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

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The National Enquirer has engaged in behavior so lowly and unscrupulous that it created a seemingly impossible storyline: the world’s richest billionaire and a notorious labor abuser, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as a sympathetic victim. On Thursday, Bezos published emails in which the Enquirer’s parent company explicitly threatened to publish intimate photographs of Bezos and his mistress, […]

Huawei Tried to Steal His Technology, But He Was Working for the FBI All Along…

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Adam Khan believed he had invented nearly indestructible glass that was going to revolutionize the technology industry. His “diamond glass” looked like ordinary glass, but was 6 times stronger than the industry standard. His plan, according to a new Bloomberg article? License the technology to phone manufacturers and turn a pretty penny for his company, Akhan Semiconductor, Inc. […]

Cisco Joins Other Tech Giants in Calling for a Federal Privacy Law…

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Cisco yesterday “issued a call to governments and citizens around the world to establish privacy as a fundamental human right in the digital economy,” according to a Cisco press release. Other Big Tech companies have already endorsed drafting  a federal privacy law, as reported by Ars Technica in Cisco, like Apple and other tech giants, […]

Inside the Vast Police State at the Heart of China’s Belt and Road…

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Twice a day, employees at an upscale jewelry boutique in China’s remote western region of Xinjiang stop what they’re doing and don bulletproof vests and combat helmets. Thrusting long clubs, they practice defending the store against attackers. Their imaginary assailants aren’t jewel thieves—they’re Muslim terrorists. The state-mandated drills are part of China’s suppression campaign against […]

‘The Goal Is to Automate’ – Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism…

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Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks the author 10 key questions. We’re living through the most profound transformation in our information environment since Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of printing in circa 1439. […]

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