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The Pentagon finally has an AI strategy — too little too late?
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Over 2,500 scientists (so far) say Trump’s wall will wreak havoc on the environment
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EU fines ASUS, Philips, Pioneer, and Denon & Marantz €111M for breaching EU antitrust rules
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Google fined a record $5B for breaking EU antitrust laws
Search engine giant Google has been fined a record $5 billion for breaking European anti-trust laws with its Android mobile ...
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Experts warn DeepFakes could influence 2020 US election
We're only a few months away from the November US midterm elections and DeepFakes is poised to pose a major threat in this ...
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Hackers attack Utah’s online voter database more than a billion times a day
If you had a dollar for everytime the Utah voter registration database gets hacked in a single day you could hold your own ...
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The EU sucks for women tech founders
Research done by TNW’s Index team shows the EU ranks worse than Silicon Valley when it comes to tech startups founded by women – a paltry 15 percent of companies founded since 2017 in the EU were (co-)founded by women. By analyzing data collected from news sites and other ...
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White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research
Recent bipartisan efforts from the US House of Representatives and Senate have led to the formation of a subcommittee to ...
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California democrats to reintroduce net neutrality bill. Here's what you need to know
California net neutrality bill was on the table, then it was off the table, and now it's back. Here's how we got here and ...
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The EU’s disastrous copyright reform will sabotage internet culture
When you say “copyright law,” people’s eyes glaze over. It’s not the most interesting topic. It’s obscure and currently winding its way through the complex bureaucracy that is the EU Parliament -- an equally arcane process. And yet there’s ample reason to pay attention. ...
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Russia blocking Telegram showed us how fragile the internet is
Certain governments have been censoring web content for years; with China, Iran and Turkey among the biggest offenders. But if there was something unique about Russia’s block of the Telegram messaging service in April, it was the extent to which the government was willing to go ...
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Trump's anti-Muslim tweets may have caused an increase in hate crimes, study finds
A recently released research paper shows the age-old adage about saying something nice is true, even in the modern era, and especially with an unconventional president. University of Warwick researchers Karsten Müller and Carlo Schwarz found evidence that suggests Donald Trump's ...
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Democrat beholden to AT&T destroys California net neutrality bills
California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago gutted California's net neutrality bills. He's also accepted a lot of money from ...
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EU votes for memes ban and censorship machines — what now?
The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs just voted 'yes' on highly controversial parts of the EU's new Copyright ...
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The EU’s disastrous Copyright Reform, explained by its lovers and haters
The EU’s extremely controversial Copyright Reform -- which might introduce upload filters, ancillary copyright, and restrictions ...
