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Facebook unveils long-promised tool to limit what data it receives from third-party apps and websites

Tony Romm The Washington Post
Aug 20, 2019 1:00 am - Facebook on Tuesday unveiled its long-awaited feature allowing users to limit businesses, apps and other groups that collect data about them on the web and pass that inf...
Northrop Grumman gets $200M Air Force order

Aug 20, 2019 1:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS - Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $200 million order for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems and support from the U.S. Air Force. The o...
Wireless carrier throttling of online video is pervasive

By Olga Kharif Bloomberg
Aug 19, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pr...
'Tesla killers' are having a really hard time killing Tesla

By Colin Beresford Bloomberg
Aug 19, 2019 1:00 am - It's a trope that's been around roughly as long as Elon Musk has been in the car business: When a new electric vehicle is unveiled, it's dubbed a potential "Tesla killer...
A magistrate ruled police could force a man to unlock his phone - is that legal?

Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post
Aug 17, 2019 6:17 am - When Fairfax County, Virginia, police arrested a man last month in connection with the brutal sexual assault in May of a 15-year-old with developmental delays, they seiz...
Fortnite World Cup audience shows fan base isn't just young men

Randall Williams Bloomberg
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Two weeks ago, Epic Games Inc. held its first-ever Fortnite World Cup, a three-day video game competition extravaganza that had — at one point — 2.3 million viewers from...
Google employees demand company renounce working with Trump immigration agencies

Cat Zakrzewski The Washington Post
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Google's challenges are mounting from within as employees call on the company to promise it won't do business with the Trump administration's immigration apparatus. More...
AI and bionic eyes are helping to contain raging wildfires

Brian K. Sullivan Bloomberg
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these eyes aren't human. They don't blink or take breaks, and guid...
Analysis: Gadgets are boring, but video games are cooler than ever

By Austin Carr Bloomberg
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - For the past two decades, I've been clinging to my beloved Nintendo 64. What could ever match the video game console's audacity of design and nostalgic allure, from its ...
How to manage voice recordings on your smart devices

Hannah Denham The Washington Post
Aug 17, 2019 6:00 am - After reports emerged that contractors had reviewed voice recordings for Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, all three companies moved to change their p...

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