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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
Senators Wyden and Heinrich: declassified docs show a CIA bulk surveillance program collecting Americans' data without clear judicial or congressional oversight — The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple plans AirTag updates to reduce stalking: Precision Finding for unknown AirTags, displaying alerts with sound, earlier tracking alerts, and louder sounds — Apple today announced that it is making some updates to AirTags with the aim of cutting down on unwanted tracking.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
UK's CMA accepts Google's plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace them with Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the development of the product — The UK's competition regulator will keep a ‘close eye’ on development — Google's plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace …
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| Mike Sorrentino / CNET: |
MoviePass will relaunch as a credit-based marketplace and announces PreShow, an ad platform that uses facial detection to track whether a viewer watched an ad — MoviePass plans to make its big return this summer, with a retooled movie ticket service that the company likens to more of a credit-based marketplace.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google releases the first Android 13 developer preview, emphasizing security and privacy, dynamic colors, and more, available exclusively on Pixels — Right on schedule, Google today announced the first developer release of Android 13. These very early releases, which are only meant …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Senator Blumenthal admits the EARN IT Act won't “offer a blanket exemption to using encryption as evidence”, after denying for two years it targets encryption — Senator Richard Blumenthal has now admitted that EARN IT is targeting encryption, something he denied for two years, and then just out and said it.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Report: Amazon has received $4.7B in tax breaks globally over the past decade; $4.1B was from the US and weak disclosure laws could put the rest well over $600M — The report highlights how little is known about the cost of Amazon's expansion to taxpayers around the planet. — Lauren Kaori Gurley
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
European Publishers Council, whose members include News UK, files an antitrust complaint in EU against Google for its alleged anti-competitive ad practices — Google (GOOGL.O) on Friday was targeted in an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple releases iOS 15.3.1, iPadOS 15.3.1, and macOS Monterey 12.2.1 to fix a WebKit flaw that may have been actively exploited, its third zero-day patch in 2022 — Apple has released security updates to fix a new zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild by attackers to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
OnlyFans launches NFT profile pictures minted on the Ethereum blockchain; creators' NFT profile pictures will show an Ethereum symbol to mark them as authentic — (Reuters) - OnlyFans, an online subscription platform known for adult content, has launched a feature for users to display verified NFTs …
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| Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg: |
Messari: NFTs account for 1%, or $16B in value, of the ~$2T cryptocurrency ecosystem; 46.6% are avatar NFTs, 19.8% are game NFTs, and 13.5% are collectible NFTs — NFTs seem to be everywhere as of late, whether being touted by celebrities ranging from Justin Bieber to Heidi Klum … | Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: |
How game studio Blackbird tested a four-day work week from September 2021 to December 2021, which resulted in a unanimous vote on Thursday to permanently switch — On Sept. 16 of last year, management at Blackbird Interactive, the 300-person studio behind “Hardspace: Shipbreaker” …
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