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Obama proposes $4B in funding for states to expand computer science education in schools — Obama Pledges $4 Billion to Computer Science in US Schools — President Obama today pledged $4 billion in funding for computer science education in the nation's schools.
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How China is spending $100-150B to build its own world-class semiconductor industry by 2030 — Chips on their shoulders — China wants to become a superpower in semiconductors, and plans to spend colossal sums to achieve this — THE Chinese government has been trying, on and off …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Digital assistant bots like Siri, Google Now, and Alexa undermine the open internet by only indexing select apps — The internet bundle is already here — For the past six years or so, this image that (as best I can tell) was created by Reddit user quink has been making the rounds as the “nightmare scenario” if net neutrality dies.
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How shady companies use Google search, AdWords, and local subcontractors to shake down people who need locksmiths — Fake Online Locksmiths May Be Out to Pick Your Pocket, Too — Odds are good that when you search Google for someone to help you get into your home or car … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
NSA, GCHQ used open source software to spy on Israeli, Syrian drones — Image tools unscrambled encrypted analog video feeds, documents reveal. — Documents provided to The Intercept by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden show new evidence of a long-running surveillance campaign … | Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter execs lash out after Facebook calls service “Social Media” in trending column — Twitter Execs Are Annoyed At Facebook For Referring To Them As “Social Media” — When a Twitter flame war between Wendy's and Burger King last week ended with Wendy's saying it would respond … | Robert Scoble: |
Why self-driving cars won't replace human drivers for at least a decade: people, police, laws, maps, and technology aren't ready — Don't worry Uber/Lyft drivers: self-driving cars won't take your job for at least a decade — Truth is people like me have overhyped self-driving cars.| Seth Weintraub / Electrek: |
Tesla hires Jim Keller, engineer behind Apple's A-series and AMD's Zen processors, as vice president of autopilot hardware engineering — The chip guru who built Apple's Ax microprocessors joins Tesla to lead the Autopilot Hardware Engineering team — Electrek has learned that Tesla … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick releases 51-page brief concluding T-Mobile's Binge On violates FCC's Open Internet Rules — Stanford study: T-Mobile's Binge On is ‘likely illegal’ — The debate over the potential harm of T-Mobile's Binge On continues, with a new study …
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| Guardian: |
How Facebook tracks voters' political habits and contact information for targeted campaign ads across devices — How Facebook tracks and profits from voters in a $10bn US election — Social network lets campaigns match profiles with political habits and contact info … | Mark Harris / Guardian: |
Documents reveal Alphabet is testing solar-powered internet drones that use millimeter-wave transmissions — Project Skybender: Google's secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed — Trials at New Mexico's Spaceport Authority are using new millimetre wave technology to deliver data from drones - potentially 40 times faster than 4G| Danny Yadron / Guardian: |
Ashkan Soltani, who contributed to reporting on Snowden docs, departs White House Office of Science and Technology Policy after being denied security clearance — White House denies clearance to tech researcher with links to Snowden — Pulitzer prize-winning journalist …
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