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Federal lawmakers joined with advocacy groups that argued requiring biometric information to access records online is a “creepy and disturbing strike” at privacy and security
David Adams, founder and publisher of OSNews, discusses the cyclical nature of technology and the implications of computing’s return to the network
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Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin of Check My Ads want to make publishing lies unprofitable, while also helping advertisers protect their brands
In patent filing, pharmaceutical giant is trying to have sole ownership of a vaccine that was co-developed with National Institutes of Health scientists, government says
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For years, retailers have been operating with almost no inventory or staff to spare, in the name of phantom profits
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Extremism researcher Moustafa Ayad talks about how religious extremists from across the world are starting to come together, and what that means for the rest of us
A first step toward making social media better is to have governments impose effective safety measures Facebook rejected
Internal documents reveal Facebook ignored employee concerns about the site promoting violence, harming children, and spreading lies
Contrary to the GOP victim narrative, Twitter’s own research shows that right-wing content gets amplified more on its platform
Some extremists have begun trying to goad law enforcement into large-scale weapons seizures
Programmer and entrepreneur Miguel de Icaza talks about how Linux went from a college student’s hobby to powering most of the world’s computers, and his own story as a free software developer
As momentum builds for real regulations and enforcement against Big Tech, its allies are trying out specious national security arguments
Fact-checker and rumor killer Brooke Binkowski talks about the history of falsehoods, and how to combat them
Abandoned biometric data could allow the Taliban to easily identify Afghans who helped American forces, was collecting it worth it?