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Meet Helm, the Startup Taking on Gmail with a Server That Runs in Your Home…

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There’s no doubt that Gmail has changed the way we consume email. It’s free, it gives most of us all the storage we’ll ever need, and it does a better job than most in weeding out spam and malware. But there’s a cost to all of this. The advertising model that makes this cost-free service […]

Lawsuit Alleges Facebook Inflated Video View Statistics to Fool Advertisers…

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A lawsuit reported on by the Wall Street Journal alleges that Facebook was aware of issues on how the site measured views of video ads for more than a year before it disclosed the issue in 2016. A group of advertisers brought a lawsuit against the social media firm in 2016 for failing to disclose […]

Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For?…

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Jack Poulson, a Google research scientist, recently became alarmed by reports that the company was developing a search engine for China that would censor content on behalf of the government. While Dr. Poulson works on search technologies, he had no knowledge of the product, which was code-named Dragonfly. So in a meeting last month with […]

Study: 91 Percent of Apple Contributions Went to Democrats…

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According to a new GovPredict study released Thursday, Apple employees heavily favored Democrats in their contributions for local, state, and federal elections. In all, 91 percent of their political giving went to Democrats, with only 9 percent going to Republicans between 2004 and 2018. Since 2004, 95.5 percent of contributions by Apple employees to local […]

Trump to Host Google CEO, Tech Execs at White House Summit…

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The Trump administration will host a technology summit in the coming weeks with executives including Google chief Sundar Pichai, a White House spokeswoman confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The gathering comes as firms like Google, Facebook, and others face increasing pressure from Congress. Both Republicans and Democrats are pressuring social media companies to increase security […]

The Case for Limiting Kids’ Screen Time to Two Hours a Day…

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What would an optimal 24-hour day look like for children? According to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth, for kids between the ages of eight and 11, it should include at least 60 minutes of physical activity, two hours or less of recreational screen time, and nine to 11 hours of sleep. […]

Tech Gurus Don’t Let Their Kids Have Smartphones. Here’s Why…

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Students are back in classrooms and parents can finally have a brief respite from worrying about their children’s excessive screen use — or, at least, worrying it is all their fault. This angst peaks each year in the summer holidays, those long, sunny weeks illuminated in large part by the blueish light from children’s smartphones, […]

Google Was Working on Two Ethically Questionable Projects. It Quit the Wrong One…

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Google recently pledged to stop using its technology to sort and classify information for the U.S. military, citing employees’ ethical concerns. Then the news broke that the company was quietly developing a censored search engine for China. The principles guiding Google’s use of artificial intelligence still hark back to its original mantra, “Don’t be evil” […]

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