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US Justice Department moves to sue California in order to quash its new net neutrality law — The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
California governor signs net neutrality bill, which FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “illegal”, into law, setting up a showdown with the FCC and ISPs — California Governor Jerry Brown today signed net neutrality legislation into law, setting up a legal showdown pitting his state …
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU's privacy watchdog says Facebook notified them about breach on Thursday evening; experts say that seems to comply with GDPR and may limit exposure to fines — Privacy watchdog looks into whether social network violated European's Union new privacy law — A European Union privacy watchdog …
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| Javier E. David / CNBC: |
Elon Musk and SEC settle; Musk admits no guilt, will remain Tesla CEO, has to resign as Chairman for 3 years, appoint 2 new independent directors, pay $20M fine — The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to court documents filed on Saturday …
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
FBI compelled a suspect to use Face ID to unlock his iPhone X, following other cases where police with warrants unlocked iPhones via Touch ID — Privacy concerns around iPhone X facial recognition — It finally happened. The feds forced an Apple iPhone X owner to unlock their device with their face.
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| Abigail Geiger / Pew Research Center: |
Survey: the percentage of US adults using the internet (89%), smartphones (77%), and social media (69%) has plateaued and remains nearly unchanged since 2016 — The use of digital technology has had a long stretch of rapid growth in the United States, but the share of Americans who go online …
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| Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
Source: Tencent Music earned almost $400M in 2017, expects $764M profit in 2018 and revenues to grow 72% to $3.1B — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent Music, which owns China's most popular music streaming apps, is often compared to Sweden's Spotify Technology (SPOT.N) but it offers …
Tweets: @jason, @trengriffin, and @hughstephens
| Eric Nuzum / Audio Insurgent: |
Despite some worries about falling ad prices, podcasting audiences and ad budgets are growing as the medium matures and moves past the gold rush stage — What tulips, cryptocurrency, and bespoke home-delivered dog food can tell us about the resilience of audio and the madness of crowds| Laura Lovett / MobiHealthNews: |
Iowa-based IDx, a developer of AI diagnostic tools for various eye conditions, raises $33M in Series A led by 8VC — After landing a De Novo for its AI diagnostic that can detect diabetic retinopathy, the company raised new money in order to expand diagnostic services. — What happened
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
NYC's 1,600 LinkNYC kiosks, which replaced aging city payphones and provide free Wi-Fi and US phone calls, are now seeing 5M users and 500K phone calls a month — In 2014, in a bid to replace the more than 11,000 aging payphones scattered across New York City's pedestrian walkways …
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| Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post: |
Baidu says its WeChat-like mini-programs platform has surpassed 100M monthly active users since being introduced two months ago — Baidu, China's largest search engine operator and artificial intelligence “national champion”, said its mini-programs have amassed 100 million monthly active users since being introduced two months ago.| Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum: |
Amazon VP of Robotics Brad Porter on the company's robotics efforts and how it is using machine learning to deal with misplaced inventory in fulfillment centers — Amazon's chief roboticist discusses the latest advances in the field and how his team is using machine learning to make its robots smarter
Tweets: @ieeespectrum, @ieeespectrum, and @ieeespectrum
| Brett Solomon / Wired: |
Digital ID systems, as they are being developed today, are ripe for exploitation and abuse; citizens must advocate for principles that shield fundamental rights — THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT, real-world benefits to having an accepted and recognized identity. That's why the concept of a digital identity …
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