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Bill To Protect Freedom of Speech Online Heads to President’s Desk…

The Consumer Review Fairness Act, which now heads to the President’s Desk for approval, is needed after a number of consumers have found themselves in court, fighting multi-million dollar lawsuits for leaving negative – but truthful – reviews of companies’ services on sites like Yelp or TripAdvisor…

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Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After E-Mail Note…

The man, who wasn’t identified by authorities, sent an e-mail visible to hundreds of co-workers, including Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, before the incident occurred, according to a person familiar with the matter. The man survived the fall from Amazon’s 12-story Apollo building…

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Emojis Are So Big They Now Have Their Own Conference..

Emojis are having a moment. What with the New York MoMA acquiring the original set of emojis and Apple’s planned, and then rescinded, changes to its emoji keyboard for iOS 10.2, the tiny pictures on your phone have never been hotter…

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FBI Hacked Into 8k Computers in 120 Countries Based on One Warrant…

The FBI hacked into more than 8,000 computers in 120 countries during an investigation into a child pornography website with just one warrant, a court hearing transcript has shown. It represents the largest known law enforcement hacking campaign to date…

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Android Malware Used to Hack and Steal a Tesla…

By infecting a Tesla owner’s phone with Android malware, a car thief can hack and then steal a Tesla car…Security experts from Norwegian security firm Promon have chosen to go after Tesla’s Android app that many car owners use to interact with their vehicle…

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Facebook Develops Software to Censor News in China…

Facebook has quietly developed software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas, according to three current and former Facebook employees… The feature was created to help Facebook get into China, a market where…

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James Clapper, America’s Top Spymaster, Steps Down—Here’s What Happens Next…

Staffing the next DNI is especially important for Trump, given his limited experience in espionage and national security…It’s a tough job, since the Intelligence Community is a diverse mix of top secret bureaucracies which don’t always play well together. The IC is made up of 16 different spy agencies—17 if you count the amply-sized Office […]

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iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says…

Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification…

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The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight…

They called it Project X. It was an unusually audacious, highly sensitive assignment: to build a massive skyscraper, capable of withstanding an atomic blast, in the middle of New York City. It would have no windows, 29 floors with three basement levels, and enough food to last 1,500 people two weeks in the event of […]

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Twitter Purges Dozens Of “Alt-Right” Accounts…

In a move dubbed as “corporate Stalinism” by one of those impacted, overnight Twitter again suspended dozens of accounts associated with the alt-right movement, the same day the social media service said it would crack down on hate speech…

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AT&T And NASA To Build National Drone Tracking System…

The largest telecommunications company in the world wants to serve as a watchdog for all drones in the United States — and in the process, play a major role in supervising the national airspace…

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