Tech & Cyber
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Apple to close 11 stores in response to rising coronavirus cases in several states
Apple will close 11 stores again in response to the surge in coronavirus cases.
Solving the social media standoff
Retrofitting Twitter, Facebook, and Google into laws that predate them isn't working.
Tech giants back off from providing facial recognition to police
Three major tech companies have backed away from their facial recognition programs after long-standing questions about privacy and inaccurate results when identifying people of color.Where everybody knows your name
Virtual whiskey and wine tastings tapped into a market need and will outlive the pandemic.How Quibi became the Fyre Fest of the coronavirus
June 18, 2020 10:16 AM 'Testing the Death Star': Ted Cruz says 'evil' Google has become 'the Empire in Star Wars'
June 17, 2020 05:04 PM NBC published falsehoods. Will Google deplatform its sites?
June 17, 2020 03:27 PM WATCH: Putin has 'disinfection tunnel' to protect against coronavirus
June 17, 2020 02:09 PM Company assists law enforcement in relocating to more police-friendly locations
A new company is helping law enforcement officers move to other departments that better support police forces.
Senator wants easier path for lawsuits against tech firms over perceived political bias
Sen. Josh Hawley wants people to be sue big tech companies he says are selectively censoring political speech and hiding content created by their competitors.
Google's warning against the Federalist is why libertarians will lose fight over Big Tech
When it comes to the regulation of private businesses, I consider myself a libertarian. But as a realist, I recognize that when businesses become big and begin to be seen as abusing their power, they make it much harder for defenders of a pure free market to prevail in the regulatory debate.Amazon installing cameras in some warehouses to ensure social distancing among workers
Amazon is seeking to use artificial intelligence cameras to monitor whether warehouse employees are complying with social distancing guidelines to stand 6 feet apart during shifts.Google claims Federalist was 'never demonetized' after NBC News botches report
June 16, 2020 04:39 PM Fixation on cyber weapons left CIA hackers vulnerable to leaks, internal report says
June 16, 2020 10:33 AM Ex-top FBI lawyer who took Steele dossier 'seriously' joins Twitter team
June 15, 2020 09:21 PM Mass outages reported across US as T-Mobile handles 'voice and data issue'
June 15, 2020 07:04 PM Big Tech scrapping facial recognition services for police
Three of the world’s biggest tech companies cut cords this week with police departments across America that used their facial recognition platforms in what police leaders described as both an uninformed move and public stunt.