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Technology
Police license plate readers are still exposed on the internet
TechCrunch - Zack Whittaker
Smile! You’re on camera. At least, your license plate is. You might have heard of automatic license plate recognition — known as ALPR (or ANPR in the U.K. for number plates). These cameras are dotted the
Technology
Elon Musk says Tesla vehicles will soon get a ‘Sentry Mode’
TechCrunch - Kirsten Korosec
Tesla owners may soon have a way to see (and record) damage that happens to their vehicles when they’re unattended. Tesla will roll out “Tesla Sentry Mode” for all cars with Enhanced Autopilot, CEO Elon
Technology
23andMe Just Got FDA Approval for a DNA Cancer Test
TIME - By Kristen V. Brown / Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — DNA testing company 23andMe Inc. said it has gotten the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to offer consumers a …
Technology
New CRISPR enzyme makes for more precise gene-editing
newatlas.com - Michael Irving
The CRISPR gene-editing tool may be one of the most important medical breakthroughs in decades, but there's still plenty of room for improvement. …
China
The future of China’s AI industry is in the hands of just three companies
MIT Technology Review - by Karen Hao
More than half of the country’s major AI players have funding ties that lead back to Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent. Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, the …
Technology
Stressed out and at risk: Inside Uber's special investigations unit
CNN - By Sara Ashley O'Brien, Nelli Black and Drew Griffin, CNN
(CNN Business) — The internal investigators tasked with keeping Uber safe were overworked, underpaid and at times emotionally traumatized as they struggled under the burden of nearly 1,200 cases every
Technology (Australia)
'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism
The Guardian - John Naughton
Digital technology is separating the citizens in all societies into two groups: the watchers and the watched Democracy has slept, while surveillance capitalists amassed unprecedented concentrations of
Technology (Australia)
US government v Silicon Valley: Oracle said to owe $400m to women and minorities
The Guardian - Sam Levin in Oakland
The US Department of Labor (DoL) has accused the tech firm Oracle of widespread discrimination against women and people of color, including more than $400m in lost wages and rampant exclusion of black
Artificial Intelligence
Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—and Machine Learning Tools
WIRED - Louise Matsakis
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more …
Technology
Google, Facebook spend big on U.S. lobbying amid policy battles
Reuters - By Paresh Dave
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018, topping its previous high
Technology
Gmail gets a strikethrough button
TechCrunch - Frederic Lardinois
This is not earth-shattering news by any means, but Google today announced that Gmail is getting a strikethrough button in its formatting bar. In addition, it’s also getting Undo/Redo options and the to
Technology
The secret censorship holding back the sex toy industry
The Verge - Lux Alptraum
CES is just the latest problem for sex toy companies Earlier this month, thousands of vendors exhibited at the tech trade show CES. But notably absent was the sex toy startup Lora DiCarlo, whose invitation
News (U.S.)
For $29, This Company Swears It Will ‘Brainwash’ Someone on Facebook
The Daily Beast - Kevin Poulsen
You don’t have to be a hostile foreign power to covertly influence people on Facebook. For as little as $29, a U.K. startup called The Spinner will …
Lifestyle (UK)
Facebook and Twitter can work out who you are even if you don't use them, study finds
independent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin
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Technology
James Blake - Mile High feat. Travis Scott and Metro Boomin (Official Audio)
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Technology
In “Brexit,” Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Peculiar Man Who Wants to Upend the Order of the World
The New Yorker - Troy Patterson
At the start of “Brexit,” on HBO, Dominic Cummings (Benedict Cumberbatch) addresses the camera from the floor of a supply closet. The tale he tells is about the victory, in June, 2016, of the Vote Leave
Technology
Brexit (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO
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Technology
Brexit Is Chaos. The Movie About It Is Anything But.
The Atlantic - Sophie Gilbert
In a new HBO film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, James Graham turns a polarizing national moment into a surprisingly cohesive and engaging story. LONDON—Early on in Brexit, Channel 4 and HBO’s almost entertaining
Technology (Australia)
James Blake: Assume Form review – a big, glitchy, swooning, hyper-modern declaration of love
The Guardian - Kitty Empire
It’s not hard to see why someone might fall in love with Jameela Jamil – the star around which James Blake’s fourth album, Assume Form, orbits. The character Jamil plays on NBC’s The Good Place gets called
Technology
Social-Media Outrage Is Collapsing Our Worlds
The Atlantic - Conor Friedersdorf
The internet once made it easier to slip from one domain to another. Is there a way to preserve that vital freedom? Has the internet afforded humans more freedom, or less? That’s a question I’m pondering
Technology (Australia)
WhatsApp puts limit on message forwarding to fight fake news
The Guardian - Alex Hern and Michael Safi in Delhi
WhatsApp users will be blocked from forwarding messages to more than five individuals or groups under new rules the messaging service is rolling out worldwide to fight the spread of misinformation. The
Technology
Facebook is launching a petitions feature
The Verge - Andrew Liptak
A new way for users to rally around a cause Tomorrow, Facebook will launch a petitions feature called Community Actions, reports TechCrunch, which will allow users to notify their local officials of actions
Technology
Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield
TechCrunch - Josh Constine
Gather a mob and Facebook will now let you make political demands. Tomorrow Facebook will encounter a slew of fresh complexities with the launch of Community Actions, its News Feed petition feature. Community
Technology
FTC is reportedly considering a 'record-setting fine' against Facebook
CNBC - Lauren Feiner
The Federal Trade Commission is considering imposing a "record-setting fine" against Facebook for allegedly failing to protect users' data, The …
Technology Policy
U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for some of its privacy violations
The Washington Post - By Tony Romm and
U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users' personal data, according
Social Media
ACLU Is Suing the Federal Government for Information About Social Media Surveillance Practices
Gizmodo - Catie Keck
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against the federal government on Thursday over …
Technology
Facebook is secretly building LOL, a cringey teen meme hub
TechCrunch - Josh Constine
How do you do, fellow kids? After Facebook Watch, Lasso and IGTV failed to become hits with teens, the company has been quietly developing another youthful video product. Multiple sources confirm that
Technology
Facebook manager exits, says she was 'harassed' for pro-diversity views
CNET - by Queenie Wong
Sophie Alpert, a Facebook engineering manager, said in an internal post that she was targeted for calling out the company's lack of diversity, CNBC reports.