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December 12, 2020

Facebook lawsuits: the biggest tech battle yet, and one that is long overdue

The biggest antitrust case in a generation has been compared to the years-long lawsuit against Microsoft in 1998

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December 12, 2020

EU, UK mulling interim data flows solution post-Brexit

The officials said that any interim solution is tied up in the wider trade negotiations, which both sides agree are currently stuck.

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December 12, 2020

Chinese embassy blames hackers for retweet of Trump’s claim that Democrats cheated in election

The Chinese embassy in the U.S. said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the election.

December 12, 2020

Amazon’s new health band is the most invasive tech ever tested by Washington Post

In an anonymized way, it can data mine the heart rate, activity, sleep and tone patterns of Halo owners, using the information to tailor its health algorithms and learn about human bodies.

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December 12, 2020

Apple takes aim at adtech hysteria over iOS app tracking change

Apple has used a speech to European lawmakers and privacy regulators today to come out jabbing at what SVP Craig Federighi described as dramatic.

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December 12, 2020

Premiere security firm FireEye says it was breached by nation-state hackers

FireEye, a $3.5 billion top cybersecurity company has been hacked by a well-endowed nation-state.

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December 9, 2020

Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves

The latest drone technology has the power to transform everyday policing, just as it can transform package delivery, building inspections and military reconnaissance.

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December 9, 2020

How an ICE Contractor Tracks Phones Around the World

New documents show how Venntel, which sells some of its location data to ICE, CBP, and the FBI, obtains the information from ordinary apps.

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December 9, 2020

Class action suit launched against Dell after data breach led to years of scam calls

A proposed class action suit has been launched against Dell Technologies on behalf of thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised in a data breach.