected the punishing realities of competing as a public company in the gig economy.
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Aug 14, 2019
Letters were sent to corporate CEOs after The Washington Post's discovery of ammunition and rifle magazines for sale online.
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