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Mack DeGeurin

  1. technology
    New Study Indicates Silicon Valley’s Elite Are Not As Liberal As They ThinkA Stanford paper attempts to categorize and classify the politics of tech elites.
  2. global tech
    ‘How They Hit You Is Through Your Family": How Troll Farms Silence DemocracyIn Azerbaijan, government-sponsored harassment drives dissidents off the internet.
  3. the panopticon
    A List of Every Animal That Humans Can Spy on With Facial RecognitionIt’s way more than you think.
  4. global tech
    Egypt’s ‘Fake News’ Laws Are Being Used to Silence Online DissentAt least two women have been arrested for accusing state officials of harassment.
  5. nigeria
    Cell Phones Can Make Elections FairerElection monitors in more than 15 countries have used a text-messaging app to quickly and efficiently call out interference.
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    Only 11 Percent of the State Department’s Devices Are Highly SecureEven the U.S. State Department does not use multi-factor authentication.
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    How New FCC Rollbacks Could Cut Off Rural Americans From the InternetNearly 24 percent of all rural Americans reported major barriers to high-speed internet access.
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    U.S. Silently Enters New Age of CyberwarfareBuried beneath a mound of political scandal, the Trump administration silently rescinded key regulations limiting the use of destructive cyberweapons.
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    Should Companies Be Allowed to Revenge Hack?The idea of companies retaliating against hackers is gaining traction — but it could lead to an escalation of conflict or even global war.
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    Google Tracks and Stores Your Location Even With Location History Turned OffEven if you’ve taken steps to limit the company’s location-data collection, they can create a timeline of your activity based on your location.
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    Targeted ‘Attack’ on FCC Was Just John Oliver FansThe FCC inspector general disputes a previous claim about a DDoS attack.
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    The Downloadable Gun Is Dead — for NowA federal judge issued a temporary nationwide ban on blueprints for untraceable 3-D-printed firearms just hours before they posted online.
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    Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software Mistakes 28 Congressmen for CriminalsThe software misidentified a disproportionate amount of representatives of color, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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    Egyptian ‘Fake News’ Law Could Censor Social-Media UsersWhile Facebook remains muted on how to handle fake news, Egypt has issued its own legislation, which critics fear will censor social media.
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    How an External CD Drive Helped Me Fall in Love With Albums All Over AgainThe CD format encourages listeners to hear an album as one succinct, completed work. Also, Tool isn’t on Spotify.
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    The Best Headphones You Can Buy Are on Sale for Prime DayThese headphones are up to $100 off for Prime Day.
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    Why Russia’s ‘Independent Internet’ Has Some Experts WorriedSecurity experts warn that Russia’s new DNS alternative could increase the odds of a large-scale cyberattack.
  18. fact check
    Trump Crowds Have Definitely Not Broken ‘Elton John Records’Let’s take a look at the numbers.
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    Majority of Republicans Think Tech Companies Are Censoring ThemWhile once a narrow view confined to hyperpartisan extremes, this narrative has become the new normal.
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    Tesla Battery Ignited in Flames Twice Following Fatal CrashAfter using nearly 300 gallons of water to quell the raging flames, firefighters said the Model S battery reignited two more times.
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    TrumpHotels.Org Shows Off the President’s Vaunted HospitalityPeople searching for Trump Hotels are instead seeing photos of displaced immigrant children and overcrowded detention facilities.
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    What Iran and Russia’s Telegram Ban Means for Secure Messaging AppsUp until the late ’90s, basic encryption technologies in the U.S. fell under the same category as anti-aircraft missiles and militarized submarines.
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    Amazon’s Alexa Is Your Next Hotel ConciergeFinally, you can get extra toilet paper by just screaming at your hotel room.
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    Russian Cybersecurity Firm Severs Ties With Europol Over ‘Malicious’ ActivityThe alleged Russian conspirators have found themselves at odds with the European Union.
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    Stop-and-Frisk and Broken Windows Haven’t Gone Away— They’ve Moved OnlineAs the number of in-person stop-and-frisk arrests decline, young men of color in urban areas find themselves lumped into police gang databases.