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Greenwald: Why trust tech CEOs with little accountability? | Technology News

Greenwald: Why trust tech CEOs with little accountability? Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald on Twitter shadow-banning conservatives. #Tucker

Data Disclosure Exempted from RTI if Harm to Individual Outweighs Public Interest: Srikrishna Committee Draft | Technology News

Data Disclosure Exempted from RTI if Harm to Individual Outweighs Public Interest: Srikrishna Committee Draft The panel's report says data protection law is designed to limit the processing of personal data to legitimate reasons where the flow of information is beneficial and respects autonomy of the data principal.

Facebook uncovers sophisticated efforts to disrupt elections | Technology News

Facebook uncovers sophisticated efforts to disrupt elections Facebook isn't prepared to blame Russia in part because account holders tried harder to hide their identities than the Russians did in the past. Mike Emanuel has more for 'Special Report.'

Twitter brings in anti-Trump academics to combat intolerance | Technology News

Twitter brings in anti-Trump academics to combat intolerance Twitter’s campaign to foster healthier conversations on its platform with the aid of academics is itself facing an allegation of anti-Trump bias.

More Profits Could Send Apple Over $1 Trillion | Technology News

By JACK NICAS from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/technology/apple-earnings-report.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Jeff Bezos' parents invested $245K, could be mindbogglingly rich | Technology News

Jeff Bezos' parents invested $245K, could be mindbogglingly rich Some parents buy extra boxes of Girl Scout cookies to support their kiddos.

San Francisco Officials to Tech Workers: Buy Your Lunch | Technology News

By NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/technology/san-francisco-tech-free-lunch.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Facebook detects fake accounts trying to interfere with midterm elections | Technology News

Facebook detects fake accounts trying to interfere with midterm elections Facebook discovered a new ongoing political campaign reportedly aimed to influence the midterm elections. The company removed dozens of fake accounts and cites Russia could be behind the fraudulent pages.

HP offers $10K reward for hacking its printers | Technology News

HP offers $10K reward for hacking its printers Any connected device is a potential security threat for businesses and individuals alike, and that's definitely the case for printers which are both connected and regularly used to produce potentially sensitive information.

Facebook finds 'sophisticated' efforts to disrupt US politics, removes 32 accounts | Technology News

Facebook finds 'sophisticated' efforts to disrupt US politics, removes 32 accounts Facebook said it has uncovered "sophisticated" efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence U.S. politics on its platforms.

Twitter brings in anti-Trump academics to combat bias | Technology News

Twitter brings in anti-Trump academics to combat bias Twitter’s campaign to foster healthier conversations on its platform with the aid of academics is itself facing an allegation of anti-Trump bias.

Air Force brings AI to B-2, F-35 and F-15 | Technology News

Air Force brings AI to B-2, F-35 and F-15 The US Air Force is now accelerating a massive AI push to cyber-harden networks, improve weapons systems and transform functions of large combat air platforms such as the B-2, F-15 and F-35, service officials said.

How to Stop Facebook From Bringing Up Bad Memories | Technology News

By J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/technology/personaltech/facebook-bad-memories.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

New evidence in disappearance of Mollie Tibbets | Technology News

New evidence in disappearance of Mollie Tibbets Former Westchester County Police Sergeant Steve Kardian on using a digital footprint to track down a missing person.

How do we secure midterms against cyber threats? | Technology News

How do we secure midterms against cyber threats? Cybersecurity expert Leeza Garber weighs in on 'Fox & Friends First.'

Idaho inmates exploit tablet software flaw to steal $225G | Technology News

Idaho inmates exploit tablet software flaw to steal $225G Tablet computers and a software vulnerability were enough to help 364 prison inmates in Idaho collectively steal $225,000.

Social media helps solve decades-old death | Technology News

Social media helps solve decades-old death A look at how social media helped solve the mystery of skier who disappeared in the Alps in 1954

Facebook, tech giants creating 'crisis in democracy' and must be held liable, UK report says | Technology News

Facebook, tech giants creating 'crisis in democracy' and must be held liable, UK report says A scathing new report from the British parliament calls for technology companies to be held liable for “misleading” content on their platforms and says the world is facing a “democratic crisis” thanks to the spread of false information online.

How Robot Hands Are Evolving to Do What Ours Can | Technology News

By MAE RYAN, CADE METZ and RUMSEY TAYLOR from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/30/technology/robot-hands.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Social media helps solve mystery of skier who disappeared in the Alps in 1954 | Technology News

Social media helps solve mystery of skier who disappeared in the Alps in 1954 Social media has helped solve the mystery surrounding the identity of a skier who went missing in the Alps in 1954.

Idaho inmates exploit tablet software flaw to steal $225K | Technology News

Idaho inmates exploit tablet software flaw to steal $225K Tablet computers and a software vulnerability were enough to help 364 prison inmates in Idaho collectively steal $225,000.

Pretty Scale site blasted for brutally rating looks of 10,000 women a month who Google 'Am I ugly?' | Technology News

Pretty Scale site blasted for brutally rating looks of 10,000 women a month who Google 'Am I ugly?' Sadly, around 10,000 women take to Google each month to ask “Am I ugly?”

How to Get a Weekly View in Apple’s Calendar | Technology News

By J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/technology/personaltech/apple-calendar-week-view.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Data Disclosure Exempted from RTI if Harm to Individual Outweighs Public Interest: Srikrishna Committee Draft | Technology News

Data Disclosure Exempted from RTI if Harm to Individual Outweighs Public Interest: Srikrishna Committee Draft The panel's report says data protection law is designed to limit the processing of personal data to legitimate reasons where the flow of information is beneficial and respects autonomy of the data principal.

Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You | Technology News

By NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/technology/cryptocurrency-bermuda-malta-gibraltar.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Tech giants meeting with Trump administration to craft federal privacy regulations | Technology News

Tech giants meeting with Trump administration to craft federal privacy regulations The Trump administration is quietly meeting with top tech company representatives to craft a proposal to protect web users’ privacy amid the ongoing fallout globally of scandals that have rocked Facebook and other companies.

DNA to X-ray: To ID remains from North Korea, military has a range of tools | Technology News

DNA to X-ray: To ID remains from North Korea, military has a range of tools The U.S. military remains released by North Korea on Friday will be sent to a military lab in Hawaii, where they’ll enter a system that routinely identifies service members from decades-old conflicts.

Why Facebook stock crashed | Technology News

Why Facebook stock crashed Privacy breaches, fabrications hurt company.

Detect phone viruses, cut cable costs and more: Tech Q&A | Technology News

Detect phone viruses, cut cable costs and more: Tech Q&A You found $611,000 for a woman on the internet search sites. It was the most fantastic call. How can I find money in my name?

5 Amazon obscure settings you should change now | Technology News

5 Amazon obscure settings you should change now The items we buy say a lot about our lifestyles, our finances, and our domestic lives. If you have an Amazon account, the amount of data that the retail giant collects is astonishing. Many people don’t know you get much more just free two-day shipping with a Prime account.

Facebook admits to blocking GOP candidate's pro-gun ad | Technology News

Facebook admits to blocking GOP candidate's pro-gun ad Florida GOP candidate Matt Caldwell speaks out on 'The Ingraham Angle' about getting Facebook to authorize his pro-Second Amendment campaign ad.

Rep. Gaetz: How Twitter shadow-banned me | Technology News

Rep. Gaetz: How Twitter shadow-banned me Twitter long denied it was biased against conservatives, but now may have been caught red-handed. A new report by Vice found that Republican lawmakers and other conservative accounts wouldn't show up in searches by users. Fla. Rep. Matt Gaetz was one of the lawmakers. #Tucker

Sex Scandal Toppled a Silicon Valley Chief. Investors Say, So What? | Technology News

By NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/sexual-misconduct-silicon-valley.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Facebook critics raise concerns after earnings report | Technology News

Facebook critics raise concerns after earnings report Social network giant lost nearly $120 billion in market capital in a single day; Gillian Turner reports.

ACLU calls out Amazon’s facial recognition tool | Technology News

ACLU calls out Amazon’s facial recognition tool Why the American Civil Liberties Union is calling out Amazon’s facial recognition tool, and what the ACLU found when it compared photos of members of Congress to public arrest photos.

DHS warns companies targeted on dark web | Technology News

DHS warns companies targeted on dark web Criminals on the dark web have a growing appetite for hacking into corporate applications, a new alert from the Department of Homeland Security says.

Facebook and YouTube Give Alex Jones a Wrist Slap | Technology News

By KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/alex-jones-facebook-youtube.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Facebook is sorry: Ten times Mark Zuckerberg's social network apologized | Technology News

Facebook is sorry: Ten times Mark Zuckerberg's social network apologized Facebook is sorry—for many, many things.

StormBreaker: Powerful bomb penetrates bad weather, spells bad news for bad guys | Technology News

StormBreaker: Powerful bomb penetrates bad weather, spells bad news for bad guys Enemies of the United States will never be able to use bad weather to hide again.

The ultimate bad weather weapon is bad news for bad guys | Technology News

The ultimate bad weather weapon is bad news for bad guys Defense specialist Allison Barrie has an inside look at the new StormBreaker, a missile that can seek out targets in spite of bad weather in the battle space. Enemies of the United States will never be able to use bad weather to hide from the US military again.

Amazon face recognition wrongly tagged lawmakers as police suspects, fueling racial bias concerns | Technology News

Amazon face recognition wrongly tagged lawmakers as police suspects, fueling racial bias concerns Amazon’s Rekognition facial surveillance technology has wrongly tagged 28 members of Congress as police suspects, according to ACLU research, which notes that nearly 40 percent of the lawmakers identified by the system are people of color.

The Week in Tech: Inequality Rising | Technology News

By DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/the-week-in-tech-inequality-rising.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

When You Want to Be Disturbed During ‘Do Not Disturb’ Time | Technology News

By J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/personaltech/do-not-disturb-interrupt.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

McDaniel: 'Shadow banning' is only happening to Republicans | Technology News

McDaniel: 'Shadow banning' is only happening to Republicans Twitter is taking heat for 'shadow banning' conservatives. On 'Fox & Friends,' RNC chairwoman is calling for social media platforms to be transparent.

Twitter Stock Drops After User Numbers Decline | Technology News

By PRASHANT S. RAO from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/twitter-stock-earnings.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Trump issues warning to Twitter | Technology News

Trump issues warning to Twitter President tweets he will investigate the 'discriminatory and illegal practice' of 'shadow banning.'

Steve Jobs was shocked by how successful the App Store was | Technology News

Steve Jobs was shocked by how successful the App Store was Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is considered one of the most influential tech visionaries of a generation, but there were some things he couldn’t quite predict.

Inside the shadow ban of conservatives on social media | Technology News

Inside the shadow ban of conservatives on social media A new Vice investigation has exposed apparent shadow bans on conservative accounts on Twitter, while Google-owned YouTube recently removed several videos purely for their political content. #Tucker

Microsoft Employees Question C.E.O. Over Company’s Contract With ICE | Technology News

By SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/technology/microsoft-ice-immigration.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Amazon Delivers a Pile of Cash, but No Fireworks | Technology News

By DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/technology/amazon-earnings.html?partner=IFTTT Get FREE UDEMY Coupons Here

Role of social media in political influence | Technology News

Role of social media in political influence Twitter accused of 'shadow banning' some Republicans; reaction and analysis from the 'Special Report' All-Stars.

Trump blasts Twitter for 'shadow banning' Republicans | Technology News

Trump blasts Twitter for 'shadow banning' Republicans Republicans claim unfair treatment by the social media giant; correspondent Peter Doocy reports from Capitol Hill.